2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Studies of the Hittite Hieroglyphs in Central Anatolia-on the base of the finds from Kaman-Kalehoyuk

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20520670
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Archaeology
Research Institution	The Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan
Principal Investigator	YOSHIDA Daisuke The Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan, 附属アナトリア考古学研究所, 研究員 (20280670)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2010
Keywords	象形文字 / アナトリア / ヒッタイト / 印章
Research Abstract	At Kaman-Kalehoyuk, situated approximately in the middle of the Republic of Turkey, seals belonging to the Hittite period were excavated. In this study, for almost all of the seals excavated from the site, including about 700 clay objects with seal, drawing, photographing and data entry work were done. The transition of hieroglyph in different period and area, which have not been studied, was focused on, together with its sematic and phonetic values. In addition, hieroglyphic epigraphs near the site, such as the hieroglyphic rock inscription of Malkaya were studied.