History and archaeology / Archaeological site
Shapinuwa (Şapinuva)
Ortaköy, Çorum
A Hittite administrative and religious center at Ortaköy, discovered in 1989 through tablets found by a farmer, where thousands of cuneiform tablets have been unearthed.
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Its story
Shapinuwa is a Hittite city about 70 kilometers east of Hattusa, beside present-day Ortaköy. The city's existence was known from texts at Hattusa; its location was discovered when a farmer brought two clay tablets he had found in his field to the Çorum Museum. After a surface survey in 1989, excavations began in 1990 under the direction of Aygül and Mustafa Süel. In Building A, with its Cyclopean walls, thousands of tablets and fragments written in Hittite, Hattian, Hurrian and Akkadian, most of them from the Middle Hittite period, were found. The city was an important military base, a religious center and at times a residence of the Hittite kings; correspondence found here shows that a royal couple consisting of Tashmi-sharri and Queen Taduhepa ruled in these lands. A bronze warrior's helmet about 3,300 years old found here is also notable.
Key facts
- Note
- Visiting conditions of the excavation site may change seasonally
- Discovered
- 1989
- Excavation
- Since 1990 (Ankara University)
- Highlights
- Tablet archives, Building A
Trip purpose
- Photography
- Quiet
Location
40.25401, 35.23737
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Source: Web derlemesi (doğrulanmalı): https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eapinuva | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapinuwa | https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3620