Anitta | |
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&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:DolchAnitta.jpg) Bronze dagger of king Anitta | |
| Born | Anitta |
| Predecessor | Pitḫana |
| Parent | Pitḫana[1] |
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Anitta, son of Pitḫana, reigned ca. 1740–1725 BC (middle chronology), and was a king of Kuššara, a city that has yet to be identified. He is the earliest known ruler to compose a text in the Hittite language.[2]
His high official, or rabi simmiltim, was named Peruwa.[3]
- ^ "Reign of Anitta", Hittites
- ^ Gonnet-Bağana, Hatice, (2015). "Anitta, CTH 1-30 (Proclamation of Anitta of Kussar) - CTH 1", Koc Universitesi Digital Collections.
- ^ Klaas R Veenhof (2008). Mesopotamia: The Old Assyrian Period. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. p. 145.