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    The Hittite military oath (CTH 427) is a Hittite text on two cuneiform tablets. The first tablet is only preserved in fragments (KBo XXI 10, KUB XL 13...
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    Military oath, delivered on enlistment into the military service of the state military. The oath of Bhishma in Hindu culture. Hittite military oath,...
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  • dedicated to specific Hittite texts follow. More are to be found as sections of other articles. Anitta text Hittite military oath Hittite laws (CTH 291–292)...
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    Hittite mythology and Hittite religion were the religious beliefs and practices of the Hittites, who created an empire centered in what is now Turkey...
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  • such allusions) or of being effeminate; for example, in the Hittite military oath, oath-breakers are threatened with being made into women (a promise...
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    The Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty, also known as the Eternal Treaty or the Silver Treaty, is the only Ancient Near Eastern treaty for which the versions...
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    punishment especially for oath-breakers among the Proto-Indo-Europeans. This proposal builds on the Hittite military oath as well as various Vedic hymns...
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    tablet of Ammisaduqa 1500 BC: Akkadian Poor Man of Nippur 1500 BC: Hittite military oath 1500 BC – 1300 BC: Ugaritic Baal Cycle 1500 BC – 1200 BC: Ugaritic...
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  • rather than 'living species' in Indo-European traditions. In a Hittite military oath, the earth is said to drink the blood of the fallen ("This not wine...
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  • 1870 BC). Later codes than Hammurabi's include the Code of the Nesilim. Hittite laws, the Assyrian laws, and Mosaic Law / Ten Commandments. (see Cuneiform...
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  • Kalašma (category Hittite Empire)
    Schuler [de] had noted that a Hittite-language oath taken by officials from Kalašma represented a different dialect of Hittite from the oath of other regions' officials...
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    Šarruma (category Hittite deities)
    as attested in Hurro-Hittite sources, and Luwian Arma, as indicated by a dedication from Ordekburnu. In Hittite military oaths, he could be invoked after...
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    Mitanni (category Articles containing Hittite-language text)
    going to Hittite king Suppiluliuma and declaring vassalage in exchange for Hittite military assistance. This ploy succeeded as the Hittite forces carried...
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    Madduwatta (category Hittite Empire)
    the Hittite text known as the Indictment of Madduwatta. Madduwatta is known solely from the Indictment of Madduwatta (CTH 147), a fragmentary Hittite text...
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  • 1200 to 600 BC. The structure of Jewish covenant law was similar to the Hittite form of suzerain. Each treaty would typically begin with an "Identification"...
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  • Mezulla (category Hittite deities)
    Mezulla had only local importance and is not mentioned in the oath lists of Hittite interstate treaties. Mezulla was the daughter of the Sun goddess...
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  • Lelwani (category Hittite deities)
    Lelwani or Leluwani was a Hittite deity of the underworld of Hattic origin. While originally regarded as male and addressed as a "king," due to influence...
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    that despite the Hittites being a political rival to Idrimi, he adapted the Hittite-style royal seal along with Hittite-style oaths of loyalty he made...
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  • 452-453. G. M. Beckman, Hittite Diplomatic Texts, Atlanta, 1999, p. 92. S. Parpola et K. Watanabe, Neo-Assyrian Treaties and Loyalty Oaths, Helsinki, 1988, p...
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    Second National Architecture Movement features elements inspired by the Hittite, Ancient Greek, Seljuk, and Ottoman cultures that have dominated the region...
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  • Sancus (section Oaths)
    English saint, sacred, sanctuary, sanctity and sanction. Outside Italic, Hittite has a number of words such as saklai "rites" and sankunnis "priest" that...
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    Martius. In 295, Maximilian of Tebessa refused military service; in 298 Marcellus renounced his military oath. Both were executed for treason; both were Christians...
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    forum for discussion and for nobles to express their dissatisfaction. The oath of fidelity was a way for Charles to ensure loyalty from all his subjects...
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    El (deity) (category Articles containing Hittite-language text)
    speakers in Early Dynastic Period of Mesopotamia. Among the Hittites, El was known as Elkunirsa (Hittite: 𒂖𒆪𒉌𒅕𒊭 Elkunīrša). Although ʼĒl gained different...
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    Išḫara (category Hittite deities)
    in Kanesh. As a guardian of oaths, Išḫara appears in a standard enumeration of deities in Hittite treaties. Military oaths were particularly closely associated...
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    between the former and Egypt, until it was conquered and sacked by the Hittites in the late 14th century BC. Following its destruction, the city was reduced...
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    man being executed in 594 BC at Borspippa for "breaking his oath to the king". The oath-breaking was serious enough that the judge in the trial was Nebuchadnezzar...
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    Atuna (state) (category Articles containing Hittite-language text)
    𒌷𒀀𒌓𒈾) or Tuna (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒌷𒌅𒈾) was a Luwian-speaking Syro-Hittite state which existed in the region of Tabal in southeastern Anatolia in...
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  • When Martha refuses to give him money for $7000 in debt to Desar over Hittite curios, he tries to kill her while servant Ella (Glessing) is away, but...
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    probably of Luwian origin. Which is comparable to Parizitis, attested as a Hittite scribe's name. The name is etymologically unrelated to that of France's...
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