23
Mar
2023
25
Mar
2023

The kingdom of Kizzuwatna: Recent developments in research

NINO Postdoc Conference
Academy Building; Oude Sterrewacht; Lipsius Building
09:30
Kizzuwatna conference (campaign image)

NINO Postdoctoral Research Fellow 3rd Annual Conference

Leiden, March 23rd-25th 2023

Organized by: Andrea Trameri

Around the turn of 14th c. BCE the Hittite kingdom incorporated the neighbor kingdom of Kizzuwatna, centered in the region of Cilicia in south-eastern Anatolia. This event had a remarkable impact on the Hittite culture, manifest in the adoption of the local gods and the importation of textual lore, particularly rituals and cults. Presumably connected with these phenomena is also the introduction of the Hurrian language in central Anatolia. The history of Cilicia in the second millennium BCE, and of the local kingdom of Kizzuwatna, are thus topics of much interest in research on Hittite Anatolia. Yet, the local political history, and its socio-linguistic and cultural layout, remain quite obscure.

Registration

Registration for in-person attendance is now closed.

For those who cannot participate in person, we offer the possibility to watch the conference via live video stream. Please note that the conference will not be recorded; there is no option to watch later.

Contact and information

Updates, instructions and other information will be posted on this event page.

For additional questions and information, please mail to the organizing committee or Dr. Andrea Trameri – NINO Postdoctoral Fellow.

Program

 

Thursday 23 March

Academy Building, Telders Auditorium

9.30doors open
10.00-11.15opening session
Willemijn Waal (NINO, Leiden) – Andrea Trameri (NINO, Leiden-Würzburg)
Welcome and Presentation
Opening Lecture:
Eva von Dassow (Minnesota) 
Into the mountains and down to the sea: adventures in Kizzuwatna circa 1400 BCE
 
11.15-11.30coffee break
11.30-13.00Religion and Rituals
chair: A. Trameri
Manfred Hutter (Bonn)
What do we know about „Kizzuwatnaean“ religion?
 
Stefano De Martino (Torino)
The Tradition and the Recensions of the itkalzi-Ritual
 
13.00-14.30lunch break
14.30-16.00People and Languages
chair: A. Kloekhorst
Ilya Yakubovich (Marburg)
Luwian in Kizzuwadna
 
Zsolt Simon (Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics)
Hurrian(s) in Kizzuwatna: An old topos reconsidered
 
16.00-16.20tea break
16.20-18.30Religious Contacts
chair: L. van de Peut
Piotr Taracha (Warszawa)
Some Remarks on Cultural and Religious Contacts of North-Central Anatolia with Luwian and Luwio-Hurrian Milieu of the South and Southeastern Anatolia in the Second Millennium BCE
 
Alice Mouton (CNRS Paris)
Interacting with the Dead in Kizzuwatna
 
Livio Warbinek (Verona)
From Kizzuwatna to Hattusa: How Gods were adopted into the State Pantheon
 
 

Friday 24 March

Oude Sterrewacht, room C1.04 (De Sitter Hall)

9.45-11.15Archaeology
chair: B. Düring
Mirko Novák (Bern) & Ekin Kozal (Çanakkale)
The Archaeology of Kizzuwatna – Data, Research, Questions
 
Deniz Yaşin – Matthias Lange (Bern, Berlin)
The Pot Marks of Late Bronze Age Tepebağ Höyük, Adana, in Cilician and Interregional Contexts
 
11.15-11.30coffee break
11.30-13.00Geography and Trade
chair: J.G. Dercksen
Adam Kryszeń (Marburg)
Places and Spaces of Kizzuwatna
 
Massimo Cultraro (CNR, Catania)
The Kingdom of Kizzuwatna and the circulation of perfumed oil: a view from Mycenaean Rhodes
 
13.00-14.30lunch break
14.30-16.00Diplomacy
chair: A. Trameri
Mauro Giorgieri (Pavia)
Considerations on the Kizzuwatna Treaties and the Beginning of the Hittite Tradition of Subordination Treaties
 
Virginie Danniau (Leuven)
The importance of diplomacy for the ancient Hittite kingdom. The case of the Kizzuwatna
 
16.00-16.20tea break
16.20-17.50Kings and Queens
chair: W. Waal
Sylvia Hutter-Braunsar (Köln)
The Impact of the Annexation of Kizzuwatna in the Involvement of Hittite Queens in the Administration of the Hittite Kingdom
 
Mariateresa Albanese (Roma)
Šarrašši, evrišši and allašši: three keywords of the Hurro-Kizzuwatnean kingship
 
 

Saturday 25 March

Lipsius Building, room 1.48

10.00-11.30Beyond Kizzuwatna
chair: M. Müller
Alvise Matessi (Verona)
The Foreigners and their Subjects... Political Identity in the Iron Age North-East Mediterranean and the Case of Palastin
 
Marco De Pietri (Pavia)
The region of Kizzuwatna viewed from Egypt: the attestations(?) of Kizzuwatna and its area in the Egyptian documentation
 
11.30-11.50coffee break
11.50-12.45Epilogue
chair: A. Trameri
Marie-Claude Trémouille (ISMEO Roma, Emerita)
Kizzuwatna à la fin du Bronze Récent. Troubles, incendies, morts, destructions ... Que s’est-il passé?
 
Conclusions and farewell

 

Disclaimers

  • The conference is organized on-site, pending future restrictions to activities. We will inform the attendants promptly if substantial changes to the program will have to be made.
  • Detailed information and a timeline for the proceedings volume will be provided during the conference. The organizing committee will review the submissions, which will undergo a peer-review process. The volume will be published in the PIHANS series of the NINO.
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