Ein hethitischer Siegelabdruck aus Çine-Tepecik

Excavations at Cine-Tepecik located on the east bank of the Cine Cay, a tributary of the Meander River, have brought forth both Mycenaen and Hittite material culture indicating that the site was a converging point of Aegean and Central Anatolian cultures during the Late Bronze Age in Western Anatolia. Cine-Tepecik level II 1 a, dating to the Late Bronze Age, was a fortified settlement in which Mycenaean pottery and a Hittite bulla bearing a hieroglyphic seal impression were found. The article discusses in particular the Hittite seal inscription and the significance of the site within the context of the historical geography of the area of the Meander valley during the Late Bronze Age.