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ORTAKÖY (SHAPINUWA)

View of the Sarayburnu and Sea of Marmara from Ortaköy by Abdullah Frères (1880 and 1893) in the Library of Congress

Hittite and Hurrian cuneiform tablets from Ortakoy

Ortakoy is a town 53 kilometers southeast of the province of Corum in central Turkey. It is situated at the north of Central Anatolia, to the south of the Black Sea Mountain Range and at the end of the Kelkit Valley which is the entrance to Anatolia from the Caucasus. Shapinuwa is situated 3 kilometers southwest of Ortakoy .....

Hittite and Hurrian Cuneiform Tablets from Ortakoy (Corum) in central Turkey

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