Packet 3: Tossup 7

In 2022, archaeologists in this city found red painted hieroglyphics in a tunnel under a gate decorated with sphinxes, which may be a locally developed writing system first identified at Hamath by Archibald Sayce. A large, mysterious jade cube was found at this city’s temple of Tarḫunna. Reliefs of mountain deities with scaled skirts (15[1])are cut into the walls (15[1])of this city’s Yazilikaya (15[1])sanctuary. (-5[1])A king from (15[1])Kuššara (“koo-SHAR-a”) changed his name from (*) Labarna (10[1])to reference this city (10[1])after he moved (10[1])to it from (10[1])Neša (10[1])(“NESH-a”) in the 17th (10[1])century BC. (10[1])Copies of two lost (10[1])silver tablets found in this city and Thebes record the Eternal Treaty signed (-5[1])a decade after the (-5[1])Battle of (10[1])Kadesh; (10[4])that document was signed (10[2]-5[1])by Ramesses II and a brother (10[1])of (10[1])Muwatalli (-5[1])II (10[1])named (10[1])for (-5[2])this city. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this primary capital of the (10[2])Hittite (10[3])Empire. ■END■ (10[5]0[2])

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