Ankuwa was an ancient Hattian and Hittite settlement in central Anatolia. Along with Hattusa and Katapa, it was one of the capitals from which the Hittite...

tutelary deity of Ankuwa. It has been proposed that goddesses sharing this name were associated with nature and wildlife. In Ankuwa, Kataḫḫa was the head...

Hüyük Cities of the ancient Near East Gorny, Ronald L. "Zippalanda and Ankuwa: The Geography of Central Anatolia in the Second Millennium B. C." Journal...

varied over the ages. It has been identified with the Hittite cult center Ankuwaš, although this remains a matter of debate. In classical antiquity and during...

the Hittite Empire, such as Katapa [de], A(n)galiya near Karaḫna [de], Ankuwa, Nerik, and Zippalanda. Her worship is also attested in the land of Kizzuwatna...

Euphrates river in Southern Anatolia). In the Central Anatolian settlement of Ankuwa, home of the pre-Hittite goddess Kattaha and the worship of other Hattic...

from these texts, where she appears between Damkina and Aya. However, in Ankuwa during the reign of Tudḫaliya IV she received offerings as a deity from...

Ajure Adara (Kadara of Idon) Anumafa Adara (Kadara Kateri) Semi Ajure (Ankuwa, Gora) Bakulu (Ikulu) II. Western or Koro Group Koro Myamya Koro Achel,...

1400-1200 BCE Alişar was nothing but a small provincial town probably known as Ankuwa. Like most Hittite settlements it was burnt and destroyed at the end of...

represented a minor category of so-called “storm gods of the forest”. In Ankuwa, during the reign of Tudhaliya IV Teshub was worshipped during the AN.TAḪ...