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28: 193: 678: 229:, in Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Volume 72 (2020): "...Recently, Forlanini proposed that the text’s author was not Muršili I but rather Ḫattušili I, who tells about the times of his predecessor Labarna I (ca. 1680(?)–1650 BC)..." 290: 165:
Labarna installed his sons as governors in several cities including Tuwanuwa, Hupisna, Landa, and Lusna (the identities of these cities are uncertain, but thought to perhaps be
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may have erred in assuming that Labarna was the personal name of a king. According to this theory, the first
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designated Labarna as his successor after his own sons revolted against him. Upon
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The existence of Labarna is questioned by some modern scholars.
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What little is known about him is culled mainly from the
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Hittite empire
Hittites
middle chronology
Tawannanna
Labarna
Hattusili I
Hittitologists
PU-Sarruma
PU-Sarruma
Papahdilmah
PU-Sarruma
Telepinu Proclamation
Mediterranean
Black Sea
Tyana
Heraclea Cybistra
Laranda
Lystra
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History of the Hittites
"The Authorship of the Old Hittite Palace Chronicle (CTH 8): A Case for Anitta"
"Program and Schedule - Middle Eastern Studies Conference Pages"
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Reign of Labarna I
PU-Sarruma
Hittite king
Hattusili I

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