Second International HFR Symposium
The Tablets and Their Scribes
The Palaeography of Hittite Cuneiform and Writing Practices in Hittite Anatolia
2–4 May 2024, Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz
The project “Hethitische Festrituale” (HFR) at the Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz, which dedicates its work to a comprehensive edition of all Hittite festival texts, including cultural, religious, palaeographic and economic studies, will hold its Second International Symposium entitled “The Tablets and Their Scribes: The Palaeography of Hittite Cuneiform and Writing Practices in Hittite Anatolia” from 2nd until 4th May 2024 at the Academy of Sciences and Literature | Mainz.
The symposium aims to discuss a variety of phenomena related to scribal habits and prac- tices in the Hittite kingdom. This includes both centrally-imposed systematic changes that the cuneiform script has undergone throughout its history in Anatolia, as well as handwriting and idiosyncrasies of individual scribes. Through studying the ductus of the tablet and sign sha- pes it is not only possible to date the text, but also to attribute it to a particular scribe or a scribal circle. The full potential of palaeo- graphical research is now emerging thanks to the application of modern tools that have been developed in recent years, like 3D scanning or digital sign-recognition.
The planned speakers are James M. Burgin, Michele Cammarosano, Meltem Doğan-Alparslan, Özlem Sir Gavaz, Susanne Görke, Shai Gordin, Svenja A. Gülden, Adam Kryszeń, Timothy Leonard, Jürgen Lorenz, Alice Mouton, Gerfrid G. W. Müller, Elisabeth Rieken, Gülgüney Masalcı Şahin, Daniel Schwemer, Oğuz Soysal, Charles W. Steitler, Andrea Trameri, Willemijn Waal, and Mark Weeden.
- Contact
- Dr. Susanne Görke or Dr. Charles Steitler
- Registration
- To register for the symposium, please click here
- Venue
- Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur | Mainz, Plenarsaal, Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 2, 55131 Mainz
- Transportation
- Mainz is easily accessible from Frankfurt International Airport (via S-Bahn); for detailed directions to the Akademie, please click here
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Programm
- Thur 2 May 2024
from 13.45 Meet & greet, refreshments
14.15–16.00 Session 1
14.15–14.30 Welcome
14.30–15.00 Svenja A. Gülden: Handwriting in ancient Egypt: Principles and possibilities of a digital palaeography
15.00–15.30 Gerfrid G. W. Müller: Digital Palaeography: Aims, methods, and tools
15.30–16.00 Shai Gordin: Matters of genre, style, and orthography: Hittite scribal habits through the stylometric lens
16.00–16.30 Coffee break
16.30–18.00 Session 2
16.30–17.00 Susanne Görke: The palaeography of the Palaic texts from Ḫattuša
17.00–17.30 Oğuz Soysal: Stadtbelagerung, Bärenjagd und Textdatierung: Bemerkungen zum sogenannten „Zukraši-Text“ im Fokus auf eine Problematik in der Hethitologie
17.30–18.00 Yusuf Kıraç: Director, Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi / Museum of Anatolian Civilizations (Ankara)
18.15 Reception in the Academy
- Fri 3 May 2024
9.30–11.00 Session 3
9.30–10.00 Michele Cammarosano: Who wrote the Hittite cult inventories? Looking at cuneiform tablets through a combined appraisal of palaeographic and orthographic features
10.00–10.30 James M. Burgin: How many scribes? The palaeography of the Hittite Palace-Temple Administrative Corpus
10.30–11.00 Daniel Schwemer: The Scribes of Puduḫepa: The scribal practice reflected in the Hittite votive texts
11.00–11.30 Coffee break
11.30–12.30 Session 4
11.30–12.00 Andrea Trameri: Writing practices and scribal customs in Hittite divination texts
12.00–12.30 Meltem Doğan-Alparslan: The recording of the ḫišuwa- festival
12.30–14.00 Lunch break
14.00–15.30 Session 5
14.00–14.30 Charles W. Steitler: The tablets of the 16th day of the AN.DAḪ.ŠUM festival: A palaeographic analysis
14.30–15.00 Adam Kryszeń: Of scribes and hands: Thoughts on the palaeography of the nuntarriyašḫa- festival tablets
15.30 Visit of the Sanctuary of Isis and Mater Magna, Mainz
19.30 Dinner for the Speakers (TBA)
- Sat 4 May 2024
9.30–10.30 Session 6
9.30–10.00 Willemijn Waal: Standard rules? The scribal practices of Ḫattuša compared to those of other Hittite sites
10.00–10.30 Timothy Leonard: The palaeography of the texts from Maşat Höyük
10.30–11.00 Coffee break
11.00–12.00 Session 7
11.00–11.30 Mark Weeden: The palaeography of the Büklükale tablets
11.30–12.00 Jürgen Lorenz & Elisabeth Rieken: The texts from the excavation of the Kayalıpınar temple archive and their scribes
12.00–12.30 Conclusion of the conference
(Programme last updated on 19.04.2024)