Die Ausgrabungen in Boğazköy-Ḫattuša 2022

Abstract

The 2022 campaign marks a transition to new areas of exploration in Boğazköy. On the one hand, the excavations of Bronze Age contexts in the northern Lower City were largely completed (contribution A. Schachner). The same applies to the northern fortifications of the Roman military camp (contribution D. Krüger). On the other hand, new research questions are addressed with excavations on the middle Büyükkale northwest slope (contribution A. Schachner), the Büyükkale (contribution J. Becker – A. Schachner) and the west slope of the Upper City (contribution M. Gruber). An unexpected surprise was the discovery of inscriptions of Anatolian hieroglyphs painted on the walls of the postern under Yerkapı (contribution L. Repola – M. Marazzi – N. Bolatti Guzzo – M. Alparslan – A. Schachner – B. Genç). Restoration activities focused on the completion of the work on the southern gate of the so-called Abschnittsmauer, the residential buildings in the Lower City, the pithoi in the northwestern depots of the Great Temple, and Building E on Büyükkale.