Karatepe (English spelling)

Japanese: カラテペ(英語表記)Karatepe
Karatepe (English spelling)
An ancient fortress city from the late Hittite period, located at the foot of Mount Taurus in southeastern Turkey. It was captured by Assyria around 700 B.C. In 1945, H. Bossert discovered a bilingual inscription in hieroglyphics and Phoenician, facilitating the decipherment of the Hittite alphabet and language. Karatepe means "black hill."

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Japanese:
トルコ東南部のタウロス山麓に位置したヒッタイト王国後期の古代城塞都市。前 700年頃アッシリアに攻略された。 1945年 H.ボッセルトによって象形文字とフェニキア語の対訳碑文が発見され,ヒッタイト文字とヒッタイト語の解読が促進された。カラテペとは黒い丘の意。

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