Lower City

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archaeological site urban district

Lower City is the main residential and administrative quarter of the ancient Hittite capital Hattusa, containing key temples, houses, and public buildings.

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Label Occurrences
Lower City canonical 2

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological site ⓘ
urban district ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidence architectural remains ⓘ
ceramic finds ⓘ
clay tablets ⓘ
seal impressions ⓘ
associatedWithEvent collapse of the Hittite Empire ⓘ
capitalOf Hittite Empire ⓘ
civilization Hittite Empire ⓘ
comparedWith Boğazköy (Hattusa) ⓘ
surface form: Upper City of Hattusa
contains Boğazköy (Hattusa) ⓘ
surface form: Great Temple of Hattusa

Temple I ⓘ
surface form: Temple 1

public buildings ⓘ
residential houses ⓘ
storage facilities ⓘ
workshops ⓘ
country Turkey ⓘ
dedicatedTempleDeities Storm-god of Hatti ⓘ
Sun goddess of Arinna ⓘ
surface form: Sun-goddess of Arinna
distinguishedBy higher density of residential buildings ⓘ
presence of Great Temple complex ⓘ
eraEnd around 1200 BCE ⓘ
excavatedBy German Archaeological Institute ⓘ
excavationStart early 20th century ⓘ
flourishedDuring 13th century BCE ⓘ
14th century BCE ⓘ
hasFeature administrative buildings ⓘ
broad streets ⓘ
courtyard houses ⓘ
massive temple precinct ⓘ
hasFunction administrative center ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
residential area ⓘ
heritageStatus UNESCO World Heritage Site component ⓘ
locatedIn Boğazkale District ⓘ
Boğazköy (Hattusa) ⓘ
surface form: Hattusa

Turkey ⓘ
Çorum Province ⓘ
partOf Boğazköy (Hattusa) ⓘ
surface form: Hattusa

Boğazköy (Hattusa) ⓘ
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Site Hattusha
religion Anatolian paganism ⓘ
surface form: Hittite religion
role main administrative quarter of Hattusa ⓘ
main residential quarter of Hattusa ⓘ
timePeriod Late Bronze Age ⓘ
urbanLayout planned city quarter ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Boğazköy (Hattusa) → hasPart → Lower City ⓘ
Upper City → viewOver → Lower City ⓘ