Kikkuli Text
Kikkuli was the Hurrian "master horse trainer [''assussanni''] of the land of Mitanni" (LÚ''A-AŠ-ŠU-UŠ-ŠA-AN-NI ŠA'' KUR URU''MI-IT-TA-AN-NI'') and author of a chariot horse training text written primarily in the Hittite language (as well as an Indo-Aryan language, Old Indo-Aryan language as seen in numerals and loan-words), dating to the Hittites, Hittite New Kingdom (around 1400s BC (decade), 1400 BCE). The text is notable both for the information it provides about the development of Hittite language, Hittite, an Indo-European language, Hurrian language, Hurrian, and for its content. The text was inscribed on cuneiform tablets discovered during excavations of Boğazkale and Ḫattuša in 1906 and 1907. Content and influence "Thus speaks Kikkuli, master horse trainer of the land of Mitanni" (''UM.MA Ki-ik-ku-li'' LÚ''A-AŠ-ŠU-UŠ-ŠA-AN-NI ŠA'' KUR URU''MI-IT-TA-AN-NI''). Thus begins Kikkuli's text. The text contains a complete prescription for conditioning (exercise an ...
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