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‘Whoever Breaks This Will Die’: Scientists Reportedly Uncover Chilling Ancient Artifact
Daily Caller ^
| 8 Jul, 2024
| KAY SMYTHE
Posted on 07/09/2024 6:19:30 AM PDT by MtnClimber
Archaeologists working at a site in Turkey uncovered a rare, threatening seal from the ancient Hittite empire, according to a report published Sunday.
The terracotta seal was found throughout excavations at the Büklükale (Kaman-Kalehöyük) site in Turkey and is believed to have belonged to the Hittite royal family, according to Anatolian Archaeology. Inscribed on the seal are the words (roughly translated): “Whoever breaks this will die.”
Archaeologists led by Dr. Kimiyoshi Matsumura reportedly found the seal in 2023 and translated the cuneiform, finding the surprising threat. Researchers believe that Hittite laws were focused on fines rather than the death penalty or corporal punishment for crimes, according to the outlet.
“There is cuneiform writing on this seal. On the seal, the Great King Tabarna (Sovereign King) or Tavananna (Sovereign Queen) writes ‘Whoever breaks this will die,'” Matsumura told the outlet. “These seals were usually stamped on contracts, stating that if something was done against the contract, it would be penalized. The king and queen from Hattusa sent something here. This shows that this city was in intensive relations between Hattusa and the royal family.”
As the seal was found in several pieces, further impressions and examinations will hopefully reveal the full statement in the near future.
TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: anatolia; buklukale; catastrophism; cuneiform; epigraphyandlanguage; excavations; godsgravesglyphs; hattusa; hittite; hittites; kamankalehoyuk; kimiyoshimatsumura; tabarna; tavananna; turkey
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To: MtnClimber
Someone broke the seal. Poor them.
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posted on
07/09/2024 6:19:40 AM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Well, they were correct.....................
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posted on
07/09/2024 6:20:13 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: SunkenCiv
PinGGG!..........................
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posted on
07/09/2024 6:21:24 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: MtnClimber
As the seal was found in several pieces I'm betting that the guy who broke it is indeed dead.
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posted on
07/09/2024 6:27:33 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
To: MtnClimber
Whoever eats carrots will die, too. Eventually.
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posted on
07/09/2024 6:30:06 AM PDT
by
piasa
(Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
To: MtnClimber
As the seal was found in several pieces,Yeah, well. Whacha gonna do now?
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posted on
07/09/2024 6:30:15 AM PDT
by
Delta 21
(If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
To: Red Badger
Heidi broke him....
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posted on
07/09/2024 6:32:22 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: Hatteras
I have no idea who those people are................
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posted on
07/09/2024 6:33:01 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: ClearCase_guy
Maybe the distant relatives of the person who broke the seal will be forced to pay reparations.
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posted on
07/09/2024 6:37:04 AM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
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posted on
07/09/2024 6:43:06 AM PDT
by
Salman
(It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
To: Red Badger
That is Seal and his ex-wife, Heidi
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posted on
07/09/2024 6:45:14 AM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: Red Badger
The dude is singer Seal. I’ve no idea who the lady is.
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posted on
07/09/2024 6:46:31 AM PDT
by
Ciaphas Cain
("If they can do that to Trump then they can do that to YOU." -- Lazamataz)
To: Hatteras
Still have no idea................
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posted on
07/09/2024 6:46:55 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
To: MtnClimber
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posted on
07/09/2024 6:47:47 AM PDT
by
broken_clock
(Go Trump! Still praying.)
To: MtnClimber
Well technically correct, we’ll all die eventually whether we broke the seal or not.
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posted on
07/09/2024 7:02:32 AM PDT
by
apillar
I got this.
“Klatuu Barada Nictcough-cough-cough!!!!”
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posted on
07/09/2024 7:05:09 AM PDT
by
RandallFlagg
(Democrats should have been barred from elections since The Battle Of Athens.)
To: MtnClimber
When I was in college I used to write “Death if taken” on my books. This course will be just as effective. Curses and astrology only work if you believe in them. You are the one who makes them work by agreeing with them.
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posted on
07/09/2024 7:23:59 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: MtnClimber
“In the long run, we are all dead.”
— John Maynard Keynes, 1923
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posted on
07/09/2024 7:35:36 AM PDT
by
Go_Raiders
(An nescis, mi fili, quantilla prudentia mundus regatur? - Axel Oxenstierna)
To: MtnClimber
Be sure to drink your Ovaltine
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posted on
07/09/2024 10:35:56 AM PDT
by
Kartographer
(“We Mutually Pedge To Each Other, Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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