RITA FRANCIA

Please Note:

• Students wishing to take the exam without attending the course are kindly asked to contact the lecturer before the exam.
• Only the official syllabus will be accepted; any changes must be approved by the lecturer.
• Wikipedia entries and AI-generated materials will not be considered valid for exam purposes.

                                                                                                                                                   LM 2 1044316 – Advanced Hittitology Course (Archaeology)
                                                                                                                                                           Students of Linguistics are encouraged to attend this course.
From 1 October 2025:

• Wednesday, 16:00–18:00, Room F
• Friday, 12:00–14:00, Room F

Programmes and Texts
The course aims to introduce students to the language of Hittite history and civilisation through a general overview of key topics and a direct engagement with sources in transliteration and translation. Learning the Hittite language and approaching cuneiform writing will enable students to undertake guided reading of the texts studied. Language acquisition will be conducted through the philological and grammatical analysis of a text selected by the lecturer.

Bibliografy
 de Martino. S., La civiltà degli ittiti. XVII-XII secolo a. C. Carocci, Roma 2020
Francia, R. – Vigo, M., Letteratura dell’Anatolia ittita. Le Monnier Università, Milano 2024
FRANCIA, R. – PISANIELLO, V., La lingua degli ittiti. Hoepli, Milano 2019
Ulteriori indicazioni bibliografiche su argomenti specifici saranno fornite nel corso delle lezioni.
Further bibliographical indications on specific topics will be provided in the course of the lectures.

•   L1  - Scienze archeologiche;  Scienze del Turismo – 1035930
•                                                [Linguistica - 33550 - Gli studenti di Linguistica sono invitati a frequentare il programma di LM 2 - Corso Avanzato]

                                                                  
                                         
  From 1 October 2025:

• Wednesday, 16:00–18:00, Room F
• Friday, 10:00–12:00, Room F

The course aims to lead students to a knowledge of the history, literature and religion of the Hittite civilisation through a general overview drawn from textual and iconographic sources. 
 
Bibliografy
de Martino. S., La civiltà degli ittiti. XVII-XII secolo a. C. Carocci, Roma 2020
Francia, R. – Vigo, M., Letteratura dell’Anatolia ittita. Le Monnier Università, Milano 2024
Ulteriori indicazioni bibliografiche su argomenti specifici saranno fornite nel corso delle lezioni.
Further bibliographical indications on specific topics will be provided in the course of the lectures.
 
                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                  10598552 HITTITOLOGY  
 
From October, 1 2025        Wednesday  h. 18,00-20,00 aula F 
                                              Thursday. h. 18,00-20,00 aula F                                                           
                
The course aims to lead students to a knowledge of the history, literature and religion of the Hittite civilisation through a general overview drawn from textual and iconographic sources. Hints at the structure of the language and scripts of Hittite Anatolia.
 
Literature:
van den Hout, Th., A Short History of the Hittite Kingdom and Empire. Hitit Krallığı ve İmparatorluğu’nun Kısa Tarihi, in M. Doğan-Alparslan, M. Alparslan (eds), Hititler. Bir Anadolu İmparatorluğu. The Hittites. An Anatolian Empire, İstanbul, Yapı Kredi, 2013: 22-45.

Hoffner Jr., H.A. Hittite Myths. Second Edition (SBL Writings from the Ancient World Series 2), Scholars’ Press, Atlanta, 1998.

Yakubovich, I., Peoples and languages, in Handbook of Hittite Empire. Power Structures, S. de Martino (ed) (Empires through the Ages in Global Perspective 1), De Gruyter- Oldenbourg, Berlin-Boston, 2022, pp. 3-44.

Ünal, A., The Role of Magic in Hittite Anatolia, 1988.

Beckman, G., The Religion  of the Hittite. BA 1989

                          Further bibliographical indications on specific topics will be provided in the course of the lectures.