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... Hurrian divinities . The plastic art of pre - imperial Hittite culture is scarce ; from the Hittite Empire , however , many examples have been found of stone sculptures in a powerful , though somewhat unrefined , style . The art of the ...
... Hurrian divinities . The plastic art of pre - imperial Hittite culture is scarce ; from the Hittite Empire , however , many examples have been found of stone sculptures in a powerful , though somewhat unrefined , style . The art of the ...
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... Hurrian language , extinct language spoken from the last centuries of the 3rd millennium BC until at least the latter years of the Hittite Empire ( c . 1400 - c . 1190 BC ) ; it is neither an Indo - European nor a Semitic language . A ...
... Hurrian language , extinct language spoken from the last centuries of the 3rd millennium BC until at least the latter years of the Hittite Empire ( c . 1400 - c . 1190 BC ) ; it is neither an Indo - European nor a Semitic language . A ...
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... Hurrian moon god . In the Hurrian pantheon , Kushukh was regularly placed above the sun god Shimegi ; his consort was Niggal ( the Sumero - Akkadian Ningal ) . His home was said to be the city of Kuzina ( not yet located ) , and his ...
... Hurrian moon god . In the Hurrian pantheon , Kushukh was regularly placed above the sun god Shimegi ; his consort was Niggal ( the Sumero - Akkadian Ningal ) . His home was said to be the city of Kuzina ( not yet located ) , and his ...
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