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===The proclamation of [[Anitta (king)|Anitta]]===
This text has been found in three versions, the earliest of which is considered the oldest known of all Hittite language texts, dated from between the end of the 17th century BCE and the middle of the 16th century BCE.
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|<sup>M</sup>''A-ni-it-ta DUMU'' <sup>M</sup>''Pi-it-ha-a-na LUGAL'' <sup>URU</sup>''Ku-us-sa-ra QÍ-BÍ-MA''
''ne-pi-is-za-as-ta'' <sup>D</sup>''IŠKUR-un-ni a-as-su-us e-es-ta''

''na-as-ta'' <sup>D</sup>''IŠKUR-un-ni-ma ma-a-an a-as-su-us e-es-ta'' <sup>URU</sup>''Ne-e-sa-as LUGAL-us'' <sup>URU</sup>''Ku-us-sa-ra-as LUGAL-i ...''

''LUGAL'' <sup>URU</sup>''Ku-us-sa-ra URU-az kat-ta pa-an-ga-ri-it ú-e-et nu'' <sup>URU</sup>''Ne-e-sa-an is-pa-an-di na-ak-ki-it da-a-as''

<sup>URU</sup>''Ne-e-sa-as LUGAL-un IṢ-BAT Ù DUMU''<sup>MEŠ</sup> <sup>URU</sup>''Ne-e-sa-as i-da-a-lu na-at-ta ku-e-da-ni-ik-ki tak-ki-is-ta''

''an-nu-us at-tu-us i-e-et''

''nu'' <sup>M</sup>''Pi-it-ha-a-na-as at-ta-as-ma-as a-ap-pa-an sa-ni-ya ú-et-ti hu-ul-la-an-za-an hu-ul-la-nu-un''

<sup>D</sup>''UTU-az ut-ne-e ku-it ku-it-pat a-ra-is nu-us hu-u-ma-an-du-us-pat hu-ul-la-nu-un''

''ka-ru-ú'' <sup>M</sup>''U-uh-na-as LUGAL'' <sup>URU</sup>''Za-a-al-pu-wa'' <sup>D</sup>''Si-ú-sum-mi-in'' <sup>URU</sup>''Ne-e-sa-az'' <sup>URU</sup>''Za-a-al-pu-wa pe-e-da-as''

''ap-pe-ez-zi-ya-na'' <sup>M</sup>''A-ni-it-ta-as LUGAL.GAL'' <sup>D</sup>''Si-ú-sum-mi-in'' <sup>URU</sup>''Za-a-al-pu-wa-az a-ap-pa'' <sup>URU</sup>''Ne-e-sa pe-e-tah-hu-un''

<sup>M</sup>''Hu-uz-zi-ya-na LUGAL'' <sup>URU</sup>''Za-a-al-pu-wa hu-su-wa-an-ta-an'' <sup>URU</sup>''Ne-e-sa ú-wa-te-nu-un''

<sup>URU</sup>''Ha-at-tu-sa''

''tak-ki-is-ta''

''sa-an ta-a-la-ah-hu-un''

''ma-a-na-as ap-pe-ez-zi-ya-na ki-is-ta-an-zi-at-ta-at''

''sa-an'' <sup>D</sup>''Hal-ma-su-i-iz'' <sup>D</sup>''si-i-us-mi-is pa-ra-a pa-is''

''sa-an is-pa-an-di na-ak-ki-it da-a-ah-hu-un''

''pe-e-di-is-si-ma ZÀ.AH-LI-an a-ne-e-nu-un''

''ku-is am-me-el a-ap-pa-an LUGAL-us ki-i-sa-ri nu'' <sup>URU</sup>''Ha-at-tu-sa-an a-ap-pa a-sa-a-si na-an ne-pi-sa-as'' <sup>D</sup>''IŠKUR-as ha-az-zi-e-et-tu''
|<blockquote>Anitta, Son of Pithana, King of Kussara, speak!

He was dear to the Stormgod of Heaven,

And when he was dear to the Stormgod of Heaven, the king of Nesa [verb broken off] to the king of Kussara.

The king of Kussara, Pithana, came down out of the city in force, and he took the city of Nesa in the night by force.

He took the King of Nesa captive, but he did not do any evil to the inhabitants of Nesa; instead,

He made them mothers and fathers.

After my father, Pithana, I suppressed a revolt in the same year.

Whatever lands rose up in the direction of the sunrise, I defeated each of the aforementioned.

Previously, Uhna, the king of Zalpuwas, had removed our Sius from the city of Nesa to the city of Zalpuwas.

But subsequently, I, Anittas, the Great King, brought our Sius back from Zalpuwas to Nesa.

But Huzziyas, the king of Zalpuwas, I brought back alive to Nesa.

The city of Hattusas [tablet broken]

Contrived.

And I abandoned it.

But afterwards, when it suffered famine,

My goddess, Halmasuwiz, handed it over to me.

And in the night I took it by force;

and in its place, I sowed weeds.

Whoever becomes king after me and settles Hattusas again, may the Stormgod of Heaven smite him!</blockquote>
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