Are some written documents found in Troy excavations?

Until Korfmann's excavations, starting in 1988, no written documents of the Late Bronze Age were found, which serves as a background of Homer's Ilias. Since in other regions of Anatolia written documents of the same period came to light, Troy should be no exception. In 1995 a bronze convex seal was found, which is the first object with an inscription ever found in Bronze Age Troy. The seal shows Luwian hieroglyphs which were used by the Hittites on seals and monumental rock cut reliefs. The front of the seal shows the name of the writer, although not very clearly; the rear, again difficult to read, the name of a woman, maybe his wife's name. The object was found in a house, dated to a transitional period of Troy VIIb2, ca. 1130 B.C.E. Unusually the seal is made of bronze, as normally seals in that period were made of stone.

Front: There is a description of the profession of the seals owner, and a good luck phrase for the carrier of the seal. After that, a name with three syllables, most probably to be read as Tarhun-ta-bu, the name of the owner.

Rear: We can only read the words "good" and "woman".

With this finding, it seems very probable that the people at Troy were spekers of the Luwian language. This find was a turning point in hittitological researches and helped to reconsider the relationship between Trojans and Hittites.