Are there any written findings in Troy that indicates any relationships with Hittites?

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The fact that no written documents were found in Troy in comparison with the large number of written texts found in the Hittite archives puzzled many researchers. Furthermore, it was suggested therefore that Troy was not an important place. However, they do not seem to pay much attention to the fact that the written documents in Troy could have been written on wood, leather, or other materials that cannot resist time. On the other hand, Hittite tablets were able to survive to this day by being hardened because of the fires. A two-sided concave bronze seal that was found in 1995 during the excavations of the Korfmann period has the feature of being the first written document concerning the Bronze Age of Troy. This type of Anatolian hieroglyph normally was used in seals or monumental inscriptions by the Hittites. In monumental inscriptions, use of Luwish was more common. On the first side of the seal, we find the hardly readable incomplete name of the engraver, and on the second side there is again an incomplete name of a woman, perhaps the wife of the engraver. This was discovered in a house that dates back to approximately 1130 B. C. E. in the transitional period of Troy VIIb2. What is striking about the seal is that it was made not of stone, as it was customary at the time, but of bronze. On the first side of the seal, there is a definition of what the engraver does and good wishes for the carrier of the seal. And then there is the name that is read as..., spelled with three syllables. On the second side, we can only read the signs for "good" and "woman." This finding also shows that Hittite was spoken in Troy.

Stamp with Luwi language, found in Troy in 1995.

The first written finding in Troy, in 1995

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