Unlocking a Lost Empire: The Rise of the TLHdig Digital Hittite Corpus

Boğazköy-Hattuša, a UNESCO World Heritage site in northern Turkey, was the capital of the Hittite Empire, a major power in the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1650-1200 BC). A groundbreaking digital tool, TLHdig, is revolutionizing access to this ancient civilization's vast textual legacy. Currently boasting over 22,000 XML documents containing nearly 400,000 transliterated lines of Hittite cuneiform texts – and constantly expanding – TLHdig allows researchers to search, filter, and analyze these invaluable sources. Integrated with other digital resources, TLHdig fosters collaboration and opens new avenues for research, including innovative AI applications. It serves as a cornerstone for both text editions and a wide range of research methodologies.