7 nana xazaraZe nana baxsoliani qubaba (D KUBABA ...

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Nana Khazaradze Nana Bakhsoliani
D KUBABA THE GODDESS OF THE LATE HITTITE PERIOD
IN THE EASTERN ASIA MINOR KINGDOMS
The goddess Kubaba is mentioned several times in the hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions
together with the god Tarhunzas. She is often identified with the well-known predecessor goddess
Cybele-Cybela of the ancient Near East.
The name Kubaba is mostly attested in the inscriptions of kings in Karkamish (north Syria)
of the late Hittite period. However She is also known in the Late Hittite kingdoms such as Aleppo,
Ancoz, Babylon, Boybaypinari, Bulğarmaden, Çiftlik, Karaburun, Kayseri, Kululu, Malatya,
Sultanhan, Tel Ahmar in the Hieroglyphic-Luwian inscriptions.
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