About LAMAN

LAMAN is a searchable database of Hittite names. The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian civilization (modern-day Türkiye), and their names appear primarily in cuneiform clay tablets dating back to the Late Bronze Age (c. 1700–1200 BCE).

This database helps researchers find and study these names, providing detailed information about:

• Divine Names (Deities) - Names of gods and goddesses
• Personal Names (People) - Names of individuals
• Geographical Names (Places) - Names of cities, mountains, and other locations

LAMAN distinguishes between 'Names', conceived as abstract entities, and their 'Attestations' in extant manuscripts. For further details on the treatment of variant readings, correspondences between spellings and names, and scope of the data pool, please refer to the Guide.

LAMAN was initiated by Michele Cammarosano in 2019 within the framework of the DFG-funded project Hittite Local Cults, with the generous support of Marco Marizza, Max Gander, Eileen Xing, and Hartmut Oertel. Since 2022, the project has been co-managed by M. Ali Akman, who transformed the initial list into a structured database and has provided fundamental improvements to the conception and planning of new features and research. With the arrival of Adam Kryszeń in 2026, the project is now poised to include the full potential of geographical names. Our trio is currently working toward the development of a fully coherent and comprehensive onomastic database of Hittite names.

Features

Credits

Developer/Research: M. Ali Akman (Brown University)

Content/Research: Michele Cammarosano (University of Naples 'L'Orientale')

Content/Research: Adam Kryszeń (Philipps-Universität Marburg)

Acknowledgments