lesbos prehistoric site -termi aan de westkust van lesbos - lepza.pdf
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Arnhem (nl) 2011 6 Anatolia in the bronze age
Joost Blasweiler Student University of Leiden [email protected]
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Termi a prehistoric City NO Aegean 3200- 1300 BC on the Island of Lesbos
Perhaps the Hittite name for Lesbos is Lepza (Hugh J.Mason, 2010- Hittite Lesbos ?- Anatolian Interfaces,57-62)
The site Termi had about 1200 inhabitants in the most prosperous period. The excavations
revealed seven successive phases of construction.
Photos from the visit summer 2011, text and illustrations from the leaflet of the Ministery of Culture
and Tourism Greece - Mytilene 2011 .
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Museum Termi Lesbos 2011.
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From the Folder of the Ministery of Culture and Tourism- Mytilene 2011
The Hittite name for Lesbos is perhaps Lepza : The Hittite king Murisilis II king consults
the Deity of Lapza (DINGIR LUM URU
la-az-pa-ia). Most Hittite scholars accept the equation
of Lapz with the Greek island Lesbos. There are just a few data that can perhaps proove this:
a possible Hittite etymology for Mytilene (the capital of Lesbos), the association of Makars law code with King Muwa-Walwi and the possible connections of the Pelops/Myrsillis myth
with Lesbos. (Hugh J. Mason, 2010- Hittite Lesbos ?, Anatolian Interfaces,57-62)
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Termi near the see (the West coast of Lesbos Lezpa) juli 2011.