Arinna

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Arinna was an important ancient Hittite city closely associated with the worship of the Sun goddess and central to the kingdom’s religious life.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Arinna canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hittite city ⓘ
Hittite goddess ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
associatedWith Hittite royal cult ⓘ
Sun goddess of Arinna ⓘ
associatedWithReligion Hittite religion ⓘ
linked to: Hittite mythology
country Hittite Empire ⓘ
culture Hittite ⓘ
domain sun ⓘ
function pilgrimage center for Hittite elites ⓘ
site of royal religious ceremonies ⓘ
importance one of the most important cult cities of the Hittites ⓘ
language Hittite ⓘ
linked to: Hittite language
linkedTo Hittite capital Hattusa ⓘ
locatedIn Hittite Empire ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Turkey ⓘ
majorCultCenter Arinna ⓘ
majorDeityWorshipped Sun goddess of Arinna ⓘ
pantheonRole key center for worship of a chief goddess of the Hittite pantheon ⓘ
politicalRole important religious center for the Hittite kings ⓘ
region Anatolia ⓘ
religiousHierarchyStatus primary sanctuary of the Sun goddess of Arinna ⓘ
religiousSignificance central to the kingdom’s religious life ⓘ
one of the chief cult centers of the Hittite kingdom ⓘ
timePeriod 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
Bronze Age ⓘ
worshipFocus solar cult ⓘ
worshipType state cult ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sun goddess of Arinna → majorCultCenter → Arinna ⓘ
subject linked to: Arinna
Mezulla → worshipPlace → Arinna ⓘ