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Maliya

Maliya was a goddess worshiped by Hittites in the Bronze Age. She was most likely a deified river in origin, but she was also associated with gardens and with artisanship, specifically with leatherworking and carpentry. The oldest attestations of her have been identified in the Old Assyrian texts from Kanesh. This city continued to be associated with her…

Art, Second millennium BCE & First millennium BCE

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Greek
Athena
Major cult center
Kanesh, Hattusa, Kummanni, Rhodiapolis

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related to Hittite attestations · 45
Maliya → An, Anatolia, As, Aškašepa, Carpenter, Deities, During, Garden, Great Temple, GUR, Hattian, Hattusa, Hittite, Hittite Empire, Hittites, However, IBoT, In, In Hittite, Inara
related to Lycian attestations · 38
Maliya → Alexander, Aliχssa, Amazons, An, Aphrodite, Athena, Athena's, Athena-like, BCE, Bryce, Eric Raimond, Eriyupama, Greek, Ian Rhuterford, In, In Lycian, It, Iyamara, Lindos, Lycia
related to Kizzuwatnean attestations · 27
Maliya → According, Allani, Another, Erama, Hurrian, Hurrianized, Hutellura, Hutena, In, Išḫara, Kizzuwatna, Kulitta, Kummanni, Kummiya, Kunizizi, Kuzzina-Kuzpazena, Lelluri, Luwian, Ninatta, Nupatik
related to Second millennium BCE · 23
Maliya → Bachvarova, Caesarea, Calvert Watkins, Cappadocia, Hittite, In, It, Kanesh, Kassite, Kültepe, Luwian, Maliawasḫai, Malitta, Maliya's, Manfred Hutter's, Mary, Matilde Serangeli, Melas, Old Assyrian, Parthenios
related to Lydian attestations · 18
Maliya → Athena, Attalid, BCE, Greek Athena, Greek-Lydian, Hellenization, Hesychius, Hipponax, It, Lydia, Lydian, Malis, Paitaras, Pergamon, Sardis, She, The, While Greek
related to Luwian attestations · 15
Maliya → Anatolia, Arma, Hittite, Iyarri, Kamrušepa, Luwian, Luwians, Manfred Hutter, Piotr Taracha, River, She, Tarhunt, Tiwad, While, Zuliya
related to First millennium BCE · 9
Maliya → BCE, Bronze Age Anatolian, Calvert Watkins, Hittite Maliya, However, Ian Rutherford, Iron Age, Watkins, While
Greek · 1
Maliya → Athena
Major cult center · 1
Maliya → Kanesh, Hattusa, Kummanni, Rhodiapolis

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also goddess greek hittite malis worshiped might deities lycian lydian sources luwian athena name texts alongside associated known bce city

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MaliyaGreekAthena1.00infobox
MaliyaMajor cult centerKanesh, Hattusa, Kummanni, Rhodiapolis1.00infobox
Hipponaxinstance ofas indicated by a Greek-Lydian bilingual text from Pergamon and by a number of literary references identified in works of authors0.80text
Hesychiusinstance ofas indicated by a Greek-Lydian bilingual text from Pergamon and by a number of literary references identified in works of authors0.80text
Maliyarelated to First millennium BCEWhile0.60section
Maliyarelated to First millennium BCEBronze Age Anatolian0.60section
Maliyarelated to First millennium BCEIron Age0.60section
Maliyarelated to First millennium BCEBCE0.60section
Maliyarelated to First millennium BCEHowever0.60section
Maliyarelated to First millennium BCECalvert Watkins0.60section
Maliyarelated to First millennium BCEHittite Maliya0.60section
Maliyarelated to First millennium BCEIan Rutherford0.60section

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