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Lawazantiya

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Lawazantiya was the cultic city of the goddess Šauška and mentioned in Old-Assyrian documents as Luhuzantiya. In Hittite texts the city is known as Lawazantiya (also: Lahuwazantiya, Lauwanzantiya or Lahuzzandiya), in Ugarit as Lwsnd and in Assyrian Annals as Lusanda.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Historical Topography… and the Identification of Sirkeli Höyük". 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2015.