398 That the cradle of the Hittites was in the interior of Asia Minor, particularly in Cappadocia, and that they spread from there south, east, and west, is the view of A. H. Sayce, W. M. Ramsay, D. G. Hogarth, W. Max Müller, F. Hommel, L. B. Paton, and L. Messerschmidt. See _Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement for 1884_, p. 49; A. H. Sayce, _The Hittites_3 (London, 1903), pp. 80 _sqq._; W. Max Müller, _Asien und Europa_ (Leipsic, 1893), pp. 319 _sqq._; Ramsay and Hogarth, “Pre-Hellenic Monuments of Cappadocia,” _Recueil de Travaux relatifs à la Philologie et à l’Archéologie Égyptiennes et Assyriennes_, xv. (1893) p. 94; F. Hommel, _Grundriss der Geographie und Geschichte des alten Orients_ (Munich, 1904), pp. 42, 48, 54; L. B. Paton, _The Early History of Syria and Palestine_ (London, 1902), pp. 105 _sqq._; L. Messerschmidt, _The Hittites_ (London, 1903), pp. 12, 13, 19, 20; D. G. Hogarth, “Recent Hittite Research,” _Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute_, xxxix. (1909) pp. 408 _sqq._ Compare Ed. Meyer, _Geschichte des Altertums_,2 i. 2. (Stuttgart and Berlin, 1909) pp. 617 sqq.; J. Garstang, _The Land of the Hittites_, pp. 315 _sqq._ The native Hittite writing is a system of hieroglyphics which has not yet been read, but in their intercourse with foreign nations the Hittites used the Babylonian cuneiform script. Clay tablets bearing inscriptions both in the Babylonian and in the Hittite language have been found by Dr. H. Winckler at Boghaz-Keui, the great Hittite capital in Cappadocia; so that the sounds of the Hittite words, though not their meanings, are now known. According to Professor Ed. Meyer, it seems certain that the Hittite language was neither Semitic nor Indo-European. As to the inscribed tablets of Boghaz-Keui, see H. Winckler, “Vorläufige Nachrichten über die Ausgrabungen in Boghaz-köi im Sommer 1907, 1. Die Tontafelfunde,” _Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft zu Berlin_, No. 35, December 1907, pp. 1-59; “Hittite Archives from Boghaz-Keui,” translated from the German transcripts of Dr. Winckler by Meta E. Williams, _Annals of Archaeology and Anthropology_, iv. (Liverpool, 1912), pp. 90-98. 399 G. Maspero, _Histoire Ancienne des Peuples de l’Orient Classique_, ii. 351, note 3, with his references; L. B. Paton, _op. cit._ p. 109; L. Messerschmidt, _The Hittites_, p. 10; F. Hommel, _op. cit._ p. 42; W. Max Müller, _Asien und Europa_, p. 332. See the preceding note. M95 The burning of Sandan or Hercules at Tarsus. 400 A. H. Sayce, “The Hittite Inscriptions,” _Recueil de Travaux relatifs à la Philologie et à l’Archéologie Égyptiennes et Assyriennes_, xiv. (1893) pp. 48 _sq._; P. Jensen, _Hittiter und Armenier_ (Strasburg, 1898), pp. 42 _sq._