Aḫḫulla
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Aḫḫulla was an ancient region of Anatolia located somewhere west of the upper Maraššantiya during the Middle Bronze Age. It is mentioned only in the Telepinu Proclamation.
The etymology of Aḫḫulla is unknown. It may have been a Hittite formulaic theophoric name for the mountain-god Hulla.[1] The prefix aḫ is the construct state of the noun aḫum meaning "bank, shore, side or edge of a river."[2]
Geography
Ahhulla was located somewhere on the southern fringes of the land of Pala northeast of the Sakarya River.[3] The etymology suggests a town along a river[4] in the shadow of a mountain,[5] perhaps somewhere at the foot of the Köroğlu range.[6]