How many Hittite cuneiform tablets and tablet fragments have been found?

By the early 21st century, approximately 30,000 tablets or tablet fragments in the Hittite language had been recovered through archaeological excavations.1

The vast majority of these were discovered in the tablet collections of Hattusa, the ancient capital of the Hittites, located at the site of modern-day Boğazköy. Additional collections have been unearthed since 1973 in former Hittite provincial centers such as Tapikka, Sapinuwa, and Sarissa. While stray examples have been found at other locations—including Alaca Höyük, Alalakh, Tarsus, Ugarit, Dur-Kurigalzu, and Amarna—these are rare. Some fragments of unknown provenance have also entered the record through antiquities dealers.1