 Ultimately, both Luwian hieroglyphs and cuneiform were rendered obsolete by an innovation, the alphabet, which seems to have entered Anatolia simultaneously from the Aegean (with the Bryges, who changed their name to Phrygians), and from the Phoenicians and neighboring peoples in Syria.The head of the Hittite state was the king, followed by the heir-apparent.The king was the supreme ruler of the land, in charge of being a military commander, judicial authority, as well as a high priest.