Alluwamna Explained

Alluwamna
Predecessor:Tahurwaili or Telipinu[1]
Successor:Hantili II
Spouse:Harapšeki
Children:Hantili II[2]

Alluwamna was a king of the Hittites (Middle Kingdom) in the 15th century BC. He might be a successor of Telipinu as his son-in-law,[3] [4] after the reign of Tahurwaili.

Family

Alluwamna married Harapšeki, daughter of Telipinu. Their son was Hantili II.

Reign

Alluwamna's reign is attested by a seal (SBo I.86) named the Tabarna seal.As a son-in-law of Telepinu (married to his first-rank daughter Harapšeki), Alluwamna would have been first in line for the throne. However, Telepinu banished him and his wife to Malitashkur [4] (see KUB 26:77), and so it is possible that he did not come to the throne right after Telepinu's death, but rather after the reign of Tahurwaili, first cousin of Telipinu[5] One text of Alluwamna records the granting of land to his son and likely successor Hantili II.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Myth And Politics In Ancient Near Eastern Historiography by Mario Liverani, ed. and introduced by Zainab Bahrani and Marc Van De Mieroop
  2. [Johannes Lehmann]
  3. The Tawananna in the Hittite kingdom by Shoshana R. Bin-Nun
  4. The Kingdom of the Hittites by Trevor Bryce, p. 119.
  5. S.R. . Bin-Nun . Who was Tahurwaili, the grate king? . Journal of Cuneiform Studies . v26 . 2 . April 1974.
  6. The Great Empires of the Ancient World, edited by Thomas Harrison, p.46