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]

See also

• History of the Hittites

External links

• Reign of Alluwamna

Notes and References

1. Myth And Politics In Ancient Near Eastern Historiography by Mario Liverani, Zainab Bahrani, 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