PU-Sarruma explained

PU-Sarruma
Children:	Papahdilmah^[1] Tawannanna
Other Names:	Hišmi-Šarruma
Occupation:	King of Hittites
Parents:	Tudhaliya

PU-Sarruma (PU-LUGAL-ma, ^mPU-Šàr-(rù)-ma, possibly representing Hišmi-Šarruma) is a conjectured pre-Empire king of the Hittites. The conjecture was forwarded by Emil Forrer and is not commonly accepted.

He would have reigned around 1600 BC (short chronology).

Family

Hišmi-Šarruma would correspond to the grandfather of Hattusili I and the father-in-law of Labarna I and true father of Papahdilmah, mentioned (but not by name) by Hattusili. Hišmi-Šarruma was also a father of Tawannanna.^[2]

Virtually nothing is known of PU-Šarruma's life, who is a very shadowy figure. PU-Šarruma's sons had turned against their father, so that, while he was in the city of Šanahwitta, he named his son-in-law Labarna as his successor.^[3] However, Papahdilmah still had support among the king's servants and chief officers.

See also

• History of the Hittites

External links

• Reign of PU-Sarruma

Notes and References

1. The organisation of the Hittite military by Richard Henry Beal.
2. Hittite Studies in Honor of Harry A. Hoffner, Jr: On the Occasion of His Birthday by Harry A. Hoffner, Gary M. Beckman, Richard Henry Beal, John Gregory McMahon
3. Proceedings of the eleventh annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Los Angeles, June 4–5, 1999 by Karlene Jones-Bley, Martin E. Huld, Angela Della Volpe.