Tanuhepa Explained

Tanuhepa (Danuhepa; fl. 1300 BCE) was queen of the Hittite Empire, as the second wife of Muršili II.^[1]

During the reign of the next Hittite king, her stepson Muwatalli II, she was put on trial and probably banished.^{[2] [3]} However she was reinstated during the reign of the following king, Mursili III.^[4]

She came from a Hurrian background.^{[5] [6]}

Notes and References

1. Bryce . Trevor . December 1998 . How Old was Matanazi . The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology . en . 84 . 1 . 212–215 . 10.1177/030751339808400120 . 0307-5133.
2. Book: Budin . Stephanie Lynn . Women in Antiquity: Real Women across the Ancient World . Turfa . Jean Macintosh . 2016-08-12 . Routledge . 978-1-317-21990-3 . en.
3. Orozco . Albert Planelles . January 2017 . The Hittite title Tuhkanti revisited: towards a precise characterisation of the office . Anatolian Studies . en . 67 . 109–127 . 10.1017/S0066154617000096 . 115331143 . 0066-1546.
4. Cammarosano . Michele . 2009-10-01 . A Coregency for Muršili III? . Altorientalische Forschungen . de . 36 . 1 . 171–202 . 10.1524/aofo.2009.0010. 154261978 .
5. [Trevor R. Bryce|Bryce, Trevor]
6. 2019 . Il. 2.681-694: a revised short commentary Some remarks on Thessalian components in the very early epic traditions and possible connections to Hurrian environments in Kizzuwatna . Filologia Antica e Moderna . 29 . 48 . en . 17–45 . 10.1400/277421 . De Cristofaro . Luigi .