Alluwamna

Alluwamna
PredecessorTahurwaili[1] or Telipinu[2]
SuccessorHantili II
SpouseHarapšeki
ChildrenHantili II[3]

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,[4][5] after the reign of Tahurwaili.[1]

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 [5](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[1] One text of Alluwamna records the granting of land to his son and likely successor Hantili II.[6]

See also

Sources

  1. ^ a b c Bin-Nun, S.R. (April 1974). "Who was Tahurwaili, the grate king?". Journal of Cuneiform Studies. v26 (2).
  2. ^ Myth And Politics In Ancient Near Eastern Historiography by Mario Liverani, ed. and introduced by Zainab Bahrani and Marc Van De Mieroop
  3. ^ Johannes Lehmann: Die Hethiter, Volk der tausend Götter
  4. ^ The Tawananna in the Hittite kingdom by Shoshana R. Bin-Nun
  5. ^ a b The Kingdom of the Hittites by Trevor Bryce, p. 119.
  6. ^ The Great Empires of the Ancient World, edited by Thomas Harrison, p.46
Regnal titles
Preceded by Hittite king
ca. 15th century BC 		Succeeded by