Šaḫurunuwa (Prince)

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Šaḫurunuwa was a Hittite prince, chief of the blackboard scribe and military leader under the kings Ḫattušili III. and Tudḫaliya IV. He also signed important state treaties as a witness.

family

Since Šaḫurunuwa bore the title “Prince”, he was related to the Hittite royal family, either through direct descent or because he or one of his ancestors had married into the royal family. The name of his father is not known. The military leader Kuwalanaziti , who also carried the title of "chief shepherd", comes into question as father or grandfather .

His descendants are known from the Šaḫurunuwa document , where the estate of his many goods in the Hittite Empire, which were mainly in Kizzuwatna and Lycaonia , is regulated. Of the two sons of Šaḫurunuwas, Tattamaru was married to Queen Puduḫepa's sister daughter, of the other son, Duwattannani, only the name is known. His daughter Tarḫuntamanawa married Aliḫešni, a brother of Walwaziti , who was "chief of the (clay tablet) scribe". Tarḫuntamanawa and Aliḫešni had two sons, Kuwalanaziti and Tulpi-Teššub. Šaḫurunuwa apparently still had children from a woman named Arumura, presumably a concubine or lover who did not receive any claim to the land.

Act

As a young man, Šaḫurunuwa received a clay tablet at the court of King Bentešina of Amurru , which he was supposed to deliver to the Hittite king, but instead broke it. He achieved a high reputation and as a witness signed the Ulmi-Teššub Treaty and the "Bronze Tablet", both state treaties between the Hittite king and King Ulmi-Teššub of Tarḫuntašša .

Šaḫurunuwa served as a military leader and "chief shepherd" in the Hittite army. A text is preserved in which the weather god of Nerik is asked for the safe return of the Šaḫurunuwa from a campaign. In another text an oracle is asked whether Šaḫurunuwa or Ḫušaniya should support the Hittite crown prince in a campaign.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fiorella Imparati: Una concessione di terre da parte di Tudhaliya IV . Revue Hittite et Asianique 32 (1974), pp. 5-211. here: p. 48.
  2. ↑ Bilgin, p. 246 f.

literature

  • Shai Gordin: Scribal Families of Hattuša in the 13th Century BCE . Tel Aviv Universiti 2008.
  • Remzi Tayfun Bilgin: Bureaucrazy and Bureaucratic Change in Hittite Administration . University of Michigan 2015 ( PDF, 2.7 MB ).
personal data
SURNAME Šaḫurunuwa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hittite prince
DATE OF BIRTH around 13th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH around 13th century BC Chr.