Sarri-Kušuḫ

Sarri-Kušuḫ (Hittite Piyaššili ) was a Hittite viceroy of Karkemiš towards the end of the 14th century BC. Chr.

Piyaššili was the son of the Hittite king Suppiluliuma I. When that after the assassination of his son Zannanza of Hurrians had conquered fortress held Carchemish, he made Piyaššili there to the Viceroy, whose office was hereditary. Piyaššili assumed the Hurrian name Šarri-Kušuḫ, probably due to the Hurrian influence in Karkemiš.

Sarri-Kušuḫ supported his brother Muršili II during the critical time of his assumption of government. In the fourth year of his reign he led him to auxiliary troops to Arzawa , which Muršili conquered. In Muršili's seventh year of reign he fought together with General Kantuzzili an uprising in Nuḫašše . In Muršili's tenth year of reign, Šarri-Kušuḫ died in Kummani , where a festival in honor of the goddess Ḫepat of Kummani was to be held. He was followed by his son Šaḫurunuwa as viceroy of Karkemiš.

family tree

The following family tree was created after publications by Volkert Haas and Jörg Klinger .

1. Ḫinti

2. Tawananna

Zida

Zannanza

1./2. Gaššulawiya

2nd / 3rd Danuḫepa

Mrs. Šattiwazzas

Mrs. Ammistamrus II.

Individual evidence

↑ Volkert Haas: The Hittite literature. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-11-018877-6 , page 91,
↑ Jörg Klinger: The Hittites. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-53625-0

literature

Jörg Klinger: The Hittites . Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 3-406-53625-5 , p. 58 f.

predecessor	Office	successor
-	King of Karkemiš approx. 1321 to 1309 BC Chr.	Šaḫurunuwa

personal data
SURNAME	Sarri-Kušuḫ
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Šarrikušuh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hittite viceroy of Karkemiš
DATE OF BIRTH	14th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	14th century BC BC or 13th century BC Chr.
Place of death	Kummani

[1] Volkert Haas: The Hittite literature. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-11-018877-6 , page 91,

[2] Jörg Klinger: The Hittites. CH Beck, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-406-53625-0