Ḫutupiyanza

Ḫutupiyanza was a Hittite general and the governor of the lands of Pala and Tumanna . He was the son of Zida, the brother of the Hittite king I. Suppiluliuma was.

Šuppiluliuma I. put his nephew Ḫutupiyanza around 1330 BC. BC as governor over Pala with the order to protect the unprotected land from the incursions of the Kaškäer . Later he was placed by Mursili II over the neighboring Tumana. Ḫutupiyanza successfully defended the two provinces and also managed to conquer several cities. He died around 1300 BC. Chr.

literature

Ahmet Ünal: Ḫutupijanza. In: Dietz Otto Edzard (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie . Volume 4, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1972–1975, ISBN 3-11-006772-2 , p. 527.

personal data
SURNAME	Ḫutupiyanza
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hittite general and governor of the countries of Pala and Tumana
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1330 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	around 1300 BC Chr.