Addu-nirari

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Addu-nirari (Syria)
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Addu-nirari was a king of Nuḫašše , a small kingdom in what is now northern Syria , who lived only a short time around 1338 BC. Ruled. His predecessor Šarupši had switched to the Hittite side against his overlord Tušratta von Mitanni . Addu-nirari had him murdered and together with Itur-Addu from Mukiš and Aki-Teššup from Nija began a campaign against the Ugarites , who were allied with the Hittite Empire . Šuppiluliuma I. used this attack as a legal pretext for the complete conquest of Syria and set Takib-šarri as the successor king .

Addu-nirari is documented by a Ugaritic text and the Amarna letter EA 51, with which he asks the Egyptian king for support in the fight against the Hittites. According to Wolfgang Helck , the unknown pharaoh is probably Akhenaten , the Italian historian Mario Liverani thinks Tutankhamun is possible.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Wolfgang Helck : Addu-nirari. In: Wolfgang Helck (Hrsg.): Lexikon der Ägyptologie (LÄ). Volume I, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1975, ISBN 3-447-01670-1 , Sp. 62.
  2. ↑ Mario Liverani: Storia di Ugarit (= Studi Semitici 6 ), Rome 1962, p. 15 ff.
personal data
SURNAME Addu-nirari
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Nuḫašše
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 14th century BC Chr.