Aitakama
Aitakama or in other spellings: Aitaqama, Itakama, Itaqama, Etakkama, Etakama, Aitagama ( Hittite A-i-tag-ga-ma ), son of Šutatarra , was from around 1355 BC. BC to 1312 BC Chr. King of Kadesh .
He was initially considered a loyal ally of Egypt before he sided with the Hittites in an alliance under Aziru . In the further course of the Aitakama stood openly against Šuppiluliuma I , who then took him prisoner to Hatti . After Aitakama had to confess to support Hatti, he was reinstated by Šuppiluliuma I as king in Kadesh. In the Amarna letters he is of Akhenaten as traitors, partisans and enemies of Egypt called, not sitting with you at a table .
1312 BC He led an uprising in the 10th year of the reign of Mursili II against Hatti, but was murdered during the siege of Kadesh by the Hittites by his son Niqmaddu , who then ruled.
literature
- Birgit Brandau, Hartmut Schickert: Hittites - The Unknown World Power . Piper, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-492-04338-0 .
- Dietz-Otto Edzard, Erich Ebeling: Real Lexicon of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology (RLA) . Volume 2. de Gruyter, Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-11-004450-1 , p. 480.
- Wolfgang Helck : Aitakama. In: Wolfgang Helck (Hrsg.): Lexikon der Ägyptologie (LÄ). Volume I, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1975, ISBN 3-447-01670-1 , Sp. 112.
- Eduard Meyer : The time of the Egyptian great power Vol. 2/1 . Scientific Book Society, Darmstadt 1981, ISBN 3-534-08915-4 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Dietz-Otto Edzard, Erich Ebeling: Reallexikon der Assyriologie and Near Eastern Archeology . Volume 2. de Gruyter, Berlin 1978, p. 480; see. also Amarna letters EA 140 and EA 162.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aitakama |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Itakama |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of Kadesh |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1375 BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1312 BC Chr. |
| Place of death | Kadesh |