Akizzi
Akizzi or Aki-Teššup / Aki-Tešup / Aki-Teschup ( offering is Teššup ) is the name of the last king of Qatna . Around 1340 BC The kingdom of Qatna, which was previously subordinate to the Egyptian governor Biruaza , was destroyed by the Hittites . Akizzi was the son of Taku and had a brother named Takuwa . He was of Mittan descent.
In the Amarna archive four letters from Akizzi to have Amenhotep III. receive. It was during this period that the Aitakama of Kadesh rebelled , the Aziru of Amurru and the first campaign of the Hittite king Šuppiluliuma I in northern Syria. The letters of the kings of Nuḫašše , Tunip and Ribaddi of Byblos all ask for help against Aziru. Akizzi wrote another letter (EA 59) to Akhenaten without getting the requested help.
literature
- Dietz-Otto Edzard : Real Lexicon of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology (RLA) . Vol. 1a, reprint, de Gruyter, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-11-004451-X , pp. 61-62.
- Wolfgang Helck : Akizzi. In: Wolfgang Helck (Hrsg.): Lexikon der Ägyptologie (LÄ). Volume I, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1975, ISBN 3-447-01670-1 , Sp. 116.
- Eduard Meyer : The time of the Egyptian great power Vol. 2/1 . Knowledge Buchgesellschaft Darmstadt, Darmstadt 1981, ISBN 3-5340-8915-4 .
Web links
- Amarna letters from Akizzi (English)
Remarks
- ↑ EA 52, 53, 54 and 55
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Akizzi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Aki-Tešup |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | King of Qatna |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 14th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 14th century BC Chr. |