Alantalli

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Alantalli was in the 13th century (after approx. 1260 to after approx. 1235 BC) king of Mira , a Hittite vassal state in western Asia Minor. He was probably the son and successor of Kupanta-Kurunta and probably the father of Tarkasnawa .

Alantalli is certainly mentioned at the beginning of the rule of the Hittite great king Tuthalija IV. (From approx. 1236 BC) on the bronze plaque from Bogazköy discovered in 1986 , which stipulates a state treaty between Tuthalija IV and Kurunta of Tarḫuntašša and on which he as Witness to the contract is named (Col. IV, 36). John David Hawkins identified the name Alantalli on the rock relief of Karabel , on which he is mentioned as the father of Tarkasnawa and son of a ruler whom Hawkins believes to be Kupanta-Kurunta. Whereby Hawkins points out that his assumed genealogy should be treated with caution, since the reading of the name Alantalli (from AVIS-li ) is uncertain and the name of Tarkasnawa's grandfather is not recognizable. According to this, Alantalli did not come before 1259 BC. BC to power, since a letter from the Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses II to Kupanta-Kurunta ( CTH 166.1) dates from the time after the conclusion of the Egyptian-Hittite peace treaty and refers to its obligations.

According to the so-called Milawata letter , which was very likely written by Tuthalija IV and whose addressee was a ruler from Western Asia Minor, whose name has not been preserved, the recipient's father rebelled against the Hittite empire, attacked cities outside its territory, e.g. B. Atrija in Caria and some of its inhabitants were abducted until the Hittite great king intervened and finally deposed him. Insofar as the recipient of the letter was Tarkasnawa from Mira, which is believed to be probable in research, assuming the correctness of the reading of the carabel relief by Hawkins, Alantalli was the king who rebelled against the Hittites.

Remarks

  1. ↑ U. a. Mary R. Bachvarova: From Hittite to Homer. The Anatolian Background of Ancient Greek Epic. Cambridge University Press, 2016, p. 337.
  2. ↑ For details on the Karabel rock relief and its reading: J. David Hawkins: Tarkasnawa, King of Mira. 'Tarkondemos', Boğazköy sealings and Karabel , in: Anatolian Studies 48, 1998, pp. 1–31.
  3. ↑ Tayfun Bilgin: Officials and Administration in the Hittite World. De Gruyter, Berlin – Boston 2018, p. 164.
  4. ^ Gary M. Beckman, Trevor R. Bryce , Eric H. Cline : The Ahhiyawa Texts (= Writings from the Ancient World 28) . SBL , Atlanta 2011, p. 123.
  5. ↑ For the Milawata letter and its classification see, inter alia, Harry A. Hoffner, Jr .: Letters from the Hittite Kingdom. Society of Biblical Literature, Houston 2009, pp. 313-321; Gary M. Beckman, Trevor R. Bryce, Eric H. Cline: The Ahhiyawa Texts (= Writings from the Ancient World 28). SBL, Atlanta 2011, pp. 123-133.
  6. ^ Gary M. Beckman, Trevor R. Bryce, Eric H. Cline: The Ahhiyawa Texts (= Writings from the Ancient World 28). Atlanta 2011, p. 131.
  7. ^ Charles Burney : Historical Dictionary of the Hittites. Scarecrow Press, Lanham - Toronto - Oxford 2004, p. 202
personal data
SURNAME Alantalli
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of the Hittite vassal state of Mira
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century BC BC or 13th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH after 1235 BC Chr.