Kaštiliaš

Kaštiliaš or Kaštiliašu is a Kassite male name.

Cassite rulers

He was the name of several Middle Eastern rulers:

• Kaštiliaš I.
• Kaštiliaš II.
• Kaštiliaš III. which is only indirectly developed
• Kaštiliaš IV.
• Kaštiliaš from Ḫana , who is sometimes equated with Kaštiliaš I.

Landsberger sees Agum, like Kaštiliaš / Kaštil-ašu, as "lead names", pairs of names that are passed on from grandfather to first-born grandson (papponymy) and lists Artatama - Šuttarna ( Mitanni ) and Tudḫaliya -Arnuwanda ( Hittites ). It certainly appears to be a dynastic name.

More name bearers

A letter from the 15th year of Ammi-ṣaduqa's reign mentions a certain Kaštil, son of Bēl-šunu, who, together with another man , commanded a troop of 1,500 Samharī . Perhaps this is short for Kaštiliaš. Then the person in question could be a Kassitian tribal leader who perhaps belonged to the later royal family.

See also

• List of the kings of the Kassite Empire in Babylonia

Individual evidence

1. ^ Benno Landsberger: Assyrian King List and "Dark Ages" , In: Journal of Cuneiform Studies 8/1 , 1954, 45.
2. ↑ Benno Landsberger: Assyrian King List and "Dark Ages" , In: Journal of Cuneiform Studies 8/2 , 1954, 61f.
3. ↑ Amanda H. Podany: The Land of Ḫana. Kings, chronology and scribal tradition , Bethesda, CDL-Press 2002, 50