Kukkunni

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Kukkunni or Kukunni was a ruler of Wiluša in Asia Minor during the second half of the 14th century BC. Chr.

The Alakšandu Treaty , which the Hittite great king Muwatalli II (approx. 1294-1272 BC) in the early 13th century BC. BC with Alakšandu , the then ruler of Wilušas, named Kukkunni as the predecessor Alakšandus. It is not clear from the document whether the latter immediately succeeded him on the throne and was possibly the son of Kukkunnis. Kukkunni behaved loyally to the Hittites during the reign of Šuppiluliuma I (approx. 1355-1320 BC) in his war against the Arzawareich .

It is uncertain where Wiluša was. An equation with Ilios / Troy is often represented, but this is controversial, as some information in Hittite sources, including in the Alaksandu Treaty, suggest that Wilusa could be located much further south and some information is unclear.

The name Kukkunni is Anatolian or Hittite - Luwian and is also used later in Lycian . It is believed that the name Kyknos, which occurs several times in Greek mythology, is a " Graecization " of the name Kukkunni.

Remarks

  1. ↑ CTH 76 C
  2. ↑ § 3 of the Alaksandu contract
  3. ^ For the first time by Paul Kretschmer : Alakšanduš, König von Viluša , Glotta 13 Volume 3/4, 1924, pp. 205-13. In more recent research z. B. Joachim Latacz : Troy and Homer. The way to solve an old riddle. Köhler and Amelang, Munich, Berlin 2001, pp. 131-139; Frank Starke : Troy in the context of the historical, political and linguistic environment of Asia Minor in the 2nd millennium. in: Studia Troica. 7, 1997, pp. 447-487; Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier : Greece and Asia Minor in the late Bronze Age. The historical background of the Homeric epics. In: Michael Meier-Brügger (Ed.): Homer, interpreted by a large lexicon. Files from the Hamburg Colloquium from 6.-8. October 2010 at the end of the lexicon of the early Greek epic (= treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen. New series volume 21). De Gruyter, 2012, p. 154 ff.
  4. ↑ See above all Susanne Heinhold-Krahmer : Has the identity of Ilios with Wiluša been finally proven? in: Studi micenei ed egeo-anatolici. 45, 2004, pp. 29-57.
  5. ↑ Sedat Alp: The hieroglyphic seal of Troy and its meaning. In: Gernot Wilhelm : Files of the IV. International Congress for Hittitology: Würzburg, 4.-8. October 1999 (= Studies on the Boğazköy Texts Volume 45). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001 p. 193 f. (e.g. with derivations from early Hittite names)
  6. ↑ Already Wolfgang Röllig : Achaeans and Trojans in Hittite sources? In: Ingrid Gamer-Wallert (Ed.): Troia. Bridge between Orient and Occident. Attempto, Tübingen 1992, p. 194; See also Philo Hendrik Jan Houwink Ten Cate: The Luwian Population Groups of Lycia and Cilicia Aspera During the Hellenistic Period. Brill, Leiden 1961, p. 199. Rostislav Oreshko: Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions of Western Anatolia. Long Arm of the Empire or Vernacular Tradition (s)? In: Alice Mouton, Ian C. Rutherford , Ilya S. Yakubovich (Eds.): Luwian identities. Culture, language and religion between Anatolia and the Aegean. , Brill, Leiden – Boston 2013, p. 346 suggests that the name in group 5 of the rock inscription on Suratkaya can be supplemented with Ku-kuna / ii (a) and refers (p. 357) to the Lycian female form xuxune .
  7. ^ For the first time Paul Kretschmer : On the question of the Greek names in the Hittite texts. Glotta 18, 1930, p. 170. See also Wolfgang Röllig : Achaeans and Trojans in Hittite sources? In: Ingrid Gamer-Wallert (Ed.): Troia. Bridge between Orient and Occident. Attempto, Tübingen 1992, p. 193 f .; Robert Louis Fowler: Early Greek Mythography. Volume 2: Commentary. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2013, pp. 534 f .; Simon Hornblower: Lycophron. Alexandra. Greek Text, Translation, Commentary, and Introduction. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2015, p. 174.
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SURNAME Kukkunni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kukunni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Wilusa
DATE OF BIRTH 14th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 14th century BC BC or 13th century BC Chr.