Kuwalanaziti (Prince)

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Kuwalanaziti ( Luwian : 'army man') was a Hittite prince, "majordomus", chief shepherd and scribe under King Tudḫaliya IV. He mainly served as a messenger, including to the land of Mira .

family

Kuwalanaziti inherited the title of "prince" from his mother, through whom he was indefinitely related to the Hittite royal family, be it through direct descent or because one of his ancestors had married into the royal family.

His father Aliḫešni was a son of Mittannamuwa and brother of Walwaziti , who were both "chief of the (clay tablet) scribes". Kuwalanaziti's mother, the "princess" Tarḫuntamanawa, was a daughter of Šaunurunuwa , who was the "chief of the blackboard scribe". Since Kuwalanaziti and his grandfather Šaḫurunuwa, among other things, also carried the title of "head shepherd", it is assumed that the "head shepherd" Kuwalanaziti was his ancestor under King Šuppiluliuma I.

Act

As can be seen from the Milawata letter ( CTH 182; KUB 19.55 + KUB 48.90), Kuwalanaziti was sent by King Tudḫaliya IV with wooden plaques to the recipient of the letter, a Western Anatolian ruler, according to the prevailing opinion, probably Tarkasnawa of Mira, regarding the reinstatement from Walmu as king over Wiluša (§ 7). The great king already sent Kuwalanaziti to the recipient's father, after the latter had attacked cities outside his territory and taken hostages in Atrija and Utima, in order to obtain the release of the prisoners, as the same letter shows (§ 9). In the city of Tarsus (Heth.Tarša) seals of Kuwalanaziti and his grandfather Šaḫurunuwa were found.

Presumably he is identical with the messenger Kulaziti, who brought two letters to Pharaoh Ramses II , and probably also with Kuwalanaziti, who was sent as a messenger to Ugarit together with Aliziti . Furthermore, a Kulanaziti sealed a purchase contract in the Hittite vassal state of Emar . The fact that all four people were in contact with Hittite vassal states makes the identity likely.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Fiorella Imparati: Una concessione di terre da parte di Tudhaliya IV . RHA 32 (1974): 5-211. P. 48.
  2. ↑ so among others Gary M. Beckman, Trevor R. Bryce , Eric H. Cline : The Ahhiyawa Texts (= Writings from the Ancient World 28). Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta 2011, p. 131.
  3. ^ Bilgin, p. 176.
  4. ↑ Bilgin, p. 189 f.
  5. ^ Gordin, p. 85.

literature

  • Shai Gordin: Scribal Families of Hattuša in the 13th Century BCE . Tel Aviv Universiti 2008.
  • Remzi Tayfun Bilgin: Bureaucrazy and Bureaucratic Change in Hittite Administration . University of Michigan 2015 ( PDF , 2.7 MB, accessed January 13, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Kuwalanaziti
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hittite prince and scribe
DATE OF BIRTH around 13th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH around 13th century BC Chr.