Mašḫuitta

Mašḫuitta (alternative reading: Parḫuitta) was a king in western Asia Minor, possibly the last king of Mira known from Hittite sources .

Mašḫuitta is mentioned in a fragmentary letter ( KBO 18.18, CTH 186.4) from a Hittite great king, perhaps Šuppiluliuma II , which, however, “can only roughly be dated to the last half of the 13th century due to its poor state of preservation”. addressed with the title "Great King" without the country's name being preserved. Since the content refers to Western Anatolia , in Frank Starke's opinion, only the country Mira comes into question. Accordingly, this country was able to break away from the Hittite king as a former vassal and subjugate other areas. On the other hand, the ancient orientalist Gerd Steiner suspects that Mašḫuitta was a king of Aḫḫijawa , which he - contrary to the strongly prevailing opinion - considers to be an Anatolian empire in south-west Asia Minor, and that the letter came from the Hittite great king Ḫattušili III. (approx. 1266–1236 BC), who is also considered to be the likely author of the Tawagalawa letter , in which the ruler of Aḫḫijawa is also addressed as the "great king".

literature

Frank Starke : Mirā. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 8, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01478-9 , Sp. 250-255.

Remarks

↑ John David Hawkins : The Arzawa letters in recent perspective. British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan 14, 2009, pp. 73–83. Online as PDF , which, in contrast to Frank Starke in DNP, is more careful when assigning.
↑ Susanne Heinhold-Krahmer : Has the identity of Ilios with Wiluša been finally proven? In: Studi micenei ed egeo-anatolici. 45, 2004, p. 39 (with reference to Albertine Hagenbuchner : Die Korrespondenz der Hittiter: The letters under their cultural, linguistic and thematic viewpoints, vol. 2 (= texts of the Hittites 16). Heidelberg 1989, p. 317). Frank Starke, on the other hand, takes the view that the letter was probably written after 1215 BC. BC: Frank Starke: Mira. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 8, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01478-9 , Col. 250-255, here Col. 254.
^ Gerd Steiner: The Case of Wiluša and Ahhiyawa. Bibliotheca Orientalis 64 No. 5-6, 2007, Col. 602f., 605 (accessed via De Gruyter Online).

personal data
SURNAME	Mašḫuitta
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Parḫuitta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of Mira
DATE OF BIRTH	13th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	12th century BC Chr.

[1] John David Hawkins : The Arzawa letters in recent perspective. British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan 14, 2009, pp. 73–83. Online as PDF , which, in contrast to Frank Starke in DNP, is more careful when assigning.

[2] Susanne Heinhold-Krahmer : Has the identity of Ilios with Wiluša been finally proven? In: Studi micenei ed egeo-anatolici. 45, 2004, p. 39 (with reference to Albertine Hagenbuchner : Die Korrespondenz der Hittiter: The letters under their cultural, linguistic and thematic viewpoints, vol. 2 (= texts of the Hittites 16). Heidelberg 1989, p. 317). Frank Starke, on the other hand, takes the view that the letter was probably written after 1215 BC. BC: Frank Starke: Mira. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 8, Metzler, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-476-01478-9 , Col. 250-255, here Col. 254.

[3] Gerd Steiner: The Case of Wiluša and Ahhiyawa. Bibliotheca Orientalis 64 No. 5-6, 2007, Col. 602f., 605 (accessed via De Gruyter Online).