Tapalazunauli

Tapalazunauli , also Tapalazunauwali, was the brother of Piyama-Kurunta and a son of Uḫḫaziti , the last king of Arzawa . After the Hittite great king Muršili II Apaša , the capital of Arzawa, Uḫḫaziti fled with his family to the islands that belonged to the king of Aḫḫiyawa , where he died. His son Tapalazunauli returned to the mainland the following year (1317 BC) and entrenched himself in the city of Puranda, possibly identical to a fortified Bronze Age settlement discovered not far from Metropolis . Mursili II besieged the city and cut off the water supply. Tapalazunauli managed to escape, but his family fell into the hands of the Hittites.

literature

Gernot Wilhelm : Tapalazunau (wa) left. In: Michael P. Streck (ed.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie . Volume 13, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2011-2013, ISBN 978-3-11-030715-3 , p. 451.

Individual evidence

↑ See to this: Recep Meriç: A preliminary report on a late Bronze Age fortified hilltop settlement near Metropolis in Ionia. The Arzawa city of Puranda? In: Justus Cobet , Volkmar von Graeve , Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier , Konrad Zimmermann (eds.): Early Ionia. An inventory. Panionion Symposium Güzelçaml September 26th - October 1st 1999 (= Milesian research. 5). von Zabern, Mainz 2007, ISBN 978-3-8053-3770-0 , pp. 27-36.

personal data
SURNAME	Tapalazunauli
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tapalazunauwali
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Brother of Piyama-Kurunta and a son of Uḫḫaziti, the last king of Arzawa
DATE OF BIRTH	before 1317 BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	after 1317 BC Chr.

[1] See to this: Recep Meriç: A preliminary report on a late Bronze Age fortified hilltop settlement near Metropolis in Ionia. The Arzawa city of Puranda? In: Justus Cobet , Volkmar von Graeve , Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier , Konrad Zimmermann (eds.): Early Ionia. An inventory. Panionion Symposium Güzelçaml September 26th - October 1st 1999 (= Milesian research. 5). von Zabern, Mainz 2007, ISBN 978-3-8053-3770-0 , pp. 27-36.