Tarḫunnaradu

Tarḫunnaradu (also Tarḫunnaradu or Tarḫunaradu) was during the reign of the Hittite king Tudhalija IV. (Ca. 1237-1215 / 07 v. Chr.) Rulers in the West klei nasa-Nazi Hittite vassal state Seha likely successor Mašturis and may by usurpation on the Throne.

When exactly and under which Tarḫunnaradu came to power is uncertain. Mašturi, who has lived since around 1270 BC. Was king of Šeḫa, is mentioned on the bronze plaque from Boğazköy at the beginning of the reign of Tudḫalija IV. As a witness of the state treaty between Tudḫalija and Kurunta . As a result, the reign of Tararunnaradu cannot date before about 1236 BC. Have begun. It is unknown whether he overthrew Mašturi or whether he died childless and Tarḫunnaradu ultimately prevailed in the struggle for successor. It cannot be completely ruled out that there was another unknown king between Mašturi and Tarḫunnaradu, but there is no evidence for such a king.

According to a presumed royal edict of Tudḫalija IV., " Attacks of the Šeḫa River Country " ( CTH 211.4; KUB 23.13) Tarḫunnaradu rebelled against the Hittite Empire, apparently supported by Aḫḫijawa . It is unclear whether it was political, military, logistical or just moral support. Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier is considering the possibility that Aḫḫijawa's promised help did not materialize in the end. Tudhalija IV finally intervened militarily, defeated Tarḫunnaradu's troops, seized him when he fled with his supporters on a mountain peak, and deported Tarḫunnaradu and his family to Arinna . In Tarḫunnaradu's place, the Hittite great king appointed a nobleman as a new vassal in Šeḫa, who was a descendant of the former king Muwawalwi .

Remarks

^ 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. 156.
^ Hans Gustav Güterbock : A new look at one Ahhiyawa text. In Heinrich Otten , Ekrem Akurgal , Hayri Ertem (Eds.): Hittite and other Anatolian and Near Eastern studies in honor of Sedat Alp. Ankara 1992, p. 243; Beckman et al. P. 156.
^ Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier : Greece and Asia Minor in the late Bronze Age. In: Michael Meier-Brügger (Ed.): Homer, interpreted by a large lexicon. Files from the Hamburg Colloquium from March 6th to 8th October 2010 at the end of the Lexicon of the Early Greek Epic . Berlin 2012, p. 166.

literature

Gary M. Beckman, Trevor R. Bryce , Eric H. Cline : The Ahhiyawa Texts (= Writings from the Ancient World 28). Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta 2011, ISBN 978-1-58983-268-8 , pp. 154–157 (AHT 11)

personal data
SURNAME	Tarḫunnaradu
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Tarḫunna-radu, Tarḫunaradu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Hittite vassal king of the Šeḫa river country
DATE OF BIRTH	13th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	13th century BC BC or 12th century BC Chr.

[1] 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. 156.

[2] Hans Gustav Güterbock : A new look at one Ahhiyawa text. In Heinrich Otten , Ekrem Akurgal , Hayri Ertem (Eds.): Hittite and other Anatolian and Near Eastern studies in honor of Sedat Alp. Ankara 1992, p. 243; Beckman et al. P. 156.

[3] Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier : Greece and Asia Minor in the late Bronze Age. In: Michael Meier-Brügger (Ed.): Homer, interpreted by a large lexicon. Files from the Hamburg Colloquium from March 6th to 8th October 2010 at the end of the Lexicon of the Early Greek Epic . Berlin 2012, p. 166.