Uḫḫaziti

Uḫḫaziti (died around 1316 BC) was a king of the land of Arzawa in the late 14th century BC. It is uncertain whether he was a son and the direct successor of Tarḫuntaradu . He came to the throne after driving out his brother Mašḫuiluwa .

After he had refused to hand over refugees to the Hittite king Muršili II and allied himself with the king of Aḫḫiyawa , Mursili moved with an army against Arzawa. Even before it reached the border, a sign from the weather god appeared in the sky , which the Hittites regarded as a good omen and Uḫḫaziti is said to be sick. He sent his son Piyama-Kurunta against the Hittites, who suffered a heavy defeat at Walma on the border river Aštarpa. Mursili then moved to Apaša (most likely Ephesus ), the capital of Arzawa, and conquered it. The seriously ill Uḫḫaziti escaped by ship on islands that belonged to Aḫḫiyawa. The following year, his son Tapalazunauli holed up in the city of Puranda, which can possibly be identified with a Bronze Age settlement Badegediği Tepe near the Ionian Metropolis . Muršili besieged them and cut off the water supply. Tapalazunali managed to escape, but his family was captured by the Hittites. Muršili then divided the old kingdom of Arzawa into three vassal states and set Uḫḫaziti's brother Mašḫuiluwa as vassal king in Mira , the old heartland of Arzawa. The other two newly created vassal states were the river lands of Šeḫa and Ḫapalla .

literature

Susanne Heinhold-Krahmer : Uḫḫaziti. In: Michael P. Streck (ed.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie . Volume 14, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / Boston 2014-2016, ISBN 978-3-11-034659-6 , pp. 298-300.

References and comments

^ 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 et al .: Early Ionia. An inventory. Panionion Symposium Güzelcamli 26 September - 1 October 1999. Zabern-Verlag, Mainz 2007, pp. 27–36.

personal data
SURNAME	Uḫḫaziti
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	King of the land of Arzawa
DATE OF BIRTH	14th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	14th century BC Chr.

[1] 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 et al .: Early Ionia. An inventory. Panionion Symposium Güzelcamli 26 September - 1 October 1999. Zabern-Verlag, Mainz 2007, pp. 27–36.