Walmu

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Walmu is the name of a king of the Hittite vassal state Wiluša in the second half of the 13th century BC. Chr.

Life

Walmu is by the so-called Milawata-letter ( CTH 182; KUB 19:55 and 48.90 and KBo 18.117) is known, the most likely the hethitische Great King Tuthalija IV. To a western Anatolian ruler (according to the prevailing opinion, the client-king Tarkasnawa of Mira the most likely addressee, but a recipient in Milawata is also being considered) wrote.

Walmu, a successor of Alaksandu , was overthrown as king of Wiluša and fled to the recipient of the Milawata letter. The details of this coup are unknown. Tuthalija IV endeavors to reinstate Walmu as ruler and vassal in Wiluša. To this end, he sends a high- ranking official named Kuwalanaziti to the recipient with the Milawata letter, who is supposed to prove by means of documents on a wooden plaque with inscriptions that Walmu is the rightful ruler of Wilusa. Walmu was not only a kulawanis vassal subordinate to the Hittite great king, but also to the addressee of the Milawata letter , although the meaning of the word "kulawanis" is unclear, as it is a Hapax legomenon , so it has not been attested in any other Hittite text . Tuthalija IV orders that Walmu be brought to the capital, Ḫattuša , as a first step to restore him to the throne of Wilusa. It is not known whether this project succeeded.

Ethnic groups before Thracian immigration in Hittite territory. Here the area around Troy is assigned to the Hittite vassal state Wiluša .

literature

Harry A. Hoffner, Jr .: Letters from the Hittite Kingdom. Society of Biblical Literature, Houston 2009, pp. 316, 319.

Remarks

  1. ↑ For the Milawata letter including translations and the question of the possible addressee see Harry A. Hoffner, Jr .: Letters from the Hittite Kingdom. Society of Biblical Literature, Houston 2009, pp. 313–321, with further references; Gary M. Beckman, Trevor R. Bryce , Eric H. Cline : The Ahhiyawa Texts (= Writings from the Ancient World 28). Society of Biblical Literature, Atlanta 2011, pp. 123-133.
  2. ↑ Trevor Bryce : The Kingdom of the Hittites , Clarendon Press, Oxford 1998, new edition, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005, p. 340, there in note 56 also discussed the alternative reading Kuwatnaziti, after which the official possibly spoke with Kulaziti, an Egyptian Correspondence known officials can be equated.
  3. ↑ Jörg Mull : Myths and Metals. The Trojan War, the Sea Peoples and the cultural break at the end of the Bronze Age. Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2017, ISBN 978-3-96023-106-6 , pp. 64–69
personal data
SURNAME Walmu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Wilusa
DATE OF BIRTH 13th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 13th century BC BC or 12th century BC Chr.