User:SomeGuyWhoRandomlyEdits/List of rulers of Mitanni
List of kings of Mittani from the 18th to the 12th century BC. All dates must be taken with caution since they are worked out only by comparison with the chronology of other ancient Near Eastern nations.
List
[edit]| Rulers | Reigned | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Maitta | r. c. 1760 – c. 1650 BC (MC) r. c. 1728 – c. 1610 BC (SC) |
Eponymous founder. Possibly mythical. |
| Kirta | r. c. 1650 – c. 1540 BC (MC) r. c. 1610 – c. 1500 BC (SC) |
First known king. May also be legendary. |
| Shuttarna I | r. c. 1540 – c. 1510 BC (MC) r. c. 1500 – c. 1493 BC (SC) |
Son of Kirta based on a Alalakh seal. |
| Parattarna I | r. c. 1510 – c. 1490 BC (MC) r. c. 1493 – c. 1420 BC (SC) |
Son of Kirta. temp. of: Idrimi of Alalakh, Pilliya of Kizzuwatna, Zidanta II of the Hittites. |
| Parshatatar | r. c. 1490 – c. 1480 BC (MC) r. c. 1420 – c. 1410 BC (SC) |
Son of Parattarna I. |
| Shaushtatar | r. c. 1480 – c. 1460 BC (MC) r. c. 1410 – c. 1390 BC (SC) |
Son of Parattarna I. temp. of: Sinia and Qis-Addu in Terqa, Tudhaliya I of the Hittites, and Niqmepa of Alalakh. Sacked Assur. |
| Parattarna II | r. c. 1460 – c. 1435 BC (MC) r. c. 1390 – c. 1365 BC (SC) |
temp. of: Qis-Addu in Terqa. |
| Shaitarna | r. c. 1435 – c. 1425 BC (MC) r. c. 1365 – c. 1345 BC (SC) |
temp. of: Qis-Addu in Terqa. |
| Artatama I | r. c. 1425 – c. 1400 BC (MC) r. c. 1345 – c. 1320 BC (SC) |
Son of Shaushtatar. temp. of: pharaohs Amenhotep II and Thutmose IV of Egypt. Signed a treaty with Thutmose IV of Egypt. |
| Shuttarna II | r. c. 1400 – c. 1360 BC (MC) r. c. 1320 – c. 1280 BC (SC) |
Son of Artatama I (?). temp. of: pharaoh Amenhotep III of Egypt. His daughter married Amenhotep III in the tenth year of his reign. |
| Artashumara | r. c. 1360 – c. 1358 BC (MC) r. c. 1280 – c. 1278 BC (SC) |
Son of Shuttarna II. Brief reign. |
| Tushratta | r. c. 1358 – c. 1335 BC (MC) r. c. 1278 – c. 1255 BC (SC) |
Son of Shuttarna II. temp. of: Suppiluliuma I of the Hittites, and pharaohs Amenhotep III and Amenhotep IV of Egypt. Also known from the Amarna letters. |
| Artatama II | r. c. 1335 – c. 1330 BC (MC) r. c. 1232 – c. 1227 BC (SC) |
temp. of: Ashur-uballit I of Assyria. He signed a treaty with Suppiluliuma I of the Hittites. He ruled at the same time as Tushratta. |
| Shuttarna III | r. c. 1330 BC (MC) r. c. 1227 BC (SC) |
Son of Artatama II. temp. of: Suppiluliuma I of the Hittites. |
| Shattiwaza | r. c. 1330 – c. 1305 BC (MC) r. c. 1227 – c. 1202 BC (SC) |
Son of Tushratta. Mitanni became a vassal of the Hittites. |
| Shattuara I | r. c. 1305 – c. 1285 BC (MC) r. c. 1202 – c. 1182 BC (SC) |
Mittani became a vassal under Adad-nirari I of Assyria. |
| Wasashatta | r. c. 1285 – c. 1265 BC (MC) r. c. 1182 – c. 1162 BC (SC) |
Son of Shattuara I. |
| Shattuara II | r. c. 1265 – c. 1233 BC (MC) r. c. 1162 – c. 1137 BC (SC) |
Brother of Tushratta (?). He was the last king of the Mitanni. |
References
[edit]- Belmonte-Marin, Juan Antonio (2015). Orientalística en tiempos de crisis: 59 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287490208_Reflexiones_sobre_el_territorio_de_Carquemis_durante_el_periodo_mittanio. Retrieved 2024-04-24.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - Diakonoff, Igor Mikhailovich (1991-08-27). Early Antiquity. United Kingdom: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226144672.
- Maidman, Maynard P. (2010). Nuzi Texts and Their Uses as Historical Evidence.
- Mladjov, Ian (2019). "The Kings of Mittani in Light of the New Evidence from Terqa" (PDF). NABU: 34. Retrieved 2024-04-24.