Artashumara
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Artashumara Akkadian: Artašumara[1]), brother of Tushratta and son of Shuttarna II, briefly held the throne of Mitanni in the fourteenth century BC.
Reign[edit]
He is known only from a single mention in a tablet found in Tell Brak "Artassumara the king, son of Shuttarna the king" and a mention in Amarna letter 17.[2][3] According to the later, after the death of Shuttarna II he briefly took power but was then murdered (by someone named Tuhi) and succeeded by his brother Tushratta[4]
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ ar-ta-aš-šu-ma-ra in "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
- ^ Finkel, Irving L. “Inscriptions from Tell Brak 1984.” Iraq, vol. 47, 1985, pp. 187–201
- ^ Moran, William L. (1992). The Amarna Letters. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-4251-4.
- ^ Artzi, P., "The Diplomatic Service in Action: The Mitanni File”, in: R. Cohen and R. Westbrook (eds.): Amarna Diplomacy: The Beginnings of International Relations, Baltimore, London: 205–211, 2000
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