Artashumara
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Artashumara[1] (Mittani Aryan: Artasmara;[2][3] Akkadian: Artašumara[4]) was briefly king of Mitanni in the fourteenth century BC.
Name
The name Artašumara is the Akkadian form of the Mittani Aryan name Artasmara, which is a cognate of the Vedic Sanskrit term ऋतस्मर (Ṛta-smara), meaning "he remembers Ṛta".[2][3]
Reign
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.[5][6] 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[7][8]
See also
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References
- ^ Mario Liverani (2014). The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy. Routledge. Text 16.1
- ^ . Retrieved 28 September 2021.
- ^ a b Liverani, Mario (2014). "16.1. The 'mountain people' and the 'dark age'". The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy. Routledge. p. 273.
- ^ 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
- 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
- ISBN 9780199718290.
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