Muwatalli I
- See also Muwatalli II
Muwatalli I | |
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| Cause of death | killed by his servants |
| Predecessor | Huzziya II |
| Successor | Tudhaliya I |
| Spouse | Walanni |
| Relatives | maybe Huzziya II |
Muwatalli I (meaning "mighty"[1]) was a king of the Hittites.
Biography
[edit]Muwatalli killed his predecessor Huzziya II. He was the Chief of the Royal Bodyguard (a position known as the Gal mesedi) of Huzziya, but later he killed him. He may have been Huzziya's younger brother.
Muwatalli's Chief of the Royal Bodyguard was called Muwa. Muwattalli himself was killed in a palace by Himuili, the Chief of the Palace Servants, and Kantuzili, the Overseer of the Gold Chariot Fighters.[2]
His wife was called Walanni.[3]
External links
[edit]Sources
[edit]- ^ Simon, Z (2024). Waerzeggers, C; Groß, MM (eds.). Personal Names in Cuneiform Texts from Babylonia (c. 750-100 BCE): An Introduction. Cambridge University Press. pp. 213–223.
- ^ The organisation of the Hittite military by Richard Henry Beal
- ^ The Tawananna in the Hittite kingdom by Shoshana R. Bin-Nun
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