Tanuhepa

Tanuhepa (Danuhepa; fl. 1300 BCE) was queen of the Hittite Empire, as the second wife of Muršili II.

Biography

During the reign of the next Hittite king, her stepson Muwatalli II, she was put on trial and probably banished. However she was reinstated during the reign of the following king, Mursili III.

She came from a Hurrian background.

References

↑ Petropoulos, Elias K. (2021-10-22), "Human-Divine Interactions in Homer, Hittite and Other Near Eastern Literary Traditions", Conceptualising Divine Unions in the Greek and Near Eastern Worlds, Brill, pp. 119–147, ISBN 978-90-04-50252-9, retrieved 2024-01-24
↑ Bryce, Trevor (December 1998). "How Old was Matanazi". The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 84 (1): 212–215. doi:10.1177/030751339808400120. ISSN 0307-5133.
↑ Budin, Stephanie Lynn; Turfa, Jean Macintosh (2016-08-12). Women in Antiquity: Real Women across the Ancient World. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-21990-3.
↑ Orozco, Albert Planelles (January 2017). "The Hittite title Tuhkanti revisited: towards a precise characterisation of the office". Anatolian Studies. 67: 109–127. doi:10.1017/S0066154617000096. ISSN 0066-1546. S2CID 115331143.
↑ Cammarosano, Michele (2009-10-01). "A Coregency for Muršili III?". Altorientalische Forschungen (in German). 36 (1): 171–202. doi:10.1524/aofo.2009.0010. S2CID 154261978.
↑ Bryce, Trevor The Kingdom of the Hittites pp. 264-266
↑ De Cristofaro, Luigi (2019). "Il. 2.681-694: a revised short commentary Some remarks on Thessalian components in the very early epic traditions and possible connections to Hurrian environments in Kizzuwatna". Filologia Antica e Moderna. 29 (48): 17–45. doi:10.1400/277421.

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[1] Petropoulos, Elias K. (2021-10-22), "Human-Divine Interactions in Homer, Hittite and Other Near Eastern Literary Traditions", Conceptualising Divine Unions in the Greek and Near Eastern Worlds, Brill, pp. 119–147, ISBN 978-90-04-50252-9, retrieved 2024-01-24

[2] Bryce, Trevor (December 1998). "How Old was Matanazi". The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 84 (1): 212–215. doi:10.1177/030751339808400120. ISSN 0307-5133.

[3] Budin, Stephanie Lynn; Turfa, Jean Macintosh (2016-08-12). Women in Antiquity: Real Women across the Ancient World. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-21990-3.

[4] Orozco, Albert Planelles (January 2017). "The Hittite title Tuhkanti revisited: towards a precise characterisation of the office". Anatolian Studies. 67: 109–127. doi:10.1017/S0066154617000096. ISSN 0066-1546. S2CID 115331143.

[5] Cammarosano, Michele (2009-10-01). "A Coregency for Muršili III?". Altorientalische Forschungen (in German). 36 (1): 171–202. doi:10.1524/aofo.2009.0010. S2CID 154261978.

[6] Bryce, Trevor The Kingdom of the Hittites pp. 264-266

[7] De Cristofaro, Luigi (2019). "Il. 2.681-694: a revised short commentary Some remarks on Thessalian components in the very early epic traditions and possible connections to Hurrian environments in Kizzuwatna". Filologia Antica e Moderna. 29 (48): 17–45. doi:10.1400/277421.