Tanuhepa

Tanuhepa (Danuhepa; fl. 1300 BCE)[1] was queen of the Hittite Empire, as the second wife of Muršili II.[2]

During the reign of the next Hittite king, her stepson Muwatalli II, she was put on trial and probably banished.[3][4] However she was reinstated during the reign of the following king, Mursili III.[5]

She came from a Hurrian background.[6][7]

References

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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 [1]
  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.