Artashumara Explained

Artashumara^[1] (Mittani Aryan: ;^{[2] [3]} Akkadian: ^[4]) was a Hurrian ruler who briefly succeeded his father Shuttarna II as the king of Mitanni in the fourteenth century BC. He was a brother of Tushratta and Artatama II. He was later assassinated by a pro-hittite group led by Tuhi who declared himself as a regent after placing Tushratta on the throne. ^[5] Tuhi was later executed by Tushratta.

Name

The name is the Akkadian form of the Mittani Aryan name, which is a cognate of the Vedic Sanskrit term Sanskrit: ऋतस्मर, 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.^{[6] [7]} According to the letter, after the death of Shuttarna II, he briefly took power but was later assassinated.^{[8] [9]}

See also

• Mitanni

Notes and References

1. Book: The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy . Mario Liverani. Routledge. 2014. Text 16.1
2. Witzel . Michael . Michael Witzel . 2001 . Autochthonous Aryans? The Evidence from Old Indian and Iranian Texts . Electronic Journal of Vedic Studies . 7 . 3 . 1–118 . 10.11588/EJVS.2001.3.830 . 28 September 2021.
3. Book: Liverani, Mario . Mario Liverani . The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy . 16.1. The ‘mountain people’ and the ‘dark age’ . 273 . Routledge . 2014.
4. in Web site: CDLI-Archival View . cdli.ucla.edu.
5. Book: Van De Mieroop, M. . The Eastern Mediterranean in the Age of Ramesses II . Wiley . 2009 . 978-1-4443-3220-9 . 2024-11-20 . 31.
6. Finkel, Irving L. “Inscriptions from Tell Brak 1984.” Iraq, vol. 47, 1985, pp. 187–201
7. Book: Moran, William L. . The Amarna Letters . Baltimore . Johns Hopkins University Press . 1992 . 0-8018-4251-4.
8. 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
9. Book: Podany, Amanda. Brotherhood of Kings: How International Relations Shaped the Ancient Near East. Oxford University Press. 2010. 9780199718290. 198–.