entity · person_kuzi_teshub
Kuzi-Teššub
Also known as: Kuzi-Teshub, Kunzi-Teššub
A post-imperial ruler associated with Carchemish and remembered as a Great King and dynastic ancestor.
Review and provenance
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Chronology
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1200 BCE–1150 BCE
Precision: approximate
- informs · provides primary text
Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Volume I: Inscriptions of the Iron Age, Parts 1-3 — Hawkins, John David (2000)Publishes inscriptions in which descendants invoke Kuzi-Teššub.
Locator: Gürün, pp. 295-299 and plates 135-138
Research description
Kuzi-Teššub is associated with the continuation of the Carchemish branch of Hittite royalty after central administration at Hattusa disappeared. Sealings and later Hieroglyphic Luwian genealogies support his kingship and dynastic importance. His exact accession date, territorial reach, and relationship to the final imperial administration remain debated.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides primary text
Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Volume I: Inscriptions of the Iron Age, Parts 1-3 — Hawkins, John David (2000)Publishes inscriptions in which descendants invoke Kuzi-Teššub.
Locator: Gürün, pp. 295-299 and plates 135-138
Referenced records
- Northern Levant · entity