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Artashumara [1] ( Mittani Aryan: Artasmara; [2] [3] Akkadian: Artašumara [4]) was briefly king of Mitanni in the fourteenth century BC.
The name Artašumara is the Akkadian form of the Mittani Aryan name Artasmara, which is a cognate of the Vedic Sanskrit term ऋतस्मर (Ṛta-smara), meaning "he remembers Ṛta". [2] [3]
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. [5] [6] According to the latter, after the death of Shuttarna II he briefly took power but was then murdered (by someone named Tuhi) and succeeded by his brother Tushratta. [7] [8]
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verification. (July 2015) |
Artashumara [1] ( Mittani Aryan: Artasmara; [2] [3] Akkadian: Artašumara [4]) was briefly king of Mitanni in the fourteenth century BC.
The name Artašumara is the Akkadian form of the Mittani Aryan name Artasmara, which is a cognate of the Vedic Sanskrit term ऋतस्मर (Ṛta-smara), meaning "he remembers Ṛta". [2] [3]
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. [5] [6] According to the latter, after the death of Shuttarna II he briefly took power but was then murdered (by someone named Tuhi) and succeeded by his brother Tushratta. [7] [8]