One-year or Five-year War? A Reappraisal of Suppiluliuma’s First Syrian Campaign
This paper discusses the alleged one-year length of the campaign led by the Hittite king Suppiluliuma I against Tušratta of Mittani. Some structural similarities between the introduction of the Šattiwaza treaty (CTH 51) and Mursili’s Annals, such as the mention of booty, suggest that the so-called O...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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De Gruyter
2011
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Altorientalische Forschungen
Year: 2011, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 240-253 |
| Further subjects: | B
CTH 51
B Hittite Annals B First Syrian War B Šattiwaza treaty B Chronology |
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| Summary: | This paper discusses the alleged one-year length of the campaign led by the Hittite king Suppiluliuma I against Tušratta of Mittani. Some structural similarities between the introduction of the Šattiwaza treaty (CTH 51) and Mursili’s Annals, such as the mention of booty, suggest that the so-called One-year War lasted up to five years. A rearrangement of its events, as they can be reconstructed by comparing CTH 51 with other documents dating to the same period, over a time span longer than the traditional one seems to be best suited to the number and the importance of the deeds accomplished by Suppiluliuma. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-6761 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Altorientalische Forschungen
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1524/aofo.2011.0016 |