Arnuwanti II
{{Infobox royalty
| name = Arnuwanti II
| title = King of Melid
| image = Stele Darende 01.jpg
| caption = Darende stele, dedicated to goddess Hebat by king Arnuwanti II.
| succession = King of Kammanu (Melid)
| reign = 11th century BCE
| predecessor = PUGNUS-mili II
| successor = PUGNUS-mili III or CRUS-RA/I-sa
}}
Arnuwanti II was a Neo-Hittite king of the Iron Age polity of Kammanu, centered at Melid (Arslantepe) during or around the 11th century BCE.{{Cite book |last=Hawkins |first=John David |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Inscriptions_of_the_Iron_Age/6TwiY96cunQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=PUGNUS-mili+I&pg=PA287&printsec=frontcover |title=Inscriptions of the Iron Age: Part 1: Text, Introduction, Karatepe, Karkamis, Tell Ahmar, Maras, Malatya, Commagene. |date=2012-05-10 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-080420-1 |pages=287 |language=en}}
Attestations
Arnuwanti II was the creator of two stelae (monoliths) written in Luwian hieroglyphs: one at İspekçür,{{Cite web |title=Hittite Monuments - İspekçür |url=https://www.hittitemonuments.com/ispekcur/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=www.hittitemonuments.com}} and one at Darende.{{Cite web |title=Hittite Monuments - Darende |url=https://www.hittitemonuments.com/darende/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=www.hittitemonuments.com}} In his inscriptions, he calls himself "Arnuwantis the King". In the İspekçür stele, Arnuwanti traces his lineage. From this, it can be deduced that he was the son of a certain PUGNUS-mili II, and the grandson of another Arnuwanti, probably the brother of Runtiya, who authored the Gürün rock inscription. If this is true, then Arnuwanti is a late descendant of the royal house of the Hittite Empire, through Kuzi-Teshub, the grandfather of Runtiya and possibly Arnuwanti I. A similar genealogical inscription also occurs on the Darende stele, as well as a dedication to the important Syrian goddess Hebat "of the city".