PUGNUS-mili I

{{Infobox royalty

| name = PUGNUS-mili/Allumalli I

| title = Country-lord

| image = HittiteBasRelief AnkaraMuseumAnatolianCivilizations.JPG

| caption = Orthostat featuring inscription of a "PUGNUS-mili, King" from Arslantepe

| succession = Country-lord of Kammanu

| reign = late 12th century BCE

| predecessor = Kuzi-Teššub

| successor = Runtiya

| father = Kuzi-Teššub

| royal house = House of Tudhaliya I

}}

PUGNUS-mili I was a king of the Neo-Hittite polity of Kammanu, centered at Melid, during the early Iron Age (~12th century BCE). The reading of this individual's name is uncertain.{{Cite book |last=Hawkins |first=John David |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Inscriptions_of_the_Iron_Age/6TwiY96cunQC?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=Inscriptions of the Iron Age |date=2012-05-10 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-080420-1 |pages=287 |language=en}}

Identity and attestations

PUGNUS-mili is the transcription of a royal name written in Anatolian hieroglyphs, the word "PUGNUS" representing a fist-shaped sign. The reading of this name is uncertain, but Assyrian cuneiform sources suggesting this king's name was in fact Allumalli, Allumili or Allumari. PUGNUS-mili was mentioned in the genealogical inscriptions of his son Runtiya (Inscriptions Gürün and Kötükale){{Cite web |title=Hittite Monuments - Gürün |url=https://www.hittitemonuments.com/gurun/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=www.hittitemonuments.com}}{{Cite web |title=Hittite Monuments - Kötükale |url=https://www.hittitemonuments.com/kotukale/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=www.hittitemonuments.com}} and great-grandson Arnuwanti (stele from Darende),{{Cite web |title=Hittite Monuments - Darende |url=https://www.hittitemonuments.com/darende/ |access-date=2025-02-16 |website=www.hittitemonuments.com}} each rulers of Melid. These inscriptions name Kuzi-Teshub, king of Carchemish, as having been the father of PUGNUS-mili, but they do not refer to either as ever having been a king of Melid. This leaves ambiguity as to whether or not PUGNUS-mili was a king of Melid. An orthostat from Arslantepe (archaeological site of Melid) depicts a "King PUGNUS-mili" pouring libations for the Storm God,{{Cite web |title=Hittite Monuments - Arslantepe |url=https://www.hittitemonuments.com/arslantepe/arslantepe09.htm |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=www.hittitemonuments.com}} but it is unknown whether this depicts PUGNUS-mili I or II.

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