Pitḫana
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| title = King of Kuššara
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c. 1728 BC (MC)
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| successor = Anitta
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Pitḫana (Pythanas{{citation|last=Fortson|first=Benjamin W. IV|title=Indo-European Language and Culture|publisher=Blackwell Publishing|year=2004|isbn=1-4051-0316-7}}) was a Middle Bronze Age king, during the late 18th century BC (middle chronology), of the Anatolian city of Kuššara, and a forerunner of the later Hittite dynasty.{{cite book |last=Kuhrt |first=Amélie |date=1995 |title=The Ancient Near East, Volume I |location=London and New York |publisher=Routledge |page=[https://archive.org/details/ancientneareastc00akuh/page/n422 226] |isbn=0-415-16763-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/ancientneareastc00akuh |url-access=registration }}
Reign
He is best known for the Conquest of Kanesh,{{cite book |last=Kuhrt |first=Amélie |date=1995 |title=The Ancient Near East, Volume I |location=London and New York |publisher=Routledge |page=[https://archive.org/details/ancientneareastc00akuh/page/n422 226] |isbn=0-415-16763-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/ancientneareastc00akuh |url-access=registration }} heart of the Assyrian trading colonies network in Anatolia, and core of the Hittite-speaking territories.
At Tell al-Rimah (Qaṭṭarā), a seal was discovered belonging to Ilī-Samas, servant of Pithana. Pithana was the king of Kuššara. A sealed tablet by Ilī-Samas (OBTR 317) was dated to the eponym of Uṣur-ša-Aššur (KEL G 131), corresponding to Year 22/23 of Samsu-iluna of Babylon (c. 1728/27 BCE hMC).{{cite journal |last1=Lacambre |first1=Denis |last2=Nahm |first2=Werner |title=Pithana, an Anatolian ruler in the time of Samsuiluna of Babylon: New data from Tell Rimah (Iraq) |journal=Revue d'Assyriologie et d'archéologie orientale |date=2015 |volume=109 |access-date=13 January 2022 |publisher=Presses Universitaires de France |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44647922 |issn=0373-6032}}
=Succession=
He was succeeded by his son, Anitta, who is best known for conquering Hattusa, the future Hittite capital, and memorializing his achievement using the Hittite language.
See also
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References
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External links
- [http://www.hittites.info/history.aspx?text=history%2fHattic.htm#Pithana Reign of Pithana]
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{{s-ttl | title=Hittite king | years=ca. 18th century BC}}
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