Shaushtatar
Sign in to saveŠauštatar (also spelled Shaushtatar) was the King of Mitanni in the fifteenth century BC. He significantly expanded the Mitanni Empire to include Assyria and Nuzi in the east to Alalakh and Kizzuwatna in the west. He was in conflict with Thutmose III competing for territory in Syria.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Šauštatar
- Royalty.title
- King of Mitanni
- Royalty.succession
- King of Mitanni
- Royalty.predecessor
- Parshatatar
- Royalty.successor
- Artatama I
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- Invasion of Assyria
- Later Battles
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Šauštatar (also spelled Shaushtatar) was the King of Mitanni in the fifteenth century BC. He significantly expanded the Mitanni Empire to include Assyria and Nuzi in the east to Alalakh and Kizzuwatna in the west. He was in conflict with Thutmose III competing for territory in Syria.
==Attestations== thumb|right|The royal seal of king Shaushtatar Two tablets of Shaushtatar (AIT 13 and AIT 14), legal decisions, were found at Alalakh. They mention Niqmepa, the king of Alalakh, providing a synchronism. A tablet of Shaushtatar was found at Tall Bazi, granting land.