Tushratta
Sign in to savethumb|One of the Amarna letters. A letter from Tushratta king of Mitanni to the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III, c. 1370 BCE. Akkadian cuneiform text. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin Tushratta (Akkadian: and ) was a king of Mitanni, 1358–1335 BCE, at the end of the reign of Amenhotep III and throughout the first half the reign of Akhenaten. He was the son of Shuttarna II. Tushratta stated that he was the grandson of Artatama I. His sister Gilukhipa (Gilu-ḫepa in Hurrian) and his daughter Tadukhipa (Tadu-ḫepa in Hurrian) were married to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep
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- Royalty.succession
- King of Mitanni
- Royalty.reign
- 1358 BC – 1335 BC
- Royalty.predecessor
- Artashumara
- Royalty.successor
- Artatama II
- Royalty.issue
- Shattiwaza Tadukhipa
- Royalty.father
- Shuttarna II
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- Tushratta
- date of death
- 1340-01-01
- date of birth
- 1500-01-01
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9 sectionsContents
- Name
- Initial conflict with the Hittites
- A second campaign
- Amarna letters
- From King Tushratta to [[Amenhotep III]]
- From King Tushratta to Amenhotep IV ([[Akhenaten]])
- From King Tushratta to Queen [[Tiye]]
- References
- See also
thumb|One of the Amarna letters. A letter from Tushratta king of Mitanni to the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep III, c. 1370 BCE. Akkadian cuneiform text. From Tell el-Amarna, Egypt. Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin Tushratta (Akkadian: and ) was a king of Mitanni, 1358–1335 BCE, at the end of the reign of Amenhotep III and throughout the first half the reign of Akhenaten. He was the son of Shuttarna II. Tushratta stated that he was the grandson of Artatama I. His sister Gilukhipa (Gilu-ḫepa in Hurrian) and his daughter Tadukhipa (Tadu-ḫepa in Hurrian) were married to the Egyptian pharaoh Amenhotep III; Tadukhipa later married Akhenaten, who took over his father's royal harem.
He had been placed on the throne after the murder of his brother Artashumara. He was probably quite young at the time and was destined to serve as a figurehead only, but he managed to dispose of the murderer. A tablet was found in a Mitanni building at Tell Brak which stated it was witnessed "in the presence of Tushratta, the king" and had a seal of an earlier king Shaushtatar on the reverse, which was a common practice.