Ištuanda

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Ištuanda
Early 1st millennium BCE ?–Unknown
Ištuanda among the Syro-Hittite states
Ištuanda among the Syro-Hittite states
CapitalIštuanda
Common languagesLuwian
Religion
Luwian religion
GovernmentMonarchy
King 
• r.c. 738 BC – c. 732 BC
Tuḫamme
Historical eraIron Age
• Established
Early 1st millennium BCE ?
• Disestablished
Unknown
Preceded by
Hittite empire
Today part ofTurkey

Ištuanda (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒌷𒄑𒌅𒀭𒁕[1][2]) or Ištunda (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒌷𒅖𒌅𒌦𒁕[3]) was a Luwian-speaking Syro-Hittite state which existed in the region of Tabal in southeastern Anatolia in the Iron Age.

Location[edit]

Ištuanda was located in northern Cappadocia, in the northwestern part of the Tabalian region close to the kingdom of Atuna and near what is presently Aksaray.[4][5][6]

History[edit]

Bronze Age[edit]

The territory that later became Ištuanda might have corresponded to region which was referred to in Hittite texts from the Late Bronze Age as Wasuduwanda (𒌷𒉿𒋗𒁺𒉿𒀭𒁕[7]),[4] which was the site of a shrine to the goddess Ḫepat.[8]

Iron Age[edit]

By c. 738 BC, the Tabalian region, including Ištuanda, had become a tributary of the Neo-Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III, possibly after his conquest of Arpad over the course of 743 to 740 BC caused the states of the Tabalian region to submit to him, or possibly as a result of a campaign of Tiglath-pileser III in Tabal.[9][10][11]

Consequently, in 738 and 732 BCE, the king Tuḫamme of Ištuanda was one of the five rulers of the Tabalian region who paid tribute to Tiglath-pileser III.[4][5]

Around c. 710 BCE, Ištuanda and the nearby Tabalian state of Atuna jointly attacked and occupied some of the cities of Bīt-Burutaš which the Neo-Assyrian king Sargon II had handed over to his loyal vassal, the king Warpalawas II of Tuwana.[12][4][13][5][6]

List of kings of Ištuanda[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ištundaya [OF IšTUNDA] (EN)". State Archives of Assyria Online. Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
  2. ^ "Ištundaya [OF IšTUNDA] (EN)". Textual Sources of the Assyrian Empire. Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
  3. ^ "Ištundayu [OF IšTUNDA] (EN)". Textual Sources of the Assyrian Empire. Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
  4. ^ a b c d Bryce 2009, p. 338.
  5. ^ a b c Bryce 2012, p. 147.
  6. ^ a b Weeden 2023, p. 1000.
  7. ^ Kryszeń 2023.
  8. ^ Bryce 2009, p. 764.
  9. ^ Bryce 2012, p. 144.
  10. ^ Bryce 2012, p. 271.
  11. ^ Aro 2013, p. 389.
  12. ^ Bryce 2009, p. 93.
  13. ^ Bryce 2009, p. 726.
  14. ^ "Tuhamme [RULER OF IšTUNDA] (RN)". Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities. Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
  15. ^ "Tuhamme [RULER OF IšTUNDA] (RN)". Textual Sources of the Assyrian Empire. Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

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