Gassulawiya

Gassulawiya was the tawanannas ruling at the side of Mursili II, a king of the Hittite Empire (New kingdom) ca. 1321–1295 BC (short chronology).[1]

Gassulawiya is known to have had several children including a daughter named Massanauzzi (referred to as Matanaza in correspondence with the Egyptian king Ramesses II) married to Masturi, a ruler of a vassal state and three sons named Muwatalli, Hattusilis III and Halpasulupi. Mursili had further children with a second wife named Tanuhepa. Their names have not been recorded however.[2]

Obviously by the end of her life Gassulawiya endured severe illness, as she addressed the goddess Lilwanis with a substitute statue, in order to be relieved fromm her illness.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Bryce, Trevor (1998). The Kingdom of the Hittites. Oxford University Press. ISBN 8437619181.  p.xiii
  2. ^ Trevor Bryce, How Old Was Matanazi?, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 84, (1998), pp. 212-215
  3. ^ http://dare.uva.nl/document/70271 Prayor of Gassulawiya, p. 61

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