Huzziya

Huzziya was the last recorded king of Zalpuwa. He was captured by Anitta the Hittite king of Neša. Anitta had been confronted with what appears to have been a military alliance of states stretching southwards from Zalpa, an alliance in which Piyusti, the king of Hatti, and Huzziya, the king of Zalpa, played leading roles.[1]

He is attested for in the Anitta Text, which records, “…all the lands from Zalpuwa by the Sea. Formerly Mr. Uḫna, King of Zalpuwa, carried off our god from Neša to Zalpuwa. Later I, Anitta, Great King, carried back our god from Zalpuwa to Neša. I brought Ḫuzziya, King of Zalpuwa, alive to Neša.[2]

Huzziya may have been an ancestor and possibly grandfather of Huzziya I, Hittite king of the Old Kingdom (c. 1530–1525).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Trevor Bryce, “The Kingdom of the Hittites”, Oxford University Press, 2005, p.38.
  2. ↑ Neu, Erich, Der Anitta-Text, Studien zu den Bogazkoy-Texten 18 (1974)
  3. ↑ “Pax Hethitica: Studies on the Hittites and their Neighbours in honour of Itamar Singer”, edited by Yoram Cohen, Amir Gilan, Jared L Miller, Harrassowitz Verlag, 2010.