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King of Kizzuwatna
Seal of Isputashu

Isputahsu (also transliterated as Išputaḫšu) was a king of Kizzuwatna, probably during the late 16th century BC (middle chronology). He signed a treaty of alliance with the Hittite king Telepinu.

Family

His father was Pariyawatri, who maybe was not a king.

The name of Isputahsu is Hittite and not Luwian.

Reign

The first king of free Cilicia, Isputahsu was recorded as a "great king" in both cuneiform and Hittite hieroglyphs. A treaty between Ishputahshu and Telepinu is recorded in both Hittite and Akkadian.

Sources

  1. The Routledge Handbook of The People and Places of Ancient Western Asia by Trevor Bryce
  2. The Kingdom of the Hittites by Trevor Bryce
  3. Yakubovich 2010, pp. 273–4
  4. Hallo, William W. (1971). The Ancient Near East: A History. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. pp. 111–112.
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