Gassulawiya was a
Hittite queen of the king
Mursili II There were three Hittite kings called Mursili:
* Mursili I, ca. 1556–1526 BCE (short chronology), and was likely a grandson of his predecessor, Hattusili I. His sister was Ḫarapšili and his wife was queen Kali.
*Mursili II, (also spelled Mursi ...
, ruler of the
Hittite Empire
The Hittites () were an Anatolian people who played an important role in establishing first a kingdom in Kussara (before 1750 BC), then the Kanesh or Nesha kingdom (c. 1750–1650 BC), and next an empire centered on Hattusa in north-centr ...
(New kingdom) ca. 1321–1295 BC (
short chronology).
Family
Gassulawiya is known to have had several children including a daughter named Massanauzzi (referred to as Matanaza in correspondence with
Ramesses II
Ramesses II ( egy, rꜥ-ms-sw ''Rīʿa-məsī-sū'', , meaning "Ra is the one who bore him"; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Along with Thutmose III he is often regarded as ...
) married to Masturi, a ruler of a vassal state, and three sons named
Muwatalli,
Hattusili III Ḫattušili (''Ḫattušiliš'' in the inflected nominative case) was the regnal name of three Hittite kings:
* Ḫattušili I (Labarna II)
* Ḫattušili II
* Ḫattušili III
It was also the name of two Neo-Hittite kings:
* Ḫattušili I (Laba ...
and Halpasulupi. Mursili had further children with a second wife named Tanuhepa. Their names have not been recorded however.
Illness
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 from her illness.
[
http://dare.uva.nl/document/70271 Prayor of Gassulawiya, p. 61]
Notes
External links
UvA-Dare: Prayor to the goddess Lilwanis
Literature
* , (1998): ''How Old Was Matanazi?'', The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 84.
* , (1994): ''Die ägyptisch-hethitische Korrespondenz aus Boghazköi in babylonischer und hethitischer Sprache''
* {{Aut, Klengel,H., (1999): ''Geschichte des hethitischen Reiches'', Leiden, Boston, Köln
Hittite queens