PU-Sarruma (PU-
LUGAL
Lugal ( Sumerian: ) is the Sumerian term for "king, ruler". Literally, the term means "big man." In Sumerian, ''lu'' "𒇽" is "man" and ''gal'' " 𒃲" is "great," or "big."
It was one of several Sumerian titles that a ruler of a city-state coul ...
-ma,
mPU-''Šà r-(rù)-ma'', possibly representing ''Hišmi-Šarruma'') is a conjectured
pre-Empire king of the
Hittites
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-centra ...
. The conjecture was forwarded by
Emil Forrer
Emil Orgetorix Gustav Forrer (also Emilio O. Forrer; ; 19 February 1894, Straßburg, Alsace-Lorraine – 10 January 1986, San Salvador) was a Swiss Assyriologist and pioneering Hittitologist.
Moreover, Emil Forrer developed a deviant interdiscip ...
and is not commonly accepted.
He would have reigned around 1600 BC (
short chronology).
Family
Hišmi-Šarruma would correspond to the grandfather of
Hattusili I 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 the father-in-law of
Labarna I
Labarna I was the traditional first king of the Hittites, c. early 17th century BC (middle chronology), the most accepted chronology nowadays. He was the traditional founder of the Hittite Old Kingdom (fl. c. 1680(?)-1650 BCE). His wife was Tawan ...
and true father of
Papahdilmah, mentioned (but not by name) by Hattusili. Hišmi-Šarruma was also a father of
Tawannanna.
Virtually nothing is known of PU-Å arruma's life, who is a very shadowy figure. PU-Å arruma's sons had turned against their father, so that, while he was in the city of Å anahwitta, he named his son-in-law Labarna as his successor.
[''Proceedings of the eleventh annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Los Angeles, June 4–5, 1999'' by Karlene Jones-Bley, Martin E. Huld, Angela Della Volpe.] However, Papahdilmah still had support among the
king's servants and chief officers.
See also
*
History of the Hittites
Sources
External links
Reign of PU-Sarruma
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Hittite kings
17th-century BC rulers