Barattarna, Parattarna, Paršatar, or Parshatatar is the first known King of

Mitanni Mitanni (–1260 BC), earlier called Ḫabigalbat in old Babylonian texts, ; Hanigalbat or Hani-Rabbat in Assyrian records, or in Ancient Egypt, Egyptian texts, was a Hurrian language, Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria (region), Syria an ...

and is considered to have reigned, as per

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between c. 1510 and 1490 BC by J. A. Belmonte-Marin quoting H. Klengel.

Reign

Very few records of him are known as sources from Mitanni are rare. Most information we have about the kingdom, especially its early history and kings come from records outside of the state. Dates for the kings can be deduced by comparing the

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of Mitanni and other states, especially ancient Egypt, at a later date and working back the figures. Information is found in the biography of

Idrimi Idrimi (meaning "It is my help") was the king of Alalakh c. 1490–1465 BC, or around 1450 BC. He is known, mainly, from an inscription on his statue found at Alalakh by Leonard Woolley in 1939.Longman III, Tremper, (1991)Fictional Akkadian Aut ...

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(or Alalah, which became the capital of

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). Barattarna conquered the area and made Idrimi his vassal, Idrimi becoming king of

according to a treaty that also declared Pilliya, the king of Kizzuwatna, his vassal.

in his time probably extended as far as Arrapha in the east,

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in the south, and Kizzuwatna in the West. Barattarna may have been the Mitannian king the Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmosis I met at the

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in a campaign early in his reign (around 1493).

Kizzuwatna

Pilliya, the king of Kizzuwatna, appareantly signed a treaty with Idrimi and became a vassal of the Mitanni Empire. He is also known to have entered peace with Zidanta II of Hatti.

Death

Information about his death is mentioned in a record from Nuzi dated to the death of king Barattarna, possibly around 1420, as per short chronology.

References

{{Mitanni kings 15th-century BC deaths 15th-century BC monarchs Hurrian kings

Reign

Kizzuwatna

Death

See also

References