Arnuwanti II

Arnuwanti II
King of Melid
Darende stele, dedicated to goddess Hebat by king Arnuwanti II.
King of Kammanu (Melid)
Reign	11th century BCE
Predecessor	PUGNUS-mili II
Successor	PUGNUS-mili III or CRUS-RA/I-sa

Arnuwanti II was a Neo-Hittite king of the Iron Age polity of Kammanu, centered at Melid (Arslantepe) during or around the 11th century BCE. ^[1]

Attestations

Arnuwanti II was the creator of two stelae (monoliths) written in Luwian hieroglyphs: one at İspekçür, ^[2] and one at Darende. ^[3] In his inscriptions, he calls himself "Arnuwantis the King". In the İspekçür stele, Arnuwanti traces his lineage. From this, it can be deduced that he was the son of a certain PUGNUS-mili II, and the grandson of another Arnuwanti, ^[1] probably the brother of Runtiya, who authored the Gürün rock inscription. If this is true, then Arnuwanti is a late descendant of the royal house of the Hittite Empire, through Kuzi-Teshub, the grandfather of Runtiya and possibly Arnuwanti I. A similar genealogical inscription also occurs on the Darende stele, as well as a dedication to the important Syrian goddess Hebat "of the city".

See also

• List of Neo-Hittite kings

References

1. Hawkins, John David (2012-05-10). Inscriptions of the Iron Age: Part 1: Text, Introduction, Karatepe, Karkamis, Tell Ahmar, Maras, Malatya, Commagene. Walter de Gruyter. p. 287. ISBN   978-3-11-080420-1.
2. "Hittite Monuments - İspekçür". www.hittitemonuments.com. Retrieved 2025-02-17.
3. "Hittite Monuments - Darende". www.hittitemonuments.com. Retrieved 2025-02-17.