Arnuwanti II

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]

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

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