Articles

Pilliya the King of Kizzuwatna – between Hatti and Alalah

Vostok/Oriens '2013, №5

 
The article discusses the foreign policy of Pilliya the king of Kizzuwatna (the first half of the fifteenth century BCE) according to his treaties and to the Autobiography of Idrimi. The new reconstruction proposes the reverse sequence of events in contrast to previous studies: Pilliya concluded a treaty with Idrimi, then its last clause provoked the war, and at last the weakened Pilliya was attacked by Hittite king Zidanza II. Special attention is paid to the scribal features of Pilliya’s treaties in the context of previous Kizzuwatna treaty tradition.

Keywords: international treaty, ‘Syrianizing’ ductus, Alalaḫ, Hittite kingdom, Idrimi, Kizzuwatna, Mittani, Parattarna, Pilliya, Zidanza

Pages: С. 19–30