Telipinu

For the Hittite god, see Telipinu (mythology).
Telipinu
King of the Hittites
Reignc. 1525–1500 BC
PredecessorHuzziya I
SuccessorTahurwaili
SpouseIštapariya[1]
IssueHarapšeki

Telipinu was the last king of the Hittites Old Kingdom, reigning c. 1525–1500 BC in middle chronology.[2] At the beginning of his reign, the Hittite Empire had contracted to its core territories, having long since lost all of its conquests, made in the former era under Hattusili I and Mursili I – to Arzawa in the West, Mitanni in the East, the Kaskians in the North, and Kizzuwatna in the South.[3]

  1. ^ The Transjordanian Palimpsest: The Overwritten Texts of Personal Exile by Jeremy M. Hutton
  2. ^ The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Telepinus: Hittite king", in Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved: 29 April, 2022.
  3. ^ Birgit Brandau, Hartmut Schickert: Hethiter Die unbekannte Weltmacht