# Shattiwaza

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{{Infobox royalty
| succession   = [King of Mitanni](/source/List_of_rulers_of_Mitanni)
| reign        = 1345-1320 BC (high)<br>1330-1305 BC (low)
| predecessor  = [Shuttarna III](/source/Shuttarna_III)
| successor    = [Shattuara](/source/Shattuara)
| father       = [Tushratta](/source/Tushratta)
}}
'''Shattiwaza''' or '''Šattiwaza''', alternatively referred to as '''Kurtiwaza''' or ''Mattiwaza'', was a king of the [Hurrian](/source/Hurrian) kingdom of [Mitanni](/source/Mitanni), who reigned {{Circa}} 1330-1305 BC.<ref>Mladjov, I., (2019). [https://sepoa.fr/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/02.-NABU-2019-1.pdf "The Kings of Mittani in Light of the New Evidence from Terqa"], in: NABU 2019, No. 1, March, p. 34.</ref>

== Biography ==
Shattiwaza was the son of king [Tushratta](/source/Tushratta). Like other Mitanni kings, Shattiwaza took a [throne name](/source/throne_name) derived from [Indo-Aryan](/source/Indo-Aryan_language).<ref name="brill">{{cite book |last1=Cotticelli-Kurras |first1=Paola |last2=Pisaniello |first2=Valerio |editor1-last=Giusfredi |editor1-first=Federico |editor2-last=Matessi |editor2-first=Alvise |editor3-last=Pisaniello |editor3-first=Valerio |title=Contacts of Languages and Peoples in the Hittite and Post-Hittite World |date=2023 |publisher=Brill |location=Leiden |isbn=978-90-04-54863-3 |pages=332-45 |chapter=Indo-Aryans in the Ancient Near East}}</ref> The throne name Shattiwaza means ‘having reached the prize.’<ref name="brill"/> His Hurrian name was ''Kili-Tešup''.

In the political turmoil following the death of his predecessor, the usurper [Shuttarna III](/source/Shuttarna_III) tried to murder Shattiwaza. Shattiwaza escaped and sought refuge by the [Hittite](/source/Hittites) king [Suppiluliuma I](/source/Suppiluliuma_I). He married the daughter of Suppiluliuma and returned to Mitanni with a Hittite army. He was assisted by [Piyassili](/source/Piyassili) (Sarri-Kusuh), a son of King [Šuppiluliuma I](/source/%C5%A0uppiluliuma_I).<ref>Pruzsinszky, Regine. "Emar and the Transition from Hurrian to Hittite Power". Representations of Political Power: Case Histories from Times of Change and Dissolving Order in the Ancient Near East, edited by Marlies Heinz and Marian H. Feldman, University Park, USA: Penn State University Press, 2021, pp. 21-38</ref>

[Shuttarna III](/source/Shuttarna_III), who had usurped the throne in his absence was defeated, and Shattiwaza installed as king of [Mitanni](/source/Mitanni). The events are recorded in two treaties of Suppiluliuma and Shattiwaza (sometime between 1345 and 1323 BC).<ref>Devecchi, Elena, (2018). [https://ur.booksc.eu/book/72917351/aa1fc4 “Details That Make the Difference: The Akkadian Manuscripts of the ‘Šattiwaza Treaties.’”], in: Die Welt Des Orients, vol. 48, no. 1, 2018, pp. 72–95. See '''p. 72:''' "...The so-called 'Šattiwaza treaties' are a set of two documents (CTH 51 and CTH 52) ratifying the subjugation of Šattiwaza of Mittani to the Hittite king
Šuppiluliuma I, an event dated to the 2nd half of the 14th century BCE..."</ref>

But Piyassili and the Hittites may have received the whole former territory of Hanigalbat/Mitanni west of the Euphrates as the result of these events.

[Shattuara](/source/Shattuara) is believed to be the next Mitanni king, although the circumstances of how he came to power are uncertain. Assyrian king [Adad-nirari I](/source/Adad-nirari_I) claimed to be his overlord.

==References==
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== Sources ==
* {{cite book |last=Beckman |first=Gary |author-link=Gary Beckman |editor=Harry A. Hoffner |editor-link=Harry A. Hoffner |title=Hittite Diplomatic Texts |publisher=[Scholars Press](/source/Society_of_Biblical_Literature) |year=1996 |isbn=978-0788505515 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/hittitediplomati00beck_0 }}

== External links ==
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* {{cite web |title=Suppiluliuma (Hittite) – Shattiwaza (Mitanni) Treaty Excerpts |work=Zoroastrial Heritage |publisher=K. E. Eduljee |url=http://www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism/ranghaya/suppiluliuma_shattiwaza_treaty.htm |accessdate=17 November 2015}}

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{{S-bef | before=[Shuttarna III](/source/Shuttarna_III)}}
{{S-ttl | title=[Mitanni king](/source/Mitanni) | years=late 14th century BC}}
{{S-aft | after=[Shattuara](/source/Shattuara), as an Assyrian vassal}}
{{end}}

{{Mitanni kings}}

Category:Hurrian kings
Category:14th-century BC monarchs

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