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Hittites: officials, priests, and private persons

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Attarissiya

Attarissiya, also written Attariššiya, was a leader called the "man of Ahhiyawa" in Hittite texts of the late 15th and early 14th century BC, known for attacking the Hittite vassal Madduwatta and raiding Cyprus.

Hannutti

Ḫannutti was a Hittite officer who served Šuppiluliuma I in the late fourteenth century BC, known from two letters to Idanda of Qatna and campaigns in Syria and Anatolia.

Himuili

Himuili (Ḫimuili) was a high official of the Hittite kingdom who held the office of BEL MADGALTI, "lord of the watchplace", a provincial governorship, at Maşat; his dates are uncertain.

Kantuzili

Kantuzili, also spelled Kantuzzili, was a Hittite commander and prince who served under King Mursili II, reigning roughly 1321–1295 BC, and is attested in the king's annals.

Kikkuli

Kikkuli, also written Kikuli, was a Mitanni master horse trainer of about 1350 B.C. whose Hittite manual prescribes a chariot-horse conditioning program of at least 184 days.

Lupakki

Lupakki is the name of several Hittite officials of the Empire period, attested in cuneiform tablets and sealings from the late 14th into the 13th century BC.

Madduwatta

Madduwatta, also written Madduwattas, was an Anatolian warlord installed as a Hittite vassal in western Anatolia who later rebelled, seizing allied lands and raiding Cyprus.

Nuwanza

Nuwanza was a Hittite commander who served King Mursili II, attested in the king's annals from year 2 to year 22, and known for defeating a Hayasean army of 700 chariots and 10,000 infantry near Kannuwara.

Piha-walwi

Piha-walwi was a Hittite scribe on wood of the 13th century BC, attested at the capital Hattuša and known for seals combining the title SCRIBA with number signs.

Piyamaradu

Piyamaradu, also written Piyama-Radu, was a warlord of obscure origin who raided the Hittite Empire's western lands for roughly 40 years in the 13th century BC.

Sunashshura

Sunashshura, also written Sunassura, was king of Kizzuwatna, a kingdom in south-eastern Anatolia, in the 15th century BC, known from a treaty with a Hittite king of the Tudhaliya line.

Tawananna (Babahi)

Tawananna was a Babylonian princess, daughter of Kassite ruler Burna-Buriaš II, who married the Hittite king Suppiluliuma I and was later banished by her stepson Mursili II.

Telipinu (priest)

Telipinu was a Hittite prince of the mid-14th century BC, second son of King Suppiluliuma I, appointed high-ranking priest in Kizzuwatna and later priest-king at Aleppo in northern Syria.

Walwaziti

Walwaziti was chief scribe at the Hittite capital Ḫattuša in the second half of the 13th century BC, serving King Ḫattušili III and probably Tudḫaliya IV.

Zita (Hittite prince)

Zita was a Hittite prince who served as chief of the royal bodyguards (GAL MEŠEDI) at the court of King Šuppiluliuma I in the 14th century BC.