PU-Sarruma
title: "PU-Sarruma" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hittite-kings", "17th-century-bc-monarchs"] topic_path: "general/hittite-kings" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PU-Sarruma" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | PU-Sarruma |
| children | Papahdilmah |
| Tawannanna | |
| other_names | Hišmi-Šarruma |
| occupation | King of Hittites |
| parents | Tudhaliya |
| :: |
| name = PU-Sarruma | children = Papahdilmah Tawannanna | other_names = Hišmi-Šarruma | occupation = King of Hittites |parents =Tudhaliya PU-Sarruma (PU-LUGAL-ma, mPU-Šàr-(rù)-ma, possibly representing Hišmi-Šarruma) is a conjectured pre-Empire king of the Hittites. The conjecture was forwarded by Emil Forrer and is not commonly accepted.
He would have reigned around 1600 BC (short chronology).
Family
Hišmi-Šarruma would correspond to the grandfather of Hattusili I and the father-in-law of Labarna I and true father of Papahdilmah, mentioned (but not by name) by Hattusili. Hišmi-Šarruma was also a father of Tawannanna.
Virtually nothing is known of PU-Šarruma's life, who is a very shadowy figure. PU-Šarruma's sons had turned against their father, so that, while he was in the city of Šanahwitta, he named his son-in-law Labarna as his successor. However, Papahdilmah still had support among the king's servants and chief officers.
Sources
References
- ''The organisation of the Hittite military'' by Richard Henry Beal.
- ''Hittite Studies in Honor of Harry A. Hoffner, Jr: On the Occasion of His Birthday'' by [[Harry A. Hoffner]], Gary M. Beckman, Richard Henry Beal, John Gregory McMahon
- ''Proceedings of the eleventh annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Los Angeles, June 4–5, 1999'' by Karlene Jones-Bley, Martin E. Huld, Angela Della Volpe.
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