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Wasusarmas

Wassu-Sarrumas
  • Great King
  • Hero
The Topada inscription of Wasusarmas, 8th c. BC. The first line reads "Great King Wasusarmas, Great King, the Hero, son of Tuwattīs, Great King, Hero"[1] In Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔐒𔓬𔖢𔑙𔒅𔗔𔐒𔐕𔕬𔓬𔑣‎𔕣𔐒𔐕𔔹𔗔𔐰‎, romanized: Uris ḫantawattis Wasusarmas uris ḫantawattis ḫastallis Tuwattī(ya)s uras ḫantawatti(ya)s ḫastalli(ya)s nimuwizzas
The Topada inscription of Wasusarmas, 8th c. BC. The first line reads "Great King Wasusarmas, Great King, the Hero, son of Tuwattīs, Great King, Hero"[1]
In Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔐒𔓬𔖢𔑙𔒅𔗔𔐒𔐕𔕬𔓬𔑣‎𔕣𔐒𔐕𔔹𔗔𔐰, romanized: Uris ḫantawattis Wasusarmas uris ḫantawattis ḫastallis Tuwattī(ya)s uras ḫantawatti(ya)s ḫastalli(ya)s nimuwizzas[2][3][1][4]
Great king of Tabal
Reignr.c. 740 BC – 730 BC
PredecessorTuwattīs II
SuccessorḪulliyas
Luwian𔓬𔖢𔑙𔒅𔗔[5][3]
Wassu-Sarrumas[6][7]
Akkadian𒁹𒌑𒊍𒋩𒈨[8][9]
Wassurme or Uassurme[10]
HouseDynasty of Tuwattīs I (?)
FatherTuwattīs II
ReligionLuwian religion

Wasusarmas (Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔓬𔖢𔑙𔒅𔗔, romanized: Wassu-Sarrumas[5][3][6][7]) was a Luwian king of the Syro-Hittite kingdom of Tabal proper in the broader Tabalian region who reigned during the mid-8th century BC, from around c. 740 BC to c. 730 BC.[11][10]

Name and title of Wasusarma (top line from the right)
  1. ^ a b c Weeden 2010, p. 48.
  2. ^ Hawkins 2000b, p. 454.
  3. ^ a b c Hawkins 2000c, p. 461.
  4. ^ D'Alfonso 2019, p. 135.
  5. ^ a b Hawkins 2000b, p. 452-454.
  6. ^ a b Simon 2018, p. 129.
  7. ^ a b Adiego 2019, p. 155.
  8. ^ "Uassurme [RULER OF TABAL] (RN)". Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities. Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
  9. ^ "Uassurme [RULER OF TABAL] (RN)". Textual Sources of the Assyrian Empire. Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
  10. ^ a b Aro 2014, p. 257.
  11. ^ Bryce 2012, p. 143.

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