Gassulawiya
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Gassulawiya was the tawanannas ruling at the side of Mursili II
, a king of the Hittite Empire (New kingdom) ca. 1321–1295 BC (short chronology).
Gassulawiya is known to have had several children including a daughter named Massanauzzi (referred to as Matanaza in correspondence with the Egyptian king Ramesses II
) married to Masturi, a ruler of a vassal state and three sons named Muwatalli, Hattusilis III and Halpasulupi. Mursili had further children with a second wife named Tanuhepa. Their names have not been recorded however.
Obviously by the end of her life Gassulawiya endured severe illness, as she addressed the goddess Lilwanis
with a substitute statue, in order to be relieved fromm her illness.
Mursili II
Mursili II was a king of the Hittite Empire ca. 1321–1295 BC .-Family:Mursili II was the younger son of Suppiluliuma I, one of the most powerful rulers of the Hittite Empire...
, a king of the Hittite Empire (New kingdom) ca. 1321–1295 BC (short chronology).
Gassulawiya is known to have had several children including a daughter named Massanauzzi (referred to as Matanaza in correspondence with the Egyptian king Ramesses II
Ramesses II
Ramesses II , referred to as Ramesses the Great, was the third Egyptian pharaoh of the Nineteenth dynasty. He is often regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire...
) married to Masturi, a ruler of a vassal state and three sons named Muwatalli, Hattusilis III and Halpasulupi. Mursili had further children with a second wife named Tanuhepa. Their names have not been recorded however.
Obviously by the end of her life Gassulawiya endured severe illness, as she addressed the goddess Lilwanis
Lelwani
Lelwani is a Hittite goddess of the underworld. She is associated with charnel houses and was probably modelled on the Sumerian goddess Ereshkigal....
with a substitute statue, in order to be relieved fromm her illness.