The name Artašumara is the
Akkadian form of the
Mittani Aryan name Artasmara, which is a cognate of the
Vedic Sanskrit term ऋतस्मर (Ṛta-smara), meaning "he remembers
Ṛta".[2][3]
Reign
He is known only from a single mention in a tablet found in Tell Brak "Artassumara the king, son of Shuttarna the king" and a mention in
Amarna letter 17.[5][6] According to the later, after the death of
Shuttarna II he briefly took power but was then murdered (by someone named Tuhi) and succeeded by his brother
Tushratta[7][8]
^Finkel, Irving L. “Inscriptions from Tell Brak 1984.” Iraq, vol. 47, 1985, pp. 187–201
^Moran, William L. (1992). The Amarna Letters. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
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^Artzi, P., "The Diplomatic Service in Action: The Mitanni File”, in: R. Cohen and R. Westbrook (eds.): Amarna Diplomacy: The Beginnings of International Relations, Baltimore, London: 205–211, 2000