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Kurunta
Kurunta (Cuneiform: ) was a Hittite king, a son of Muwatalli II born in the 13th century BC, and cousin of Tudhaliya IV. "Kurunta" is a Luwian name; he also bore the Hurrian name "Ulmi-Teššup" (often spelled "Ulmi-Teshub"").
Name.
He was named after an Anatolian tutelary deity in the Late Bronze Age frequently associated with stags.
Life.
The sources on Kurunta's life include two treaties between Hattusa and Tarhuntassa,
Kupanta-Kurunta
Kupanta-Kurunta was the first recorded king of Arzawa, in the late 15th century BC. He was defeated by Tudhaliya I and Arnuwanda I. He then attacked Arnuwanda's restive vassal Madduwatta at Zippasla. He had a daughter, who married Madduwatta.
Another Kupanta-Kurunta was born in the 1330s or 1320s BC at Mira in western Anatolia, in one of the princely families. His father joined a coup against king Mašḫuiluwa. The Hittite king Suppiluliuma I married Mašḫuiluwa to his daughter Muwatti and reinstalled him