Kirta

Kirta was a legendary Hurrian king in Mesopotamia. He lived in approximately 1500 BC and is traditionally thought to have founded the dynasty of Mitanni, though epigraphic support for that is thin.One of his offrings was Shuttarna I, which is attested by a seal that was found that is read as "Šuttarna, son of Kirta, king of Maitani."^[1] He may have reigned around 1540 BC as per middle chronology.

Mitanni's rise under Kirta might have been facilitated by the disappearance of the Babylonian kingdom during his time.^[2]^{[failed verification]}

References

^ Lewy, Hildegard (1964). "Notes on the Political Organization of Asia Minor at the Time of the Old Assyrian Texts". Orientalia. 33: 181–198. ISSN 0030-5367.
^ Espín, Orlando O.; Nickoloff, James B., eds. (2007). An Introductory Dictionary of Theology and Religious Studies. Collegeville, Minn: Liturgical Press. p. 1309. ISBN 978-0-8146-5856-7. OCLC 162145884.

Preceded by founder of the Mitanni kingdom	Mitanni king fl. 1540 BC	Succeeded by Shuttarna I

[1] Lewy, Hildegard (1964). "Notes on the Political Organization of Asia Minor at the Time of the Old Assyrian Texts". Orientalia. 33: 181–198. ISSN 0030-5367.

[2] Espín, Orlando O.; Nickoloff, James B., eds. (2007). An Introductory Dictionary of Theology and Religious Studies. Collegeville, Minn: Liturgical Press. p. 1309. ISBN 978-0-8146-5856-7. OCLC 162145884.

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