Warpalawas II, king of Tuwana, prays in front of divine symbols. Detail of a stele from Bor. 8th century BC. Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul
King of Tuwana
Reign
c. 740s–c. 705 BC[1]
Predecessor
Muwaḫaranis I
Successor
Muwaḫaranis II
Born
c. early 8th century BC
Died
c. 705 BC[1]
Issue
Muwaḫaranis II
Luwian
𔗬𔖱𔕸𔓊𔗬𔗔[2][3] Warpallawas[4]
Akkadian
𒁹𒌨𒁄𒆷𒀀[5][6] Urpalla[7]
House
Dynasty of Warpalawas I (?)[8]
Father
Muwaḫaranis I
Religion
Luwian religion
Warpalawas II (Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔗬𔖱𔕸𔓊𔗬𔗔, romanized: Warpallawas[2][3][4]) was a Luwian king of the Syro-Hittite kingdom of Tuwana in the region of Tabal who reigned during the late 8th century BC, from around c. 740 to c. 705 BC.[1][9]
^ abcBryce 2012, p. 150.
^ abHawkins 2000b, p. 520.
^ abHawkins 2000c, p. 518.
^ abYakubovich 2019, p. 553.
^"Urpalla [1] (PN)". State Archives of Assyria Online. Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
^"Urpalla [1] (PN)". State Archives of Assyria Online. Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
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ruled by a king named Tarḫunazzas, who was himself a vassal of the king WarpalawasII of Tuwana. In an inscription at the site corresponding to present-day...
into this region. Around the same time, and following the death of WarpalawasII of Tuwana, the Neo-Assyrian Empire was trying to secure their control...
Sultanhan, or in the region to the north of the Halys river. The kings WarpalawasII of Tuwana and Kiyakiyas of Šinuḫtu might also have been vassals of Wasusarmas...
the vineyard" (Tarhunzas Tuwarsas), he was worshipped in Tabal. King Warpalawas of Tuwanuwa depicted him with ears of grain and bunches of grapes on the...
in 1792 during the French Revolution. The Hittite İvriz relief; King Warpalawas (right) before the god Tarhunzas Sassanian investiture relief of Shapur...