Home›Open Questions›When was Puduhepa born, and when did she die?Open QuestionsWhen was Puduhepa born, and when did she die?Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "When was Puduhepa born, and when did she die?." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/when-was-puduhepa-born-and-when-did-she-die.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). When was Puduhepa born, and when did she die?. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/when-was-puduhepa-born-and-when-did-she-dieCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-when-was-puduhepa-born-and-when-did-she, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {When was Puduhepa born, and when did she die?}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/open-questions-index/when-was-puduhepa-born-and-when-did-she-die}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXOpen QuestionCross-Tradition ConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)Open QuestionPuduhepa appears in the documentary record as a priest's daughter married to the future king Hattusili III, then as high priestess and co-ruler through his reign and into that of her son Tudhaliya IV, one of the longest documented careers of any Hittite queen. Nothing fixes an actual birth or death year, only the span of her documented activity in seals and correspondence.What would resolve this A Hittite dynastic text naming Puduhepa's age at marriage or at death, distinct from the sealed correspondence that fixes only the span of her public activity.OpenHittite history, Late Bronze Age Anatolian chronologyItamar Singer; Harry A. Hoffner Jr. (ed.), Hittite PrayersCross-Tradition ConnectionsQuestion OnPuduhepa, Historical Figures Well-attested Source Hittite PrayersItamar Singer; Harry A. Hoffner Jr. (ed.)tier 1SourcesHittite Prayerstier 1Itamar Singer; Harry A. Hoffner Jr. (ed.), Society of Biblical Literature, Writings from the Ancient World, 2002View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.View At A Past YearThe atlas records no dated fact of its own for this entry, so there is no other year to choose.Show This Year