Person

Puduhepa

Puduhepa was a Hittite queen of the 13th century BCE, wife of Hattusili III and the daughter of a priest of Lawazantiya in Kizzuwatna. She was one of the most powerful queens of the ancient Near East: she shared in government, judged cases, reorganised the state cults along Hurrian lines and corresponded with Ramesses II of Egypt. Her seal appears with her husband's on the Hittite copy of the peace treaty with Egypt.

Puduhepa
Image: Firaktin2Kayseri.jpg: Klaus-Peter Simon derivative work: Zunkir (talk) · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 1 state history

Kizzuwatna

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Puduhepa. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/puduhepa
MLA
“Puduhepa.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/puduhepa. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Puduhepa.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/puduhepa.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Puduhepa’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/puduhepa (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻