PUGNUS-mili II

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PUGNUS-mili II was a Neo-Hittite king who ruled the Melid area (Kammanu) around the 12th to early 11th century BCE. The name PUGNUS-mili comes from Luwian hieroglyphs, but the exact sound of PUGNUS is not known. Because inscribed names can refer to more than one king, it’s hard to tell which Melid king named PUGNUS-mili this is. On the Darende stele, his son Arnuwanti mentions him, showing that PUGNUS-mili II was the son of an earlier king, Arnuwanti I (and his own son was Arnuwanti II).

Assyrian records say that Tiglath-Pileser I (reigned 1114–1076 BCE) asked for tribute from Allumari of Melid, probably PUGNUS-mili II. The same king also received tribute from Ini-Teshub, king of Hatti (Carchemish). These rulers were distant relatives of the great Hittite kings, linked through Kuzi-Teshub, an earlier ruler of both kingdoms.