Shaushtatar

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Shaushtatar, also spelled Šauštatar, was a king of the Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni in the fifteenth century BC.

Shaushtatar was the son of Barattarna /Parsatatar and his seal was found in a letter from the archive of Nuzi. In a treaty made more than a century later Shaushtatar is told to have sacked Assur, the Assyrian capital. He is reputed to have brought the golden doors of the palace to his own capital of Washshukanni.

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