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'''Walmu''' was a king of [[Wilusa]] in the late 13th century BC. He is known from the [[Milawata letter]], which reports that he had been deposed and discusses the [[Hittite empire|Hittites']] intent to reinstall him. The letter does not specify how Walmu was deposed or who was responsible.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bryce|first=Trevor|title=The Trojans and their Neighbours|year=2005 |publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-34959-8|pages=112, 183}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Beckman |first1=Gary|last2=Bryce|first2=Trevor|last3=Cline|first3=Eric|year=2012 |title=The Ahhiyawa Texts|publisher=Society of Biblical Literature|pages=278–279, 123, 131–133|isbn=978-1589832688}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Letters from the Hittite Kingdom|year=2009| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7B2y1lSFMFAC&dq=Walmu&pg=PA316|author=Hoffner, Harry A.|publisher=Society of Biblical Literature|isbn=9781589832121|accessdate=2011-05-25}} p. 316</ref>
==See also==
*[[Ahhiyawa]]
*[[Historicity of the Homeric epics|Historicity of the ''Iliad'']]
*[[Karabel relief]]
*[[:Category:Kings of Wilusa|Kings of Wilusa]]
*[[Seha River Land]]
==References==
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[[Category:Kings of Wilusa]]
[[Category:Trojan War]]
[[Category:Hittite Empire]]
[[Category:Ancient Near East]]
[[Category:Mycenaean Greece]]
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