ʾItū
ʾItū or ʾUtū ( kur Ù-tu-ʾ) was an Aramaic territory west of the central Tigris . The residents ( Utu'aja ) were nomads or semi-nomads. They have been recorded in the Samarra area since Tukulti-Ninurta II . The Assyrian ruler claims to have conquered their tents there. In the 9th century BCE they were under the governor of Aššur , but from 790 BCE numerous campaigns against them are documented. They only become final after Tukulti-apil-Ešarra III. subject.
The Utu'aja were ruled by chiefs who are mentioned in Sargon's time.
literature
- John N. Postgate: Itu . In: Erich Ebeling , Dietz-Otto Edzard (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und West-Asian Archiologie, Vol. 5 . De Gruyter Verlag, Berlin 1980, p. 221f. ISBN 3-11-007192-4 .
- Edward Lipiński : The Aramaeans. Their ancient history, culture, religion (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; Vol. 100). Peeters, Leuven 2000, ISBN 90-429-0859-9 , pp. 437f.