Bartatua

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Bartatua , also Partatua ( Assyrian P / Bar-ta-tu-a; ancient Greek Προτοθύης Protothýes ) was a Scythian king in the 7th century BC. Chr.

According to an Assyrian text, King Asarhaddon questioned in 672 BC The oracle of the sun god Šamaš , whether Bartatua would be a reliable ally if he gave him one of his daughters for marriage as requested.

Bartatua is identical to the Scythian king Protothyes mentioned by Herodotus , the father of Madyes .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Amélie Kuhrt : The Persian Empire. A Corpus of Sources from the Achaemenid Period. Routledge, London and New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-415-43628-1 , pp. 33 f. (Translation of the text).
  2. ↑ Herodotus 1,103,3.

literature

  • Askold Ivantchik: The Scythian 'Rule Over Asia': The Classical Tradition and the Historical Reality. In: Gocha R. Tsetskhladze (ed.): Ancient Greeks West and East (= Mnemosyne . Supplementum 196). Brill, Leiden 1999, ISBN 90-04-11190-5 , pp. 497-520, here: pp. 508 f.
  • Nikolai Povalahev: The Greeks on the northern Pontus. Herbert Utz, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8316-0758-7 .

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predecessor Office successor
Išpakai Scythian king in the
middle of the 7th century BC Chr. 		Madyes
personal data
SURNAME Bartatua
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Partatua; Protothyes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Scythian king
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 7th century BC Chr.