Bit Amukani
Bit Amukani (also Bit Amukkani, Ukani, Ukanu ; Assyrian m A-muk-ka-nu ; Babylonian di Bit U-ka-a-ni, di U-ka-nu ) was an Aramaic country in southern Mesopotamia , between Nippur and Uruk lay. In Babylonia, Bit Amukani bordered the sea to the east, Bit Jakin to the south , Bit Dakkuri to the north and the Euphrates to the west .
For the first time Bit Amukani was in the reign of Shalmaneser III. around 850 BC Mentioned, who received tribute payments. Bit Amukani was founded around 1200 BC. With the arrival of the Arameans.
literature
- Eckhard Unger : Bit Amukkani In: Dietz-Otto Edzard : Reallexicon of Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology , Vol. 2 . de Gruyter, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-1100-4450-1 , pp. 35-36.