Bit Zamani
Bit Zamani was an Iron Age Aramaic state in the Amedi ( Diyarbakır ) area in southeastern Anatolia . As early as 886 BC It was attacked by the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta II. And forced to pay tribute. In the year 879 BC However, the king in question was deposed and his successor rebelled against the Assyrians.
Assur-Nasirpal I was able to subdue the empire again and claim considerable tribute. According to Assyrian reports, the riches of the country included sheep, goats and cattle, but also precious metals, tin and iron. However, the tin is almost certainly imported. The most important import to Assyria was lumber.
Under Shalmaneser III. Bit Zamani 856 was the starting point of a campaign against the Nairi countries and Urartu ( Kurkh stele )
Bit Zamani had been an Assyrian province since 799 at the latest . His governor occupied a relatively high position at the Assyrian court, as can be deduced from the eponym lists .
Individual evidence
- ↑ HF Russell, Shalmaneser's campaign to Urarṭu in 856 BC and the historical geography of Eastern Anatolia according to the Assyrian sources. Anatolian Studies 34, 1984, 171
- ^ Simon Parpola, Assyrian Identity in ancient times and today
- ^ Jacob J. Finkelstein, Cuneiform Texts from Tell Billa. Journal of Cuneiform Studies 7/4, 1953, 117
literature
- Bradley J. Parker (2002), At the edge of empire: conceptualizing Assyria's Anatolian frontier ca.700 BC. Journal of anthropological Archeology 21, 371-395.
- Emil Forrer , The Provincial Division of the Assyrian Empire (Leipzig: JC Hinrichs 1920), 29–30.