Burman (ancient state)

Burman was an ancient city-state, especially in the third millennium BC, which was probably in the north of present-day Syria . Burman is known from cuneiform texts by Ebla and Mari . Two kings are recorded by name in the Ebla texts: Enar-Halam and Agi. Two queens with names also appear in the texts. They are Simini-Kù-Babbar and Nadum. When Queen Simini-Kù-Babbar gave birth to a child, the court of Ebla sent two silver needles with a golden head. Relations with Ebla were mostly friendly, but there were also times when the city and others turned against Ebla.

It has been suggested that Tell es-Sweyhat be identified with Burman.

Individual evidence

^ Giovanni Pettinato : Ebla, A New Look at History. Hopkins University Press, Baltimore / London 1991, ISBN 0-8018-4150-X , p. 137.
^ Pettinato: Ebla, A New Look at History , p. 143
↑ Michael C. Astour: An Outline of the History of Ebla (Part 1). In: Cyrus H. Gordon et al. (Ed.): Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language. Volume 3. Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake (Indiana) 1993, pp. 3-82, here p. 35.

[1] Giovanni Pettinato : Ebla, A New Look at History. Hopkins University Press, Baltimore / London 1991, ISBN 0-8018-4150-X , p. 137.

[2] Pettinato: Ebla, A New Look at History , p. 143

[3] Michael C. Astour: An Outline of the History of Ebla (Part 1). In: Cyrus H. Gordon et al. (Ed.): Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language. Volume 3. Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake (Indiana) 1993, pp. 3-82, here p. 35.