Gilzanu

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Gilzanu (Assyr. KUR gil-a-na-aa , also read as Habzanu) was an Iron Age state in northwestern Iran. It was on the west or south bank of Lake Urmia or near Solduz ( Hasanlu / Mešta).

Gilzanu was famous for its horses. Until the 9th century, the Assyrians seem to have obtained the majority of their cavalry horses from here, later they switched to Parsua .

The white obelisk of Aššur-nasir-apli II tells how the ruler received tribute payments from horses in his first year of reign from the country of Gilzanu. He tried to make this a regular filing, but it appeared to be refused. As a result, Assur-nasirpal got angry and marched against the cities of Harira and Halhalaus , "cities of criminal rulers", which were probably located in Gilzanu. He conquered them in his first year of reign and brought booty, flocks and prisoners to Assyria .

Shalmaneser III. In the year of his accession to the throne, he received the tribute of the lands by the sea ​​of ​​Nairi , including that of Gilzanu. It consisted of chariot horses and two-humped camels.

Gilzanu was occupied by the Urartians , but then came back under Assyrian influence. As we know from the banquet stele of Aššur-nasir-apli II , the ambassador from Gilzanu, together with emissaries from Hubuschkia , Kumme Gurgum and Muṣaṣir, was present at his coronation in Kalhu .

Ruler

literature

  • Julian Reade: Assurnasirpal I. and the White Obelisk. In: Iraq. Vol. 37, No. 2, Autumn 1975, pp. 129-150.
  • Julian Reade: Campaigning around Musasir. In: A. Cilingiroglu, DH French (Ed.): Anatolian Iron Ages. 3, Ankara 1994, pp. 185-188.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Julian Reade: Campaigning around Musasir. In: A. Cilingiroglu, DH French (Ed.): Anatolian Iron Ages. 3, Ankara 1994, p. 185.
  2. P. Hulin: The Inscriptions on the Carved Throne-Base of Shalmaneser III. In: Iraq. Vol. 25, No. 1, 1963, p. 51.