Išua

The land of Išua (Enzi, classical Anzitene ) lies in the plain of Elazığ ( Altınova ) and corresponds to the Hittite Išuwa . The capital was Enzite .

Enzite is in the annals of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III. mentioned as part of a campaign against Urartu in his third year of reign (856) ( Kurkh stele ). Immediately after Enzite was mentioned, the king describes the crossing of the Arsania ( Murat ) river to get to Suḫme with the Uaštal fortress ( Palu ? Castle ). In the area was Ergani Maden , known in the annals as the pass (nērebu) of Enzite.

Individual evidence

^ CA Burney: A first season of excavations at the Urartian citadel of Kayalıdere . In: Anatolian Studies , 16, 1966, p. 59.
↑ Mirjo Salvini: History and Culture of the Urartians . Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1995, ISBN 3-534-01870-2 , p. 31.

literature

Daniel David Luckenbill : Ancient Records of Assyria . Vol. 2. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

[1] CA Burney: A first season of excavations at the Urartian citadel of Kayalıdere . In: Anatolian Studies , 16, 1966, p. 59.

[2] Mirjo Salvini: History and Culture of the Urartians . Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1995, ISBN 3-534-01870-2 , p. 31.