Kilamuwa

Kilamuwa was around 840/835 to 815/810 BC. An Aramaic king of Sam'al and the fifth after the founder of the dynasty Gabbaru . Pressed from the west by the Danuneans , Kilamuwa requested the Assyrians under Salmānu-ašarēd III. for help. This made him an Assyrian vassal, which required tribute payments, but also ensured prosperity and peace.

Inscription of Kilamuwa

Kilamuwa stele

The 8th century BC The inscription that dates back to the 4th century BC and is now in the Pergamon Museum consists of 16 lines in the Phoenician language .

" (1) אנך כלמו בר חי (א) (2) מלך גבר על יאדי ובל פ] על [(3) כן במה ובל פעל וכן אב חיא ובל פעבל וכן אח (4) שאל וכל פעו פעו ל [ואנל] מאש פעלת (5) בל פעל הלפני (ה) ם כן בת אבי במתכת מלכם אד (6) רם וכל שלח יד ל (ה) לחם וכת ביד מלכם כמאש אכ ת ל י י י י יל כמ [י י י י אדל | - (14) י אש ישב תחתן ויזק בספר ז משכבם אל יכבד לבעררם ובערר (15) ם אל יכבד למשכבם ומי ישחת הספר ז ישחת ראש בעל צמד אש לגבר כבאל בתל במו בעל וישחת רר אשל"

- Inscription of Kilamuwa

“I am Kilammuwa, the son of Ḫajanu. Gabbar (u) was king over Ja'udi, but he did nothing. Bamach also ruled, he did nothing either. My father Chajanu did nothing either. My brother Sa'ûl did nothing either. But I, Kilammuwa, the son of Chayanu, did something that those who were before me did not. My father's house was under mighty kings. Everyone put out their hand to fight. But I was in the hands of kings like a fire that devours the beard and the hand. And the king of the Danuneans stood over me, but I hired the king of Assyria against him. A virgin was given for a sheep and a man for a garment. I am Kilammuwa, the son of Chajanu, and I have sat on my father's throne. "

- Excerpt in translation

literature

Siegfried Kreuzer: Kilamuwa. In: Michaela Bauks, Klaus Koenen, Stefan Alkier (Eds.): The Scientific Biblical Lexicon on the Internet (WiBiLex), Stuttgart 2006 ff.

Individual evidence

↑ Herbert Donner , Wolfgang Röllig : Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions. Vol. 1: 5th edition, Wiesbaden 2002, p. 5 (= KAI 24).
↑ Hans-Peter Müller : Phoenician historical inscriptions. In: Texts from the environment of the Old Testament . Old series, volume 1: Legal and economic documents - historical-chronological texts. Delivery 6: Historical Texts III. Gütersloher Verlagshaus Mohn, Gütersloh 1985, ISBN 3-579-00065-9 , pp. 638-645, here pp. 639 f.

predecessor	Office	successor
Saul	King of Sam'al around 840/835 to 815/810 BC Chr.	Panam-muwa I.

personal data
SURNAME	Kilamuwa
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Aramaic king
DATE OF BIRTH	9th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	9th century BC Chr.

[1] Herbert Donner , Wolfgang Röllig : Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions. Vol. 1: 5th edition, Wiesbaden 2002, p. 5 (= KAI 24).

[2] Hans-Peter Müller : Phoenician historical inscriptions. In: Texts from the environment of the Old Testament . Old series, volume 1: Legal and economic documents - historical-chronological texts. Delivery 6: Historical Texts III. Gütersloher Verlagshaus Mohn, Gütersloh 1985, ISBN 3-579-00065-9 , pp. 638-645, here pp. 639 f.