Pirindu

Pirindu was an ancient kingdom in Rough Cilicia . The only king known by name was Appuwašu , who died in 557 BC. Against the neo-Babylonian king Nergilissar was at war.

Lore

The land of Pirindu is first mentioned at the time of the neo-Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II , in connection with prisoners of war in Babylon from Pirindu in 592 BC. BC, suggesting that Nebuchadnezzar was waging war against the land. But more precise circumstances are unknown.

In 557 BC Chr. Nergilissar moved over the Amanus into the country Ḫume, the later Kilikia Pedias ( flat Cilicia ). King Appuwašu of Pirindu armored against him. Nergilissar and his army advanced westward against Pirindu, accompanied by a fleet of Babylonian ships on the sea. On his march, Nergilissar defeated Appuwašu and conquered the two royal cities of Ura, presumably located at today's Silifke , and Kiršu, which can be located by an Aramaic inscription at today's Meydancıkkale .

Other places that belonged to the Kingdom of Pirindu were Pitusu, probably the ancient island of Pityussa, which was captured by the Babylonian fleet, and in the west it reached as far as Sallunê, probably ancient Selinus . This is believed to be the westernmost place that a Babylonian army reached.

Surname

The name Pirindu is possibly an imprecise rendering of a Luwian place name * Piruwanda ("stony, rocky"), with which the name is synonymous with the later ancient name Tracheiotis "rocky, mountainous, rough".

literature

Michael P. Streck : Pirindu. In: Dietz Otto Edzard , Michael P. Streck (Hrsg.): Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Aräologie . Volume 10, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2003-2005, ISBN 978-3-11-018535-5 , pp. 572-573.