Sumuru
 
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Sumuru (Syria) |
Sumuru (also Simyra , Sumuri , Samuri , Sumur ; Akkadian Su-mu-ru , Assyrian Si-mi-ra , egyptian Smr , biblical Zemar ) was an Amorite coastal city in Syria , near the Lebanon , to the larger trading centers of that region counted. Sumuru, as politically part of Egypt , was administered by an Egyptian Rabisu ( general ).
In the Amarna letters in the middle of the 14th century BC The place is mentioned more often in connection with armed conflicts. In the absence of the Egyptian official Pahhanate , Sumuru was conquered by Abdi-Aširta of Amurru, possibly even serving as his residence. After his death it came back under Egyptian control. The Egyptian presence, however, lasted only a short time, as Abdi-Aschirta's son Aziru continued his father's policy in many things and re-incorporated the city into his domain.
After the excavations of Tell Kazel , Sumuru could be identified with it.
literature
- Birgit Brandau, Hartmut Schickert: Hittites, the unknown world power. Piper, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-492-04338-0 .
- Ernst Honigmann : Σίμυρα. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III A, 1, Stuttgart 1927, Col. 217 f. (partly out of date).
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Coordinates: 34 ° 42 ′ 29 ″ N , 35 ° 59 ′ 9 ″ E