Tūdīja

Tūdīja (or Tudija ) is passed down from the Assyrian king list as the king of the early prehistoric times of the Assyrian Empire . He is the first king on the list and with him begins a section which, translated into German, is described with the words 17 kings who lived in tents .

In research there is disagreement as to whether the list of kings is to be understood as a historical succession of rulers in this area. A large number of historians were initially of the opinion that the list only began with a listing of names from regional legend. In the meantime, however, the camp of those who, although not necessarily from a genealogical line of ancestry, but at least from the actual existence of these rulers in the 3rd millennium BC, is growing . Go out. After Ušpia , the 16th king of the list, as the builder of the Aššur temple, laid the foundation for the development of the city and the empire later named after it, they were not yet Assyrian kings in the narrower sense. It is believed that they were the leaders of the Amurrian tribes from which the later ruling dynasties of Aššur descended. Similarities with the lists of kings from Babylonia suggest that the First Dynasty there claims to be descended from at least partially the same ancestors.

The historian Giovanni Pettinato published the discovery of a treaty between Tūdīja and a king of Ebla called Ebrium . The text was found on a clay tablet from around 2300 BC. On which Ebrium grants its contract partner permission to use a trading post controlled by Ebla. This would make both kings contemporaries of Sarru-kīnu, known as Sargon of Akkad . Not least with regard to the spelling of the name ( du-ud-ià or ta-du-ud ) that deviates from the king's list, however, there are reservations. After criticism, especially from Edmond Sollberger, it is now more likely that this Tudija or Dudija is not identical with the ruler from the list of kings. In addition, "King Ebrium" is said to have only been the vice-regent Ibrium under King Irkab-Damu .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ David H. Kelley, Eugene F. Milone: Exploring Ancient Skies: A Survey of Ancient and Cultural Astronomy , Springer Science & Business Media 2011. ISBN 9781441976246 . P. 222
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2. ^ Giovanni Pettinato : The archives of Ebla. To Empire Inscribed on Clay . Doubleday, Garden City NY 1981, ISBN 0-385-13152-6 , pp. 82 f.
3. ↑ Peter Panitschek: Lugal - Šarru - Basileus: Forms of the Monarchy in the Ancient Near East from the Uruk Period to Hellenism , Volume 1, Peter Lang 2008, ISBN 9783631561942 . P. 92 with reference to Giovanni Pettinato: Archivi di Ebla page 103 ff. (TM.75.G.2420)
4. ^ Deutsche Morgenländische Gesellschaft : Journal for Assyriology and Near Eastern Archeology , Volumes 70-71, p. 76
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5. ↑ Edmond Sollberger: The so-called treaty between Ibla and 'Ashur' , Studii Eblaiti 3, 1980. pp. 129-155

predecessor	Office	successor
-	Assyrian king around 23rd century BC Chr.	Adamu