Tarḫunazi

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Tarḫunazi was a neo-Hittite king of Melid , who in Assyrian sources for the years 719–712 BC. Is occupied.

Tarḫunazi came around 719 BC. He came to power in Melid when the Assyrian king Sargon II deposed his predecessor Gunzinanu because he had participated in an anti-Assyrian uprising. Melid remained as an independent state under Assyrian rule, even when its king, Tarḫunazi, was installed by the Assyrians.

In 712 BC BC Tarḫunazi broke the oath he had taken Sargon and withheld the Assyrians the tribute. He also took up secret negotiations with Mita, King of the Muški (possibly Midas , King of the Phrygians ), which ended with Tarḫunazi assuring the Muški of his support. Sargon responded to this betrayal by attacking and destroying Melid, rounding up its population and depopulating the land. Tarḫunazi lost Melid and fled to Til-garimmu, another city under his rule that was right on the border with Tabal . However, he did not succeed in escaping Sargon. Tarḫunazi and his warriors were put in chains, he himself, his entire family and 500 of his warriors who had been captured in Assyria were deported to Aššur .

The land of Kammanu, the part of the Kingdom of Melid in which the city of Til-garimmu was located, was converted into an Assyrian province and placed under an Assyrian provincial governor. The capital of the new province was Til-garimmu, which was rebuilt by Sargon. Kammanu was repopulated with settlers from other areas and it also received ten heavily fortified fortresses on its borders, probably to protect against the Phrygians and Urartians . The city of Melid, however, came under the rule of one of Sargon's vassals, Muwatalli , the king of Kummuḫ .

literature

  • Trevor Bryce: The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A Political and Military History . Oxford University Press: Oxford, New York 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-921872-1

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Trevor Bryce: The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A Political and Military History . Oxford, New York 2012, p. 109.
  2. ^ Trevor Bryce: The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A Political and Military History . Oxford, New York 2012, p. 109.
  3. ^ Trevor Bryce: The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A Political and Military History . Oxford, New York 2012, p. 109.
  4. ^ Trevor Bryce: The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A Political and Military History . Oxford, New York 2012, pp. 285 f.
  5. ^ Trevor Bryce: The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A Political and Military History . Oxford, New York 2012, p. 109.
  6. ^ Trevor Bryce: The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A Political and Military History . Oxford, New York 2012, p. 286.
  7. ^ Trevor Bryce: The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A Political and Military History . Oxford, New York 2012, p. 285.
  8. ^ Trevor Bryce: The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A Political and Military History . Oxford, New York 2012, p. 286.
predecessor Office successor
Gunzinanu King of Melid
719–712 BC Chr. 		-
personal data
SURNAME Tarḫunazi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tarhunazi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Melid
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 8th century BC Chr.