Thalassia
Thalassia was the wife of the King of the Charakene Hyspaosines . It is known from cuneiform texts (in the astronomical diaries from Babylon ) and a Greek building inscription that was found on Bahrain . The name Thalassia is a rarely used Greek female name. From the cuneiform texts in which she is called Talasi'asu , we learn that she tried after the death of her husband on June 11, 124 BC. To put her son on the throne of the Charakene. Her son's name has not been preserved, but perhaps it was Apodakus who is attested as successor. The building inscription from Bahrain names them together with Hyspaosines and confirms the cuneiform text. Her name is documented here in Greek.
literature
- Monika Schuol : The characters. A Mesopotamian kingdom in the Hellenistic-Parthian period . Steiner, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-515-07709-X , ( Oriens et Occidens 1), (also: Kiel, Univ., Diss., 1998), pp. 40, 300.
- PL Galier, P. Lombard, KM al-Sindi: Greek Inscriptions from Bahrain , In: Arabian archeology and epigraphy 13, 2002, ISSN 0905-7196 , pp. 223-226.
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| SURNAME | Thalassia |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Talasi'asu |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Queen, consort of Hyspaosines |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC BC or 1st century BC Chr. |