Adad-Nirari | |
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Reign | 14th century BC |
Consort | Pizallum |
Adad-Nirari or H̱addu-Nirari, [1] was a king of Qatna in the 14th century BC.
Adad-Nirari is an Akkadian name. [2] The king reigned for 45 years in the 14th century BC, [3] [4] and was mentioned in the inventories of Ninegal, found in Qatna. [5] A tablet from Qatna records him stationing an army of chariot archers in the city of Tukad, in Mount Lebanon. [4] [6] The name of his queen was Pizallum. [7]
Michael Astour suggested identifying Adad-Nirari with Adad-Nirari of Nuhašše; a hypothesis supported by Thomas Richter, [8] who believes that Adad-Nirari ruled Qatna through a šakkanakku (military governor) called Lullu, citing that the latter's name appears in the Qatanite inventories at the time of Adad-Nirari. [9] According to Richter, Adad-Nirari of Nuhašše ruled the second Syrian power after Mitanni, [10] and was removed by the Hittites which gave Qatna its independence back . [11]
This theory is debated; the Shattiwaza treaty between Mitanni and the Hittites mentioned Qatna independently from Nuhašše during the Hittite king Šuppiluliuma I's first Syrian war; If Qatna was part of the Nuhaššite kingdom, its submission to the Hittites would not have been mentioned separately. [12] Jacques Freu rejected Richter's hypothesis; citing different arguments, he concluded that Adad-Nirari of Nuhašše was a contemporary of Idadnda of Qatna who ruled during the first Syrian war, a successor of the Qatanite Adad-Nirari. [13]
Adad-Nirari | |
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Reign | 14th century BC |
Consort | Pizallum |
Adad-Nirari or H̱addu-Nirari, [1] was a king of Qatna in the 14th century BC.
Adad-Nirari is an Akkadian name. [2] The king reigned for 45 years in the 14th century BC, [3] [4] and was mentioned in the inventories of Ninegal, found in Qatna. [5] A tablet from Qatna records him stationing an army of chariot archers in the city of Tukad, in Mount Lebanon. [4] [6] The name of his queen was Pizallum. [7]
Michael Astour suggested identifying Adad-Nirari with Adad-Nirari of Nuhašše; a hypothesis supported by Thomas Richter, [8] who believes that Adad-Nirari ruled Qatna through a šakkanakku (military governor) called Lullu, citing that the latter's name appears in the Qatanite inventories at the time of Adad-Nirari. [9] According to Richter, Adad-Nirari of Nuhašše ruled the second Syrian power after Mitanni, [10] and was removed by the Hittites which gave Qatna its independence back . [11]
This theory is debated; the Shattiwaza treaty between Mitanni and the Hittites mentioned Qatna independently from Nuhašše during the Hittite king Šuppiluliuma I's first Syrian war; If Qatna was part of the Nuhaššite kingdom, its submission to the Hittites would not have been mentioned separately. [12] Jacques Freu rejected Richter's hypothesis; citing different arguments, he concluded that Adad-Nirari of Nuhašše was a contemporary of Idadnda of Qatna who ruled during the first Syrian war, a successor of the Qatanite Adad-Nirari. [13]