Atarshumki I (also ''Bar-Guš'') was the King of
Bit Agusi in ancient Syria; he was the son of Arames. The capital of Bit Agusi was
Arpad.
History
Like his father, Atarshumki was rebellious against the
Assyrian supremacy. At that time, Assyria was ruled by
Shamshi-Adad V and then by
Adad-nirari III
Adad-nirari III (also Adad-narari) was a King of Assyria from 811 to 783 BC. Note that this assumes that the longer version of the Assyrian Eponym List, which has an additional eponym for Adad-nirari III, is the correct one. For the shorter eponym ...
.
Atarshumki tried to build a coalition with his neighbors against the Assyrians; finally, in 796, Adad-nirari III launched a military campaign in the area, and subjugated it.
The territorial conflict between Hamath and Arpad
The
Antakya stele
Antakya (), historically known as Antioch ( el, Ἀντιόχεια; hy, Անտիոք, Andiok), is the capital of Hatay Province, the southernmost province of Turkey. The city is located in a well-watered and fertile valley on the Orontes River, ...
(
de) is believed to belong to the later years of Adad-Nirari III. This is when the prominent official
Shamshi-ilu, who is involved with the inscription, became active. Based on this, the inscription is believed to date in the 780s BC.
"The Antakya inscription describes the interference of the Assyrian King in a territorial conflict between Atarsumki, king of Arpad, and Zakkur, king of Hamath ... At that time, both kings were vassals of Adad-nirari III ... the settlement was established in favour of the previously hostile king of Arpad ... The reason for preferring Arpad is clear: it had broken up the lines of the Syro-Hittite
The states that are called Syro-Hittite, Neo-Hittite (in older literature), or Luwian-Aramean (in modern scholarly works), were Luwian and Aramean regional polities of the Iron Age, situated in southeastern parts of modern Turkey and northwestern ...
coalition, and opened before Adad-nirari III the way to the south, to Damascus."[Gershon Galil]
CONFLICTS BETWEEN ASSYRIAN VASSALS. (PDF)
SAAB 6 (1992), p. 55-63
Notes
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See also
*
Aram-Damascus
The Kingdom of Aram-Damascus () was an Aramean polity that existed from the late-12th century BCE until 732 BCE, and was centred around the city of Damascus in the Southern Levant. Alongside various tribal lands, it was bounded in its later ye ...
Sources
*German Wikipedia
Bibliography
* A. K. Grayson, In: ''The Cambridge Ancient History'' Vol. 3, 1, Cambridge 1982, p.272
* John David Hawkins, In: ''The Cambridge Ancient History'' Vol. 3, 1, Cambridge 1982, pp 400–408
* Nili Wazana: ''Water division in border agreements.'' In: ''State Archives of Assyria Bulletin'' 10, 1996, 55-66
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A boundary marker between Ataršumki of Arpad and Zakkur of Hamath
Aramean kings
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8th-century BC Aramean kings