Abdissares
Abdissares (also spelled Abdissar) was the first king of
Ishtar," a name primarily used by Semitic inhabitants. The goddess Ishtar enjoyed great popularity in the heartland of ancient Assyria, where Adiabene was located.[3]
Moreover, it has also been discovered that Abdissares used the
On the obverse of Abdissares' coins, a portrait of him is displayed, wearing the same
Achaemenid era. The same type of tiara is worn by a king portrayed on the Batas-Herir rock relief in northern Iraq, which has led to the suggestion that the rock relief is a depiction of Abdissares.[3] The reverse of Abdissares' coins depicts an eagle.[3] An identical headgear is portrayed on the coinage of the Sophenian king Xerxes (fl. 212 BC) and Baydad (r. 164–146 BC), the ruler of Persis.[6]
The next known person to rule Adiabene after Abdissares was an unnamed king, who was an ally of the Artaxiad Armenian king Tigranes the Great (r. 95–55 BC) during the Battle of Tigranocerta in 69 BC.[7]
References
- ^ Marciak 2017, p. 69.
- ^ Grabowski 2011, p. 117.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Marciak & Wójcikowski 2016, pp. 79–101.
- ^ Marciak 2017, p. 422.
- ^ Marciak 2017, pp. 347, 422.
- ^ Marciak 2017, p. 346.
- ^ Marciak & Wójcikowski 2016, p. 80.
Sources
- Marciak, Michał; Wójcikowski, R. (2016). "Images of Kings of Adiabene: Numismatic and Scultpural Evidence". Iraq. IX. Cambridge University Press: 79–101. .
- Marciak, Michał (2017). Sophene, Gordyene, and Adiabene: Three Regna Minora of Northern Mesopotamia Between East and West. ISBN 9789004350724.
- Grabowski, Maciej (2011). "Abdissares of Adiabene and the Batas-Herir relief". Warszawa. IX: 117–140.
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