Bit Adini

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Bit Adini
c. 1000 BC–856-5 BC
Aramaic
Religion
Ancient Levantine Religion
Historical eraIron Age
• Established
c. 1000 BC
• Disestablished
856-5 BC
Succeeded by
Neo-Assyrian Empire
Today part ofSyria

Bit Adini, a city or region of Syria, called sometimes Bit Adini in Assyrian sources, was an

Tell Ahmar).[1] The city is considered one of the two chief states of the Aramean-held territories in the Euphrates along with Carchemish.[2]

It is considered an

Euphrates River
, south of Carchemish.

There are scholars who associate Bit Adini with Beth Eden, which may mean "house of evil" or "house of delight".[6]

History

Bit Adini was ruled by a figure called Ahuni (also referred to as Akhuni[2]) during the mid-ninth century BC and became part of a territory that included the Neo-Hittite city Masuwari, Asmu, Dabigu, Dummetu, Kaprabu, and La'la'ru.[4] Bit Adini was mentioned in ancient inscriptions such as the case of the recorded claim of Adad-Nirari II (911-891) that he received a gift of "large female monkey and small female monkey" from the city.[7] Bit Adini has also exerted some degree of power and influence based on its interactions with Assyria. For instance, Bit-Adini - together with Babylon - supported the unsuccessful rebellion under Assurnasirpal I's reign in the states of Suhu (Suru[2]), Hindanu, and Laqe.[4]

In 883, during Assurnasirpal II's rule, a figure from Bit Adini was brought in to rule the Assyrian province of Bit-Halupe after a rebellion and the killing of its governor.[8] An account described how the Assyrians attacked Bit Adini by crossing the Calah region between the Tigris and Euphrates.[9] Ahuni, the then ruler of the kingdom, submitted and gave tribute.[9]

In 856-5 BC, the kingdom was conquered and absorbed into the Assyrian Empire[5] during the reign of Shalmaneser III.

See also

References

  1. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, Micropædia, Vol II at p. 48
  2. ^ .
  3. ^ Bryce 2012, p. 168.
  4. ^ a b c Bryce 2012, p. 125.
  5. ^ a b Ussishkin, David (1971). Orientalia Vol.40. Pontificum Institutum Biblicum. p. 431.
  6. .
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  8. ^ Younger 2016, p. 319.
  9. ^ .

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