Mut-bisir
Mut-bisir or Mutu-bisir (in
Mari letters, and means "man of Bishri", referring to the desert region around the Jebel Bishri.[3] In these letters, Anson Rainey describes him as "frequently mentioned in connection with troops located near the Euphrates."[4]
In one such letter, from Mut-bisir to Shamshi-Adad, he was the first recorded individual to refer to Canaanites by name (in Akkadian, ki-na-aḫ-nu(m)).[5][6] In this letter, Mut-bisir describes his own soldiers and opposing Canaanite forces as tensely watching one another.[4]
His residence in Mari seems to have eventually been given to Shibti, the daughter of Shamshi-Adad, and this household became a major supplier of foods to the royal palace.[2]
References
- ISBN 978-90-04-41511-9.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-61451-908-9.
- ^ Cinzia Pappi (2006). "The Jebel Bishri in the Physical and Cultural Landscape of the Ancient Near East". Kaskal, Volume 3. p. 248.
- ^ a b Anson F. Rainey (1979). "Toponymic Problems (cont.)", Tel Aviv, 6:3-4, 158-162, DOI: 10.1179/033443579788441172. p. 158.
- ISBN 978-1-57506-113-9.
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