Hamazi or Khamazi (Sumerian: 𒄩𒈠𒍣𒆠, ha-ma-ziki, or 𒄩𒈠𒍢𒆠 Ḫa-ma-zi2ki)[4] first came to the attention of archaeologists with the discovery of a vase with an inscription in very archaic cuneiform commemorating the victory of Uhub (r. c. 2570 – c. 2550 BC as an early ruler of Kish) over Hamazi, resulting in speculation that Hamazi was to be identified with Carchemish (in Syria).[5][6][7] Its exact location is unknown; but, it's now generally considered to have been located somewhere along the vicinity of the Diyala river and/or the western region of the Zagros mountains—possibly near Nuzi (in Iraq) or Hamadan (in Iran). The earliest mention of Hamazi is on the Bowl of Utu (dated to c. 3245, 2750, or 2600 BC).[8][9][10]
One of the earliest references to Hamazi is found in the epic Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta, where Enmerkar prays to Enki about the confusion of languages in the various inhabited lands, at the time of the building of the ziggurats in Eridu and Uruk.[11][12] Hamazi is the only land mentioned in this prayer with the epithet "many-tongued". A sequel, Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana also mentions that the sorcerer of Hamazi, Urgirinuna, went to Aratta after Hamazi "had been destroyed"; he is later sent by the Lord of Aratta on a failed mission attempting to bring Enmerkar into submission.
A copy of a diplomatic message sent from Irkab-Damu (r. c. 2340 BC as the malikum of Ebla) to Zizi (r. c. 2450 BC as a ruler of Hamazi) was found among the Ebla tablets.[13][14] According to the SKL, king Hadanish of Hamazi (r. c. 2450 – c. 2430 BC) held the hegemony over Sumer after defeating Kish; however, he was in turn defeated by Enshakushanna of Uruk.[6][15]
History
editHamazi was one of the provinces under the reign of Amar-Suen (r. c. 2047 – c. 2038, c. 2046 – c. 2038 BC) of the third dynasty of Ur.[14][7][16] Ur-Adad, Lu-nanna (son of Nam-mahani), Ur-Ishkur, and Warad-Nannar may have ruled as governors of Hamazi up until the province was plundered c. 2010 BC by Ishbi-Erra (r. c. 2018 – c. 1985, c. 2017 – c. 1985 BC) of Isin.[14][17][7][18] The rulers of Hamazi are believed to have r. c. 3245 – c. 2010 BC.[14][19][20][21][22][23]
References
editNotes
editCitations
edit- ^ "CDLI-Archival View". cdli.ucla.edu.
- ^ "Collections Online British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org.
- ^ Thureau-Dangin, F. (François) (1905). Les inscriptions de Sumer et d'Akkad, transcription et traduction. Paris, Leroux. p. 229.
- ^ The Sumerian King List. Accessed 15 Dec 2010.
- ^ Roux 1990, p. 155.
- ^ a b c Lafont 2018.
- ^ Waddell 1929, pp. 88–101.
- ^ Goetze 1970.
- ^ Hilprecht 2016, p. 49.
- ^ Cohen 1973a.
- ^ Cohen 1973b.
- ^ Hamblin 2006, p. 239.
- ^ a b c d Academia.edu 2021f.
- ^ Jacobsen 1939b.
- ^ Academia.edu 2021d.
- ^ Lendering 2006a.
- ^ Academia.edu 2021l.
- ^ Legrain 1922.
- ^ Hinz 2009.
- ^ Majidzadeh 2008.
- ^ Majidzadeh 1997.
- ^ Vallat 2011.
Sources
editBibliography
edit- Hamblin, W. (2006). Warfare in the Ancient Near East to 1600 BC: Holy Warriors at the Dawn of History. Routledge. ISBN 9781134520626.
- Hilprecht, H. (1893). Old Babylonian Inscriptions, Chiefly from Nippur. Columbia University, United States: American Philosophical Society. ISBN 9781355765899.
- Hinz, W. (1972). Written at United Kingdom. The Lost World of Elam: Re-creation of a Vanished Civilization. Translated by Barnes, J. University of California: Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 9780283978630.
- Jacobsen, T. (1939a). Sumerian King List (2nd ed.). University of Chicago Oriental Institute. ISBN 9780226622736.
- Legrain, L. (1922a). Historical Fragments. Vol. XIII. United States: University of Pennsylvania Museum. ISBN 9780598776341.
- Majidzadeh, Y. (1991). تاريخ و تمدن ايلام [History and civilization of Elam] (in Persian). Iran: University of Tehran Press.
- Majidzadeh, Y. (1997). تاريخ و تمدن بين النهرين [History and civilization of Mesopotamia] (in Persian). Vol. 1. Iran: University of Tehran Press. ISBN 9789640108413.
- Roux, G. (1990). La Mésopotamie. Essai d'histoire politique, économique et culturelle (in French). Éditions du Seuil. ISBN 9782021291636.
- Vallat, F. (1998). "ELAM i. The history of Elam". Encyclopædia Iranica. 3. Vol. VIII. pp. 301–313.
- Waddell, L. (1929). The Makers of Civilization in Race & History: Showing the Rise of the Aryans Or Sumerians, Their Origination & Propagation of Civilization, Their Extension of it to Egypt & Crete, Personalities & Achievements of Their Kings, Historical Originals of Mythic Gods & Heroes with Dates from the Rise of Civilization about 3380 B. C. Reconstructed from Babylonian, Eqyptian, Hittite, Indian & Gothic Sources. United Kingdom: Luzac. ISBN 9780911038170.
Journals
edit- Goetze, A. (1961). "Early Kings of Kish". Journal of Cuneiform Studies. 15 (3). doi:10.2307/1359020.
- Goetze, A. (1970). "Early Dynastic Dedication Inscriptions from Nippur". Journal of Cuneiform Studies. 23 (2). doi:10.2307/1359109. JSTOR 1359109.
External links
edit- Cohen, S. (1973a). Zólyomi, G.; Robson, E.; Cunningham, G.; Ebeling, J. (eds.). "Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta". ETCSL. Translated by Jacobsen, T.; Krecher, J. United Kingdom: Oxford.
- Cohen, S. (1973b). Zólyomi, G.; Black, J.; Robson, E.; Cunningham, G.; Ebeling, J. (eds.). "Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana". ETCSL. Translated by Berlin, A.; Cooper, J.; Krecher, J.; Vanstiphout, W.; Jacobsen, T.; Pettinato, G.; Katz, D.; Tournay, R.; Shaffer, A.; George, A. United Kingdom: Oxford.
- Lendering, J. (2006a). "Sumerian King List". Livius.org. Netherlands: Livius Onderwijs.
- Lendering, J. (2006b). Millard, A.; Hallo, W.; Glassner, J. (eds.). "Weidner Chronicle". Livius.org. Translated by Grayson, A. Netherlands: Livius Onderwijs.
- Lendering, J. (2006c) [c. 769—201 BC]. Finkel, I.; Glassner, J. (eds.). "ABC 18 (Dynastic Chronicle)". Livius.org. Translated by Grayson, A. Netherlands: Livius Onderwijs (published 1975–2004). Archived from the original on 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
- Jacobsen, T. (1939b) [c. 2025–165 BC]. Zólyomi, G.; Black, J.; Robson, E.; Cunningham, G.; Ebeling, J. (eds.). "Sumerian King List". ETCSL. Translated by Glassner, J.; Römer, W.; Zólyomi, G. (revised ed.). United Kingdom: Oxford.
- Lafont, B. (2018-11-11) [2008]. Dahl, J.; Englund, B.; Firth, R.; Gombert, B. (eds.). "Rulers of Mesopotamia". cdliwiki: Educational pages of the Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (published 2008–2018).
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- Lendering, J. (2006). "Sumerian King List".
Further reading
editGeography
edit- Kessler, Peter L. (2021). "Kingdoms of Mesopotamia - Hamazi". The History Files. Kessler Associates.
- Kessler, Peter L. (2008-02-16) [2008]. "Kingdoms of Iran - Elam / Haltamtu / Susiana". The History Files. Kessler Associates (published 1982–2021). Retrieved 2021-07-30.
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: CS1 maint: date format (link) - Kessler, Peter (2008-04-16) [2008]. "Ancient Mesopotamia". The History Files. Kessler Associates (published 1982–2021). Retrieved 2021-07-30.
Language
edit- Black, Jeremy Allen; Baines, John Robert; Dahl, Jacob L.; Van De Mieroop, Marc. Cunningham, Graham; Ebeling, Jarle; Flückiger-Hawker, Esther; Robson, Eleanor; Taylor, Jon; Zólyomi, Gábor (eds.). "ETCSL: The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature". Faculty of Oriental Studies (revised ed.). United Kingdom. Retrieved 2022-09-23.
The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL), a project of the University of Oxford, comprises a selection of nearly 400 literary compositions recorded on sources which come from ancient Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) and date to the late third and early second millennia BCE.
- Renn, Jürgen; Dahl, Jacob L.; Lafont, Bertrand; Pagé-Perron, Émilie (2022) [1998]. "CDLI: Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative" (published 1998–2022). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
Images presented online by the research project Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI) are for the non-commercial use of students, scholars, and the public. Support for the project has been generously provided by the Mellon Foundation, the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), the Institute of Museum and Library Services (ILMS), and by the Max Planck Society (MPS), Oxford and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); network services are from UCLA's Center for Digital Humanities.
- Sjöberg, Åke Waldemar; Leichty, Erle; Tinney, Steve (2022) [2003]. "PSD: The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary" (published 2003–2022). Retrieved 2022-09-23.
The Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary Project (PSD) is carried out in the Babylonian Section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Anthropology and Archaeology. It is funded by the NEH and private contributions. [They] work with several other projects in the development of tools and corpora. [Two] of these have useful websites: the CDLI and the ETCSL.