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Arinnu was an ancient Assyrian city near Mount Aisa in Mesopotamia that was destroyed at least twice.[1]
According to the annals of Shalmaneser I, discovered at Assur, it was an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria, near the modern city of Al-Shirqat in Iraq. He destroyed the fortress of Arinnu,[1] "the dust of which he brought to Assur."[2]
After it was "razed to the ground," the Assyrians re-built their capital city.[1]
It was placed under siege a second time by Tiglath-pileser I, but the city surrendered voluntarily that time and was spared destruction after they promised tribute (bribes and taxes).[1]
Toponymy
[edit]The origin of the name is probably from the Hurrian language, an ancient language of the Hurro-Urartian languages.[3] This might indicate that the city of Arinnu is even older than attested in written annals, and was originally a settlement of the Hurrians. Arinnu was a Sun goddess of the Hurrian pantheon.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 Bryce, Trevor (2009). The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: The Near East from the Early Bronze Age to the Fall of the Persian Empire. p. 62. ISBN 9781134159079. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
- ↑ Encyclopedia Britannica: Shalmaneser. 1911. p. 798. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
- ↑ Lipiński, Edward; van Lerberghe, Karel (1995). Immigration and Emigration Within the Ancient Near East: Festschrift E. Lipiński. Peeters Publishers. p. 442. ISBN 978-90-6831-727-5. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
- ↑ Saggs, H. W. F. Civilization Before Greece and Rome. Yale University Press. p. 284. ISBN 9780300174168. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
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