Purṭir
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Aug 13, 2020 12:54 PM
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History
A fortress in the vicinity of Til-garimmu fortified by the Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721-705 BC) against Urarṭu.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/100544804
38.684612, 38.387036
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- Purṭir (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Purṭir located near Gauraina (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Purṭir part of (administrative) Kammanu/Meliddu (kingdom) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Purṭir located near Urartu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Anduarsalia located near Purṭir (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Anmurru located near Purṭir (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Kiakis located near Purṭir (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Luhsu located near Purṭir (720 BC - 540 BC)
unlocated, fort, tower (deprecated)
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Purṭir is mentioned together with Anduarsalla, Anmurru, Kiaka, and Luhsu in royal inscriptions of Sargon II. E. Forrer (Die Provinzeinteilung des assyrischen Reiches [1920] 75 and Map 2) identifies Purṭir with Puteyrlu, a place ca. 7 km southwest of classical Zimara.
Jamie Novotny, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Purṭir: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/100544804> [accessed: 03 December 2024]
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