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Luhsu

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Aug 13, 2020 08:35 AM — History

tags: ANE, Assyrian

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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Base map by Ryan M. Horne for Pleiades and the Ancient World Mapping Center (ancient terrain after the Barrington Atlas). Map interaction design and implementation by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, and Tom Elliott for Pleiades.

Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/522605291

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.70377, 37.822263

Locations:

None

Names:

Luhsu (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)

Luhsu makes connections with:

Luhsu near Gauraina (720 BC - 540 BC)
Luhsu near Purṭir (720 BC - 540 BC)

Luhsu receives connections from:

Anduarsalia near Luhsu (720 BC - 540 BC)
Anmurru near Luhsu (720 BC - 540 BC)
Kiakis near Luhsu (720 BC - 540 BC)

Place type:
unlocated, fort, tower

References:

See Further:

Bagg, RGTC 7/1 158

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Luhsu is mentioned together with Anduarsalla, Anmurru, Kiaka, and Purṭir in royal inscriptions of Sargon II. It has been suggested that Luhsu is situated between Purteyrlu (Purṭir) and Nemerli (Anmurru).

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, and Tom Elliott, 'Luhsu: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/522605291> [accessed: 25 September 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/522605291 |title=Places: 522605291 (Luhsu) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=September 25, 2020 7:21 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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