Ušnanis
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37.1359885184, 35.0714001733
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- Ušnanis (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Ušnanis located near Harrua (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Ušnanis located near Kilikiai Pylai (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Ušnanis part of (administrative) Phrygia (kingdom) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Ušnanis part of (administrative) Que (kingdom) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Ušnanis part of (administrative) Que (province) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Ušnanis located near Qumasi (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Ušnanis located near Taurus (mountain range) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
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unlocated, fort, tower (deprecated)
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The location of Ušnanis is presently unknown. From the inscriptions of Sargon II, it is certain that it was near another Quean fortress (Harrua), a place that was also taken away from Que by the Phrygians. One text of that Assyrian king mentions Ušnanis and Harrua together with a third fortress: Qumasi.
With regard to Harrua, E. Forrer (1920) and P. Naster (1938) tentatively identified it with classical Seleucia ad Calycadnum/Hyria (modern Silifke), in Cilicia Tracheia. That proposed location, however, is well outside the territorial reach of Que (as already note, e.g., by A. Bagg [2007]) and, therefore, one must look for a location a bit closer to Que (Cilicia Pedias), perhaps near the Cilician Gates. Ušnanis is generally thought to have been near Harrua and, thus, possibly also located near the Cilician Gates.
Jamie Novotny, 'Ušnanis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/605795336> [accessed: 23 November 2024]
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