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Kiaka

a Pleiades name resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

Name of a fortress in the vicinity of Til-garimmu mentioned in royal inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721-705).

Romanized Name(s):
Kiaka

Name as attested:

Language:
Akkadian

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
fragmentary, but reconstructable

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)

References:

Citation:

Bagg, RGTC 7/1 139

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Kiaka is mentioned together with Anduarsalla, Anmurru, Luhsu, and Purṭir in royal inscriptions of Sargon II. Kiaka has been identified with classical Chiaca/Kiakis.

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