Gurgum (kingdom)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker
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History
The Neo-Hittite kingdom of Gurgum (Hittite Karkuma, Luwian Kurkuma, Aramaic grgm) was located north of the Amanus mountains. Gurgum, whose capital was Marqasi (modern Maraş), is known from Akkadian, Aramaic, Hittite, and Luwian sources.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/648980581
37.5812744, 36.927509
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Representative centerpoint of Gurgum (1200 BC - 500 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Bīt-Pa'alla (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Gurgume (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Gurgumme (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
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- Gurgumāja (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Gurgum (kingdom) part of (regional) Hatti (region) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Bīt-Purutaš (kingdom) abuts Gurgum (kingdom) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Germanikeia capital of Gurgum (kingdom) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Kammanu/Meliddu (kingdom) abuts Gurgum (kingdom) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Marqasi (province) succeeds Gurgum (kingdom) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Paqarhubuni (region) abuts Gurgum (kingdom) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Paqarhubuni (settlement) located near Gurgum (kingdom) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Sam'alla (kingdom) abuts Gurgum (kingdom) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Tabālu (region) abuts Gurgum (kingdom) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Less than certain: Tanakun located near Gurgum (kingdom) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Til-karme part of (administrative) Gurgum (kingdom) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Za'ini part of (administrative) Gurgum (kingdom) (720 BC - 540 BC)
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Gurgum's capital city was also called Gurgum, a place known from later Assyrian sources as Maraqasi/Maraqasa.
Jamie Novotny, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Gurgum (kingdom): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/648980581> [accessed: 27 December 2024]
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