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Hurzē

a Pleiades name resource

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Hurzē is a city/town located in the kingdom of Suhu and may be identical with Korsote, a place mentioned by Xenophon; the latter has been identified with modern al-Baghuz Fawqani.

Romanized Name(s):
Hurzē

Name as attested:

Language:
Akkadian

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

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

Temporal attestations:

Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident)

References:

See Further:

Suhu Šamaš-reša-uṣur 1 (Q006206)
Zadok 1985 169

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Hurzē is mentioned in an inscription of Šamaš-rēša-uṣur of Suhu.

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