History of the Levant Qatna Arabic , modern Tell el Mishrife , Arabic is an archaeological ... towards the fertile Homs Bassin. History The first finds at Qatna date to the mid to late 3rd millennium ... time the sphinx got to Qatna the sphinx was found within the debris of the Late Bronze Age palace . The first king of Qatna Qatanum known by name from the Mari, Syria Mari archives is Ishi Adad Haddad ... to Jasmah Addu of Mari. Contracts between Mari and Qatna define her as the principal wife of Yasmah ... was married to another princess from Qatna, Dam hurasim. After the destruction of Mari by Hammurapi, the written sources become sparse. Aleppo Yamkhad now became Qatna s most powerful neighbour, during the reign of Yarim Lim Jarim Lim III. Qatna was temporarily dominated by Aleppo. With the development of the Mitanni empire in upper Mesopotamia , Qatna was incorporated but was located in disputed ... of the Royal palace, room C show that Mittanni were resident in Qatna. The campaigns of Pharaohs Amenhotep I 1515 1494 BC and Thutmose I 1494 1482 BC in Syria might have reached Qatna, but there is no conclusive ... III 1479 1425 BC mentions that he stayed in the land of Qatna in the 33rd year of his reign. citation needed date April 2011 Amenhotep II 1427 1401 BC was attacked by the host of Qatna citation needed ... and acquired booty, among which the equipment of a Mitanni charioteer is mentioned. Qatna is mentioned ... BC . Cuneiform tablets discovered under the Royal palace in Qatna mention a previously unknown king ... BC , Prince Akizzi of Qatna asked for the help of Akhenaten Akhenaten Amenhotep IV citation needed .... Text corpus Texts from Emar describe how Qatna was attacked by Aramaic tribes in the late ... Millennium BC trade routes developed connecting Mesopotamia with Cyprus , Crete and Egypt . Qatna was then situated ... at Emar and led via Halab, Qatna and Hazor to Egypt. The valley of Homs formed a connection ... Mountains Lebanon and the Ansari mountains. Qatna is mentioned in the tin trade, which went ... more details
Image Towns of aram.jpg thumb 400px Barga was a city state in the Amarna letters period of 1350 BC 1350 1335 BC and later. It is mentioned as the land of Barga by Mursilis II in treaties, see Habiru . The Amarna letters Text corpus correspondence is composed of 382 clay tablet letters , the majority written to the pharaoh of Ancient Egypt , and Barga is only referenced in the subcorpus letters authored by Akizzi , the Prince of Qatna . The region was generally southwest of Aleppo , in the neighborhood of other kingdoms, such as Nuha e , Niya kingdom Niya , and others. In the Amarna letters, Barga is referenced only in one damaged letter, EA 57, EA el Amarna EA for el Amarna , when referencing the king of Barga and Akizzi, king of Qatna . See also Amarna letters Habiru Nuha e , Niya kingdom , relative kingdoms Akizzi , Prince of Qatna Amarna letters localities and their rulers References William L. Moran Moran, William L. The Amarna Letters. Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. softcover, ISBN 0 8018 6715 0 Category Amarna letters locations AncientNearEast stub Ancient Egypt stub ... more details
Prince Akizzi was the ruler of Qatna in the fourteenth century BC. Prince Akizzi wrote three of the Amarna letters correspondence. References Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland , 1990, Cambridge University Press for the Royal Asiatic Society 1990, p. 52 K. A. Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions , Blackwell Publishing 2000, p. 67 G. Maspero, 1904, History of Egypt , Part Four, Kessinger Publishing 2003, p. 278 William L. Moran, The Amarna Letters , Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987 External links http www.reshafim.org.il ad egypt a akizzi.htm Letters from Akizzi of Qatna Persondata NAME Akizzi ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Assyrian king DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Akizzi Category Amarna letters authors Category Assyrian kings Category 14th century BC people AncientNearEast bio stub Ancient Egypt stub de Akizzi pl Akizzi ... more details
For the village in Fiji , see Motusa for the organization, see UPU Upu , also called Apu and Ubi or Upi by some authors , was the region surrounding Damascus of the 1350 BC Amarna letters . Damascus was named Dima qu Dimasqu etc. for example, Dima ki see Niya kingdom , in the letter Text corpus correspondence . The region is only referenced in three letters, EA 53, 189, and 197 EA el Amarna EA is for el Amarna . Etakkama of Qid u Kadesh in the Beqaa Valley Beqaa named the Amqu is in partial control, between allegiance to Pharaoh, and conjoining forces with the king of Hittite Empire Hatti . An example of the intrigue is from the last third of EA 53, entitled Of the villain Aitukama .... My lord, if he i.e. pharaoh makes this land a matter of concern to my lord, then may my lord send Archers Egyptian p tati archers that they may come here. Only messengers of my lord have arrived here. My lord, if Arsawuya of Ruhizzi and Teuwatti of Lapana remain in Upu , and Ta a Tahash remains in the Amqu Am q , my lord should also know about them that Upu will not belong to my lord. Daily they write to Aitukama Etakkama and say as follows Come, tak e Upu in its entirety. My lord, just as Damascus Dima ki Damascus in Upu falls at your feet, so may Qatna fall at your feet. My lord, one asks for life before my messenger. I do not fear at al l in the presence of the archers of my lord, since the archers belong to my lord. If he sends them to me, they will en ter Qatna. EA 53, only lines 52 70 End . The intrigue of the three Amarna letters appears to involve areas to the north and northwest of Damascus, into Lebanon and the Beqaa named Amqu . And, for example Ta a , appears to be Tahash, Taha , named after the biblical Tahash personage see Patriarchs Bible . See also Etakkama Birida wa , letter 197, Title Biryawaza s plight References Moran, William L. ed. and trans. The Amarna Letters . Johns Hopkins University Press, 1992. AncientNearEast stub Ancient Egypt stub Category Aramaean ci ... more details
letter of area intrigues, written by Prince Akizzi of Qatna . The letter starting at line 35 .... My ... in its entirety. My lord, just Damascus Dima ki in Upu ka4 di hi falls at your feet, so may Qatna ... to me, they will en ter Qatna. EA 53 complete only lines 35 70 End . The region of Upu is centered ... more details
Refimprove date August 2009 infobox artefact name clay tablet Legal cuneiform tablet image File Cuneiform legal tablet in case from Aleppo.jpg 200px image caption Legal case from Niqmepuh, King of Yamhad concerning the legacy of two houses material Clay created 1720BC circa place Tell Atchana, Level VII Palace location Room 57, British Museum id British Museum db 131449 id 1343693 Yamhad also written Yamkhad or Jamhad was an ancient Amorite kingdom centered at alab or alba, modern day Aleppo . ref cite book url http books.google.com books?id 5MYFOWRZ8Z4C&pg PA26&dq Yamhad amorite v onepage&q Yamhad 20amorite&f false title The pre Islamic Middle East author Martin Sicker edition Hardcover publisher Praeger year 2000 isbn 0 275 96890 1 page 26 ref A substantial Hurrian population also settled in the kingdom, and the Hurrian culture influenced the area. The kingdom was powerful during the Middle Bronze Age , ca. 1800 1600 BC. Its biggest rival was Qatna further south. Yamhad was finally destroyed by the Hittites in the sixteenth century BC. See also Portal Ancient Near East Alalakh History of the Hittites Hurrians Mitanni References reflist Category History of Syria AncientNearEast stub Syria hist stub ar ca Yamkhad de Jamchad fr Yamkhad gl Iamkhad ko it Yamkhad lt Jamchadas hu Jamhad ja no Yamkhad pl Jamhad ru sh Yamkhad ... more details
Year nav topic4 1924 archaeology science The year 1924 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations Empty section date July 2010 Excavations February 12 Howard Carter opens the sarcophagus of Tutenkhamun . Two days later, he closes the tomb in protest against the actions of the Egypt ian authorities. ref cite book first H. V. F. last Winstone authorlink H. V. F. Winstone title Howard Carter and the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun location Manchester publisher Barzan edition rev. year 2006 isbn 1 905521 04 9 pages 223 9 ref March 1 Discovery and subsequent start of excavations at Glozel . Work at Doln V stonice begins under direction of Karel Absolon 20 year project at Chichen Itza by the Carnegie Institution and Harvard University begins under direction of Sylvanus G. Morley Excavations at Qatna by Robert du Mesnil du Boisson begin Publications Francis Haverfield The Roman Occupation of Britain, being six Ford Lectures published posthumously . Alfred V. Kidder An Introduction to the Study of Southwestern Archaeology . Finds Empty section date July 2010 Awards Empty section date July 2010 Miscellaneous Alexander Keiller purchases Windmill Hill, Avebury . Francis Llewellyn Griffith appointed first professor of Egyptology in the University of Oxford . Births Empty section date July 2010 Deaths Empty section date January 2012 References reflist Category 1924 in science Archaeology Category 1924 Archaeology Category Years in archaeology no Arkeologi ret 1924 ... more details
Use mdy dates date March 2012 Year nav topic4 1999 archaeology science The year 1999 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations Empty section date July 2010 Excavations Excavations resume at Qatna , in Syria , by the Deutsche Orient Gesellschaft . Wide scope vertical and horizontal excavation of world s oldest wet rice rice paddy agricultural feature, c. 800 BC, at Okhyeon site, Ulsan , Korea. Finds Shipwreck, originally thought to be RMS Carpathia , but later identified as Hamburg America Line s Isis sunk 1936 , located in eastern Atlantic Ocean . ref cite book last Cussler first Clive coauthors Delgado, James P. title Adventures of a Sea Hunter In Search of Famous Shipwrecks location Vancouver publisher Douglas & McIntyre year 2004 page 85 isbn 9781553650713 ref 105 mummies are discovered in the first four tombs to be opened in the Valley of the Golden Mummies in Egypt . A frozen and mummy mummified body, later named Kw day D n Ts nchi Long Ago Person Found , is found in a Canadian glacier . John Darnell John and Deborah Darnell of the Theban Desert Road Survey announce discovery of inscriptions from around 1800 BCE at Wadi el Hol, Egypt, in a partly phonetic Proto Sinaitic alphabet . ref cite journal last Baker first Dorie url http www.yale.edu opa arc ybc v28.n16 story4.html title Finding sheds new light on the alphabet s origins journal Yale Bulletin and Calendar date December 13, 1999 January 17, 2000 volume 28 issue 16 accessdate 2012 03 16 ref ref cite web title Alphabet Originated Centuries Earlier Than Previously Thought url http www.sciencedaily.com releases 1999 11 991122153642.htm work Science Daily date 1999 11 22 accessdate 2012 03 16 ref Publications Penelope M. Allison ed. The Archaeology of Household Activities . John Carman and Anthony Harding ed. Ancient Warfare archaeological perspectives . Chris Gosden and Jon Hather ed. The Prehistory of Food appetites for change . Matthew Johnson Archaeological Theory an introduction . Tho ... more details
Infobox Palestinian Authority muni name Qatanna image caption arname meaning founded type munc typefrom altOffSp Qatanaa altUnoSp Qatna governorate jl latd 31 latm 49 lats 53.48 latNS N longd 35 longm 06 longs 31.76 longEW E population 7,500 popyear 2006 area 3,555 areakm 3.6 mayor Qatanna lang ar is a Palestinian people Palestinian town in the central West Bank part of the Jerusalem Governorate, located twelve kilometers northwest of Jerusalem . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of approximately 7,500 inhabitants in 2006. ref http www.pcbs.gov.ps Portals pcbs populati pop08.aspx Projected Mid Year Population for Jerusalem Governorate by Locality 2004 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics . ref Primary health care for the town is level 2. ref http wwww.reliefweb.int rw fullMaps Sa.nsf luFullMap BB0D1D0CC89A371F8525706F00517495 File healthinforum HLT westbank opt110205.pdf?OpenElement West Bank Healthcare ref Qatanna contains three schools, three kindergartens, three clinics, a pharmacy and a medical center run by the Palestinian Red Crescent . There is also a sport s club and a women s center in the town. Qatanna is governed by a village council and Ramallah serves as the town s main urban provider. Four springs al Balad, as Samra, an Nimr and an Namous provide water for the town. The latter spring is completely isolated from the town by the Israeli West Bank barrier . ref name ARIJ Geography and land Qatanna has an elevation of 650 meters above sea level. Nearby towns and villages include Biddu to the east and Beit Liqya to the north. Currently, the town has a total land area of 3,555 dunam s, of which 677 dunams are designated as built up area. Prior to the 1948 Arab Israeli War , Qatanna had a land area of 16,529 dunams, but most of this land was designated as no man s land forming a part of the Demilitarized Zone between the armistice lines of Israeli and Jordan ian territory. After the 1995 ... more details
255, l. 3 br no 2 EA 256, l. 2, 5 author Qatna Akizzi EA 52 57 author Qidshu Qid u , see Kadesh Qiltu ... letter, referenced br also referenced Akizzi , king of Qatna Danuna br in eastern Cilicia ? King of Danuna ... more details
B i ... EA 051 Nuhasse king Addunirari to pharaoh EA 052 Qatna king Akizzi to Amenhotep 3 1 EA 053 Qatna king Akizzi to Amenhotep 3 2 EA 054 Qatna king Akizzi to Amenhotep 3 3 EA 055 Qatna king Akizzi ... more details
near Qatna on the Orontes River Ugarit was part of Egyptian territory. The reason Mitanni sought peace ... , Mukish , Niya kingdom Niya , Arahati , Apina , and Qatna, as well as some cities whose names ... more details
, Marmarita and Zweitina to the west, Qatna to the northeast and ar Rastan in the north. Old City and subdivisions ... and touristic sights nearby. Popular destinations include Krak des Chevaliers , Qatna , Talkalakh ... more details
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