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Crossing the Elamite Borderlands: A Study of Interregional Contacts between Elam and ‘Kingdom’ of Hara(n)

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Gorris, Elynn [UCL]

This article presents a new reading of Nin 13 (obverse), in which Bahuri, the sheikh of Zamin, sends an envoy of the king of Hara(n) to the king of Assyria. Next to a critical text edition, the position of the hutlak (envoy) and the sunki (king/sheikh), as well as the date of the Elamite Nineveh archive (c. 630-620 BC) is discussed, based on archaeological, paleographical and historical arguments. The main topic of the article is, however, the location of the toponyms Zamin and Hara(n), both situated in the Elamite-Mesopotamian borderlands. The sheikhdoms Zamin and Haran, therefore, took the role as mediator between Elam and the late Neo-Assyrian provincial courts.

Document type Contribution à ouvrage collectif (Book Chapter) – Chapitre
Access type Accès interdit
Publication date 2018
Language Anglais
Host document Tavernier, Jan ; Gorris, Elynn ; Abraham, Kathleen ; Boschloos, Vanessa ; "Topography and Toponymy in the Ancient Near East: Perspectives and Prospects"- 336-367 (ISBN : 978-90-429-3505-1)
Collection PIOL - 71
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Peeters (Leuven)
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/INCA - Institut des civilisations, arts et lettres
Keywords Elam ; topography ; Elamite Nineveh Letters ; borderlands
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Bibliographic reference Gorris, Elynn. Crossing the Elamite Borderlands: A Study of Interregional Contacts between Elam and ‘Kingdom’ of Hara(n). In: Tavernier, Jan ; Gorris, Elynn ; Abraham, Kathleen ; Boschloos, Vanessa, Topography and Toponymy in the Ancient Near East: Perspectives and Prospects, Peeters  : Leuven 2018, p.336-367
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/181685