Armi (Syria)

Armi
Arman
Unknown–c. 2290 BC
CapitalHalab
Common languagesEblaite, possibly an Indo-European language[1]
Religion
Levantine religion (Hadad was the chief deity)
GovernmentAbsolute monarchy
King 
Historical eraBronze Age
• Established
Unknown
• Disestablished
c. 2290 BC
Succeeded by
Akkadian Empire
Today part ofSyria

Armi, was an important Bronze Age city-kingdom during the late third millennium BC located in northern Syria, or in southern Anatolia, Turkey, at the region of Cilicia.[2]

There is a question of whether or not Armi should be identified with Armanum, that is also mentioned in many texts of this period. According to Adelheid Otto (2006), it is "... generally accepted that Armanum should be identified with Armi/Armium of the Ebla texts ...", as opposed to Aleppo.[3] But other scholars may disagree. Three different identifications of "Armi (Armium)" are given by Edwards (2019).[4] This includes Samsat, Turkey, and Tall Bazi.

  1. ^ Kroonen, Guus; Gojko Barjamovic; Michaël Peyrot (9 May 2018). "Linguistic supplement to Damgaard et al. 2018: Early Indo-European languages, Anatolian, Tocharian and Indo-Iranian": 3. doi:10.5281/zenodo.1240524. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Steinkeller, Piotr, (2021). "International trade in Greater Mesopotamia during late Pre-Sargonic times: The case of Ebla as illustrated by her participation in the Euphratean timber trade", in Lorenz Rahmstorf, Gojko Barjamovic, Nicola Ialongo, (eds.), Merchants, Measures and Money: Understanding Technologies of Early Trade in a Comparative Perspective, Hamburg, p. 184.
  3. ^ Adelheid Otto 2006, Archeological Perspectives on the Localization of Naram-Sin's Armanum. Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 2006, Vol. 58 (2006), pp. 1-26
  4. ^ Steven Edwards 2019, Ebla’s Hegemony and Its Impact on the Archaeology of the Amuq Plain in the Third Millennium BCE. PhD Thesis. University of Toronto. p.65

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