Quwê

Quwê
Adanawa/Ḫiyawa
← Unknown–at least 7th century BC →
Quwê and its capital Adana among the Neo-Hittite states
Capital		Adana
Languages		Hieroglyphic Luwian
Religion		Luwian religion
Government		Monarchy
Historical era		Iron Age
•	Established	Unknown
•	Disestablished	at least 7th century BC
Today part of		Turkey

Quwê – also spelled Que, Kue, Qeve, Coa, Kuê and Keveh – was a "Neo-Hittite" Assyrian vassal state or province at various times from the 9th century BCE to shortly after the death of Ashurbanipal around 627 BCE in the lowlands of eastern Cilicia (also known as Hiyawa), and the name of its capital city, tentatively identified with Adana, in modern Turkey. According to many translations of the Bible, it was the place from which King Solomon obtained horses. (I Kings 10: 28, 29; II Chron. 1:16).

The species name of Cyclamen coum probably refers to Quwê.^[1]

See also

• Cinekoy inscription
• Karatepe inscription

References

Sources

• Simo Parpola and Michael Porter, editors, The Helsinki Atlas of the Near East in the Neo-Assyrian Period, ISBN 951-45-9050-3 (Helsinki, Finland, 2001), Gazetteer, p. 15.

External links

• I Kings 10: 28, 29 in different translations of the Bible

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