Washukanni

Washukanni (or Waššukanni) was the capital of the Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni, from c. 1500 BC to the 13th century BC. The name may translate to "source of good" or "source of wealth" which is similar to the Kurdish word 'bashkani', 'bash' meaning good and 'kanî' meaning 'well' or 'source'.[1] Its precise location is unknown. A proposal that locates it under the so-far unexcavated mound of Tell el Fakhariya, near Tell Halaf in Syria,[1] is rejected by Edward Lipinski.[2]

The city is known to have been sacked by the Hittites under Suppiluliumas I (reigned c.1344–1322 BC) in the first years of his reign, whose treaty inscription[3] relates that he installed a Hurrian vassal king, Shattiwaza. The city was sacked again by the Assyrian king Adad-nirari I around 1290 BC, but very little else is known of its history.

Notes

  1. 1 2 Mark, Joshua. "Mitanni". The Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved July 8, 2015.
  2. ↑ Lipiński, Edward (2000). The Aramaeans: Their Ancient History, Culture, Religion. Peeters Publishers. p. 120. ISBN 978-90-429-0859-8.
  3. ↑ Suppiluliuma-Shattiwaza treaty excerpts. GeoCities, archived at webcitation.org and archive.org

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