Pattin

Pattin/Unqi
← Before 870 BC–738 BC →
Pattin(a)/Unqi and its capital Kinalua among the Neo-Hittite states
Capital		Kinalua
Languages		Luwian
Religion		Luwian religion
Government		Monarchy
Historical era		Iron Age
•	Established	Before 870 BC
•	Disestablished	738 BC
Today part of		Turkey  Syria

Pattin (also known as Pattina, Patina and Unqi), was an ancient Luwian Syro-Hittite state at the beginning of the 1st millennium BC. It was known to the Assyrians as Unqi.

It was located at the north-western cost of ancient Syria, associated with the modern-day Sanjak of Alexandretta. The capital of the state was Kinalua (Kunalua, Kalneh, or Kinaluwa), which has been tentatively associated with Tell Tayinat^[1] in modern-day Turkey.

The state was formed in the 9th century BC towards the end of the dark age period, and shared a north-western border with the Syro-Hittite state of Quwê. Khazazu (modern-day Azaz) was one of Pattin's dependencies which was invaded by Assyria around 870 BC. The frontier fortress of Aribua (associated with the modern-day region of Idlib) within the land of Lukhuti to the immediate south of Pattin was also ravaged.^[2][3]

References

1. See the Tayinat Website by the Department of Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto
2. Syria-Hittite, Pattin
3. History files:Aleppo