Tegarama

Tegarama was a city in Anatolia during the Bronze Age.

The city contained a palace, a karum and an Assyrian colony office.[1] It was important in terms of trade which included tin, textiles, wool, slaves and wine. The city was inhabited during the Old Assyrian Kingdom and Hittite Empire.[2]

The city was sacked by Isuwa during the early reign of Tudhaliya III. During his victorious campaign against Mitanni, Hittite king Suppiluliuma I halted in Tegarama and inspected his forces before attacking and capturing Karkemish.[3]

The exact location of the city in Anatolia is disputed. Oliver Gurney placed Tegarama in Southeast Anatolia. [4] Others have located it in central Anatolia near the town of Gürün, Sivas about 90 miles (140 km) east of Kanesh. [5][6] One theory is that the name of the city was 'moved' to another settlement during the history.[7]

The city is sometimes associated with Biblical Togarmah.[8][9][10]

References

  1. Veenhof, K.R., Eidem, J., Wäfler, M. Annäherungen: the Old Assyrian Period. Mesopotamia Saint-Paul, 2008 ISBN 3525534523
  2. Bajramovic, Gojko Historical Geography of Anatolia in the Old Assyrian Colony Period p.133, Museum Tusculanum Press, 2011 ISBN 8763536455
  3. Burney, Charles Historical Dictionary of the Hittites Scarecrow Press, 2004 ISBN 0810865645
  4. map on inside cover of Gurney, The Hittites, Folio Society edition
  5. Burney
  6. http://www.hittitemonuments.com/gurun/
  7. Bajramovic, p.131
  8. Bajramovic, p. 312
  9. Austerlitz, Eddie History of the Ogus p.36, 2010, ISBN 1450729347
  10. Srinivasan, Liny Desi Words Speak of the Past p.175 Author House (2011?), ISBN 146709479X

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