Armi Arman | |||||||
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| Unknown–c. 2290 BC | |||||||
| Capital | Halab | ||||||
| Common languages | Eblaite | ||||||
| Religion | Levantine religion (Hadad was the chief deity) | ||||||
| Government | Absolute monarchy | ||||||
| King | |||||||
| Historical era | Bronze Age | ||||||
• Established | Unknown | ||||||
• Disestablished | c. 2290 BC | ||||||
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| Today part of | Syria | ||||||
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.[1]
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.[2] But other scholars may disagree. Three different identifications of "Armi (Armium)" are given by Edwards (2019).[3] This includes Samsat, Turkey, and Tall Bazi.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Adelheid Otto 2006, Archeological Perspectives on the Localization of Naram-Sin's Armanum. Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 2006, Vol. 58 (2006), pp. 1-26
- ^ 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