Slab with Hittite hieroglyphic inscriptions mentioning the activities of king Urhilina and his son. 9th century BC. From Hama. Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul.
King of Hamath
Reign
c. 850s–840s BCE
Predecessor
Parita
Successor
Uratami/Rudamu
Born
c. early 9th century BCE
House
House of Parita
Father
Parita
Arameans
Aramaic language
Aramaic alphabet
Syro-Hittite states
Biblical region
Aram-Damascus
Paddan Aram
Aram Rehob
Aram Soba
Aramean kings
Irhuleni
Hezion
Tabrimmon
Ben-Hadad I
Hadadezer
Hazael
Ben-Hadad III
Rezin
Aramean cities
Amrit
Arpad
Bit Bahiani
Coba Höyük
Gidara
Hama
Qarqar
Ruhizzi
Sam'al
Tell Aran
Tell Halaf
Til Barsip
Upu
Zobah
Sources
Aramaic inscriptions
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Irhuleni (Luwian: Urhilina) was King of Hamath. He led a coalition against the Assyrian expansion under Shalmaneser III, alongside Hadadezer of Damascus.[1] This coalition succeeded in 853 BC in the Battle of Qarqar a victory over the Assyrians, halting their advance to the west for two years. Later Irhuleni maintained good relations with Assyria. His son was, in Luwian, Uratami.[2]
His name also appears in inscriptions on votive offerings found in Nimrud.
King Zakkur is known as the ruler of Hamath around 785 BC.[3]
^Bryce, Trevor (2012). The world of the Neo-Hittite kingdoms : a political and military history. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0199218721.
^Bryce, Trevor (2012). The world of the Neo-Hittite kingdoms : a political and military history. Oxford New York: Oxford University Press. p. 136. ISBN 978-0199218721.
^Luis Robert Siddall, The Reign of Adad-nīrārī III: An Historical and Ideological Analysis of An Assyrian King and His Times. BRILL, 2013 ISBN 9004256148 p.37
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