Pattin
Ancient Luwian Neo-Hittite state
Pattin (also known as Pattina, Patina, Unqu and Unqi), was an ancient Luwian Neo-Hittite state at the beginning of the 1st millennium BC. It was known to the Assyrians as Unqi and Aramaeans as Unqu.
It was located at the north-western coast of ancient Syria, associated with the modern-day Hatay. The capital of the state was Kinalua (Kunalua, Kalneh, or Kinaluwa), which has been tentatively associated with Tell Tayinat in modern-day Turkey.
01History
Iron Age
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 Neo-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.
02List of kings
- Taita I (11th century)
- Taita II (early 10th century)
- Manana (10th century)
- Suppiluliuma I (late 10th century)
- Halparuntiya I (10th or early 9th century)
- Lubarna I (c. 870/875, 858?)
- Suppiluliuma II (Assyrian Sapalulme, fl. 858-857)
- Halparuntiya II (Assyrian Qalparunda, fl. 857-853)
- Lubarna II (829, died 831)
- Surri (831)
- Sasi (from 831)
- ...
- Tutammu (died 738)
The name Suppiluliuma corresponds to the Assyrian Sapalalme and Halparuntiya to Qalparunda.
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- NeoHittiteStates.gif by Hans van Deukeren (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Tributary procession led by Qalparunda of the Land of Unqi, detail of the throne dais of Shalmaneser III, Iraq Museum.jpg by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0
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