Awarikus

Awarikkus or Warikkas
Awarikkus or Warikkas
	Çineköy inscription of Awarikkus/Warikkas. First line reads "I am Warikkas"; In Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔐀𔖻 𔗬𔖱𔓯𔗧𔗦‎, romanized: ammu=mi Warikkas
King of Ḫiyawa
Reign	r. c. 738 – 709 BCE
Successor	Ḫiyawa annexed by Neo-Assyrian Empire
Died	709 BCE ?
Luwian	𔐓𔗬𔗜𔗔‎ (Awarikkus) or 𔗬𔖱𔓯𔗧𔗦‎ (Warikkas)
Akkadian	𒁹𒌑𒊑𒅅𒆠; ᵐUrikki
House	House of Muksas
Religion	Luwian religion

Awarikus (Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔖲𔐓𔗬𔗜𔗔‎) or Warikas (Hieroglyphic Luwian: 𔗬𔖱𔓯𔗧𔗦‎) was a Luwian king of the Syro-Hittite kingdom of Ḫiyawa in Cilicia who reigned during the mid to late 8th century BCE, from around c. 738 to 709 BCE.^[1]^[2]

Name[edit]

In Akkadian[edit]

Awarikkus or Warikkas is referred to in Neo-Assyrian inscriptions as ᵐUrikki (𒁹𒌑𒊑𒅅𒆠^[3]).^[4]

Life[edit]

Reign[edit]

Deposition[edit]

Legacy[edit]

References[edit]

^ Bryce 2012, p. 155.
^ Bryce 2012, p. 159.
^ "Uriaikki". Tiglath-pileser III (744-727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726–722 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period. Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.
^ Bryce 2012, p. 158-159.

Sources[edit]

Bryce, Trevor (2012). The World of The Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: A Political and Military History. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-199-21872-1.

Regnal titles
Awarikkus or Warikkas House of Muksas
Preceded by unknown	King of Ḫiyawa c. 738-709 BCE	Succeeded by Aššur-šarru-uṣur (as governor of Que)

[FOOTNOTEBryce2012155-1] Bryce 2012, p. 155.

[FOOTNOTEBryce2012159-2] Bryce 2012, p. 159.

[3] "Uriaikki". Tiglath-pileser III (744-727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726–722 BC). The Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period. Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

[FOOTNOTEBryce2012158-159-4] Bryce 2012, p. 158-159.

[5] Rulers with names in italics are considered fictional.

[6] Hallo, W.; Simpson, W. (1971). The Ancient Near East. New York: Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich. pp. 48–49.

[7] "Rulers of Mesopotamia". cdli.ox.ac.uk. University of Oxford, CNRS.

[8] Thomas, Ariane; Potts, Timothy (2020). Mesopotamia: Civilization Begins. Getty Publications. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-60606-649-2.

[9] Roux, Georges (1992). Ancient Iraq. Penguin Books Limited. pp. 532–534 (Chronological Tables). ISBN 978-0-14-193825-7.

[SKL-10] Per Sumerian King List

[11] Unger, Merrill F. (2014). Israel and the Aramaeans of Damascus: A Study in Archaeological Illumination of Bible History. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 5. ISBN 978-1-62564-606-4.

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