Mitinti
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Mitinti (Philistine: š¤š¤š¤[1] *MÄ«tÄ«t or *MatÄ«t;[2] Akkadian: mi-ti-in-ti and
me-ti-in-ti[3][4][5]) was the name of several Philistine kings in the 8th and 7th century BC:
- Mitinti I, king of Ashkelon and contemporary of Rezin of Aram-Damascus, Ahaz of Judah, Qaus-malaka of Edom, and Shanip of Ammon. The annals of Tiglath-Pileser III record that he was amongst the kings who rebelled against Neo-Assyrian suzerainty over the Levant, and that following the defeat of Rezin and the conquest of Aram-Damascus, the throne of Ashkelon was usurped by a man named Rukibtu.
- Mitinti II, another king of Ashkelon, son of Sidqa, who apparently succeeded Rukibtu. He ruled Ashkelon during the reign of Ashurbanipal. A seal belonging to his servant, āAbdāeliāab, was recovered in Ireland in the 19th century and is now housed in the British Museum.[1][6] How Mitinti II came to rule Ashkelon is somewhat unclear ā the annals of Sennacherib state that he had deposed Sidqa as king of Ashkelon and replaced him with Rukibtu's son Å arru-lu-dari after Sidqa instigated a failed revolt against Assyria, however, Å arru-lu-dari was apparently relegated to the governor of Pelusium during the reign of Esarhaddon - how Sidqa's son was then able to claim the throne is unexplained.
- Mitinti, king of Ashdod. He ruled during the reign of Sennacherib. His rule was apparently contemporaneous with that of Sidqa, as Sennacherib's annals report that he was among a retinue of kings that brought him an exuberant payment of tribute before Sidqa's rebellion.
References
- ^ Bergman, A. āTwo Hebrew Seals of the āEbed Class.ā Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 55, no. 3, Society of Biblical Literature, 1936, p. 224, https://doi.org/10.2307/3259805.
- ^ "Mitinti [MITINTI I, KING OF ASHKELON] (RN)". Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. University of Pennsylvania.
- ^ "Mitinti [MITINTI II, KING OF ASHKELON] (RN)". Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. University of Pennsylvania.
- ^ "Mitinti [KING OF ASHDOD] (RN)". Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus. University of Pennsylvania.
- ^ BM E48502, 1861,1201.1, British Museum