Hadad-yith'i

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The Tell Fekheriyeh statue. Presently in the National Museum of Damascus

Hadad-yith'i (Old Aramaic: 𐡄𐡃𐡉𐡎𐡏𐡉, romanized: Hadd-yiṯʿī, Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒁹𒌋𒀉𒀪, romanized: Adad-itʾī) was governor of Guzana and Sikani in northern Syria (c. 850 BCE). A client king or vassal of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, he was the son of Sassu-nuri, who also served as governor before him. Knowledge of Hadad-yith'i's rule comes largely from the statue and its inscription found at the Tell Fekheriye.[1] Known as the Hadad-yith'i bilingual inscription, as it is written in both Old Aramaic and Akkadian, its discovery, decipherment and study contributes significantly to cultural and linguistic understandings of the region.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Vande was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Fales, 2011, pp. 563–564.