Suhum

For the city in Ghana, see Suhum, Ghana. For the capital of Abkhazia, see Sukhumi.
"Suhu" and "Suhi" redirect here. For the river in Romania, see Suhu (river).
Map of Mesopotamia during the kingdom of Shamshi-Adad I showing the location of Suhum near the Euphrates

Suhum (Sūḫu, or Suhi[1]) was an ancient geographic region around the middle course of the Euphrates River, in modern Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq.[2]

  1. ^ Russell, H. F. (1985). "The Historical Geography of the Euphrates and Habur According to the Middle- and Neo-Assyrian Sources". Iraq. 47: 57–74. doi:10.2307/4200232. JSTOR 4200232.
  2. ^ Edmonds, Alexander Johannes, "New Light on the Land of Sūḫu: A Review Article and new Political History", Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und vorderasiatische Archäologie, vol. 114, no. 1, pp. 58-83, 2024