Tegarama (Old Assyrian: Tergarma; Hittite : Takarama; Luwian : Lakarma/Lukarma) was a city in Anatolia during the Bronze Age . It is often identified with Gürün and biblical Togarmah .
4-525: A fortified city in Kammanu (on the border of Tabal ) mentioned in Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions of the ninth, eighth, and seventh centuries BC (reigns of Shalmaneser III , Sargon II , and Sennacherib ) as Til-garimmu/Til-garimme. The city contained a palace, a karum and an Assyrian colony office. It was important in terms of trade which included tin, textiles, wool, slaves and wine. The city
8-473: Is that the name of the city was 'moved' to another settlement during the history. The city is sometimes associated with Biblical Togarmah . - YAMADA, SHIGEO. "The City of Togarma in Neo-Assyrian Sources" Altorientalische Forschungen, vol. 33, no. 2, 2006, pp. 223-236. https://doi.org/10.1524/aofo.2006.33.2.223 Kammanu Kammanu was a Luwian speaking Neo-Hittite state in
12-673: The city in Anatolia is disputed. Oliver Gurney placed Tegarama in Southeast Anatolia. Others have located it in central Anatolia near the town of Gürün , Sivas about 90 miles (140 km) east of Kanesh . Til-garimmu is usually identified with modern Gürün, biblical Tōgarmā, classical Gauraene/Gauraina, Old Assyrian Tergarama, Hittite Takarama, and Luwian Lakarma/Lukarma. However, no pre-Roman remains have been discovered at Gürün. Akçadaǧ, ca. 30 km west of Malatya, has been tentatively suggested as an alternate location. One theory
16-640: Was inhabited during the Old Assyrian Kingdom and Hittite Empire . The city was sacked by Isuwa during the early reign of the Hittite king Tudhaliya III on the eastern border. During his victorious campaign against Mitanni , Hittite king Suppiluliuma I halted in Tegarama and inspected his forces before attacking and capturing Karkemish . Consequently, city must have been on the road from Hattusa to Karkhemish. The exact location of
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