Al-Khawser River in Cuneiform Sources | ||
| Athar Alrafedain | ||
| Article 14, Volume 1, Issue 1, December 2012, Pages 158-176 PDF (0 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||
| DOI: 10.33899/athar.2012.69780 | ||
| Author | ||
| Abdul Rahman Younis Abdul Rahman* | ||
| Civilization Department College of Archology University of Mosul Mosul Iraq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The Khosr River is one of the ancient tributaries of the Tigris River, whose traces of its valley are still visible in the city of Nineveh to the present time. According to the discovered written evidence, the first mention of the Khosr River in cuneiform texts came in the records of the Middle Assyrian Period, specifically from the reign of King Tukulti - Abel - Ishara I (1115-1077 BC). As the name of the river was mentioned in the texts of this king in the form (Khosra), while it was mentioned in the texts of King Sennacherib (704-681 BC) in the form (Khosri), and this name has continued to this day despite the passage of 3000 years since Its inclusion in cuneiform texts. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| River; Al-Khosr; cuneiform sources; Tigris; Sennacherib; Nineveh | ||
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