Arpad, Syria

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Arpad, today Rifa'at Tell, Tell Erfad; is an ancient city located 30 km northeast of Aleppo in Syria. At times, it was the seat of the independent Aramaic Kleinkönigtums bit Agusi.

History

805 BC drew Adad - nirari III. ( 811-781 BC) against Arpad.

A treaty between Ashur - nirari V. ( 755-745 ) and Mati'ilu of Arpad is handed down. It contains extensive Selbstverfluchungen for the case that the ruler of Arpad does not comply with the contract.

The agreement was reaffirmed with the ceremonial slaughter of a lamb in March, while the fate of the Lamb was linked to the fate of the magical possibly perjured king. " This head is not the head of the Spring Lamb, but the head Matu'ilus and the head of his sons ... and as the head of the lamb will be torn down, so the head Matu'ilus and his sons will be demolished in the event of Eidbruches, his shoulders demolished, his legs torn off and placed in his mouth ... "

As more provisions of the contract contained the usual obligation to extradite from defectors and the obligation to military service. The conclusion is confirmed by a long list of names of gods.

From Til Barsip three steles with a contract between Bar Ga'yah king of KTK ( keep some researchers for the Assyrian Shamshi - ilu turtānu ) and Arpad are handed down.

After the Mati'ilu of Assyria had fallen and had allied himself with the Urartians, the city was named after the three -year siege of Tiglath- pileser III. captured and destroyed.

Ruler

• ' Attarsumk
• Mati'ilu ( Mati'el ), son of ' Attarsumk (ca. 760-745 BC)