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Inshushinak-shar-ilani
Inshushinak-shar-ilani was a king of Susa in the late 15th or early 14th century BC, attested by the inscription IRS 19 and a seal from Haft Tappeh.
Inshushinak-shar-ili
Inshushinak-shar-ili, Elamite Inšušinak-sunkir-nappipir, was a king of Elam of the earliest Middle Elamite period, styled king of Susa and known from inscriptions and seals rather than any king list.
Instructions to temple officials
The Instructions to temple officials, also known as Instructions for temple officials, is a Hittite instruction text (CTH 264) in which the king imposes duties on priests and temple servants.
Inushpua
Inushpua (Inušpua) was an Urartian royal prince of the late 9th century BC, named in cuneiform inscriptions as a son of Menua and grandson of King Išpuini of Urartu.
Iranzu
Iranzu was king of Mannea, a kingdom in the Zagros mountains of western Iran, during the eighth century BC, ruling as a vassal and ally of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
Isaurians
The Isaurians were an ancient warlike mountain people of the Taurus mountains in southern Asia Minor, repeatedly in revolt against Rome and stereotyped as brigands.
Ishpabara
Ishpabara, also spelled Išpabara, was king of Ellipi in the central Zagros mountains, placed on the throne by Sargon II and defeated by Sennacherib in 702 BC.
Ishpakai
Ishpakai, also Išpakai, was a Scythian leader in Neo-Assyrian records of Esarhaddon's reign, defeated and killed around 675 BCE after joining the Manneans against Assyria; his successor was Bartatua.
Ishpuini
Ishpuini, also spelled Išpuini or Ispuini, was king of Urartu from about 830 to 810 BC, son of Sarduri I and father of Menua, and the first Urartian king to commission inscriptions in the Urartian language.
Ishuwa
Ishuwa, also written Isuwa, was a small kingdom on the Upper Euphrates around modern Elazığ, attested in Hittite texts from the late 15th to late 13th century BC.
Isputahsu
Isputahsu, also written Išputahšu, was the earliest known king of Kizzuwatna, a Late Bronze Age kingdom in southeastern Anatolia, ruling in the late 16th century BC.
Ištuanda
Ištuanda was a Neo-Hittite kingdom in the Tabal region of south-central Anatolia, attested only in Assyrian tribute lists of Tiglath-pileser III, 738 and 732 BC.
Jiroft culture
The Jiroft culture, also called the Halil Rud culture, is a Bronze Age archaeological culture of the Halil River valley in south-eastern Iran, known for carved chlorite vessels.
Kaftari period
The Kaftari period is the occupation phase of ancient Anshan at Tal-e Malyan, Fars, Iran, dated about 2200–1600 BC and defined by its painted ceramics.
Kalašma
Kalašma, also written Kalasma, was a land of northern Anatolia in the Late Bronze Age, northwest of the Hittite core area, attested in the annals of Muršili II.
Kantuzili
Kantuzili, also spelled Kantuzzili, was a Hittite commander and prince who served under King Mursili II, reigning roughly 1321–1295 BC, and is attested in the king's annals.
Karagündüz inscriptions
The Karagündüz inscriptions are two Urartian royal basalt stelae from Karagündüz on Lake Erçek near Van, Turkey, dedicated to the god Haldi and held in the Van Museum.
Karkisa
Karkisa, also written Karkiya, is a land or people of western Anatolia known from Late Bronze Age Hittite texts and the Egyptian Kadesh list; its location, whether Caria or Mysia, remains disputed.
Kaska
The Kaska, also written Kaška or Gašga, were tribal peoples of northern Anatolia and the Hittites' most persistent enemy from the fifteenth to the twelfth century BCE.
Kaska campaign of Hattusili III
The Kaska campaign of Hattusili III was a Hittite king's wars against the Kaska tribes of northern Anatolia, c. 1267–1237 BC, recovering the sacred city Nerik.
Kaska invasions of Hatti
The Kaska invasions of Hatti were recurring raids by the Kaška peoples of northern Anatolia against the Hittite Empire, first attested in the 15th century BC.
Kaštaritu
Kaštaritu (Kashtariti) was a city lord of Karkašši in the Central Zagros who led a coalition of Medes, Mannaeans, and Cimmerians in revolt against Assyria around 672 BCE.
Kelashin Stele
The Kelashin Stele, also spelled Kelishin, is a Urartian-Assyrian bilingual stone stele of kings Išpuini and Minua, dated to 820–810 BCE and now in the Urmia Museum.
Keliya
Keliya was a sukkal, or envoy, of the Mittanian king Tušratta, sent on diplomatic missions to pharaohs Amenhotep III and Akhenaten in the mid-14th century BC.
Kherei
Kherei of Xanthos was a Lycian dynast of Xanthos in southwestern Anatolia during the late fifth and early fourth century BC, known from inscriptions and his silver coinage.
Kheriga
Kheriga (Lycian Χeriga, Greek Gergis) was a dynast of Xanthos in Lycia who ruled around 440 to 400 BC and is known chiefly from the Inscribed Pillar of Xanthos.
Khita of Awan
Khita, also written Hita, was a ruler of Awan in ancient western Iran around 2250 BC, known as the Elamite partner in an alliance with Naram-Sin of Akkad.
Kidin-Hutran
Kidin-Hutran, also printed Kiddin-Khutran, is the name of one or more kings of Elam of the Igihalkid dynasty, remembered for victories over Kassite Babylonian rulers in the 1220s BC.
Kidinuid dynasty
The Kidinuid dynasty, named after king Kidinu, was the first group of Middle Elamite rulers of ancient Elam, centered on Susa around 1500–1400 BC and best known from the Haft Tappeh tablets of Tepti-Ahar.
Kikki (Anatolian king)
Kikki, also written Kiakki, was a ruler of Tabal in south-central Anatolia, son of King Tuatti, who submitted to Shalmaneser III of Assyria around 837 BC.