Taite

Not to be confused with Dylan Taite or Jean-Pierre Taite.

Taite (called Ta'idu in Assyrian sources) was one of the capitals of the Mitanni Empire. Its exact location is still unknown, although it is speculated to be in the Khabur region. The site of Tall Al-Hamidiya has recently been proposed as the location of ancient Taite.[1] Tell Farfara and the Anatolian site of Üçtepe Höyük has also been suggested, among others.[2][3] It has also been proposed that there two settlements name Ta'idu in the region.[4]

During the Fall of the Mitanni Empire, the conquering Assyrian ruler Adad-Nirari (1307–1275 BC or 1295–1263 BC) slaughtered the inhabitants. He sowed the grounds with salt. He later reports restoring the capital city Taidu.[5]

## See also

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* Cities of the ancient Near East

## References

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1. ^ Wäfler, Markus, "Tall al-Hamïdïya: Ta'idu", HASBonline–Hefte zur Archäologie des Mittelmeerraumes aus Bern 20, 33-58, 2007
2. ^ Berthon, Rémi, "Small but Varied: The Role of Rural Settlements in the Diversification of Subsistence Practices as Evidenced in the Upper Tigris River Area (Southeastern Turkey) during the Second and First Millennia BCE", Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology & Heritage Studies, vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 317–29, 2014
3. ^ Buccellati, Federico, "Learning New Styles, Quickly: An Examination of the Mittani–Middle Assyrian Transition in Material Culture", Values and Revaluations: The Transformation and Genesis of “Values in Things” from Archaeological and Anthropological Perspectives, edited by Hans Peter Hahn et al., Oxbow Books, pp. 29–46, 2022
4. ^ Hendrik Hameeuw, "1947: Two tablets as a Christmas gift to a Leuven Assyriologist", in Ancient Near East, a life! Festschrift Karel Van Lerberghe edited by Tom Boiy et al, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2012
5. ^ Thames, John Tracy, "International Politics and Local Change at Emar in the Late Bronze Age" ,Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 23-52, 2023

## Further reading

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* Kessler, Karlheinz, "Neue Tontafelfunde aus dem mitannizeitlichen Taidu – Ein Vorbericht", in The Archaeology of Political Spaces: The Upper Mesopotamian Piedmont in the Second Millennium BCE, edited by Dominik Bonatz, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, pp. 35-42, 2014

## External links

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* Swiss excavations at Tell al-Hamidiya

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