Mitinti

Mitinti (Philistine: 𐤌𐤕𐤕[1] *Mītīt or *Matīt;[2] Akkadian: 𒈪𒋾𒅔𒋾 mi-ti-in-ti) was the name of several Philistine kings in the 8th and 7th century BC:

  • Mitinti I, king of Ashkelon and contemporary of Rezin of Aram-Damascus, Ahaz of Judah, Qaus-malaka of Edom, and Shanip of Ammon. The annals of Tiglath-Pileser III record that he was amongst the kings who rebelled against Neo-Assyrian suzerainty over the Levant, and that following the defeat of Rezin and the conquest of Aram-Damascus, the throne of Ashkelon was usurped by a man named Rukibtu.[3]
  • Mitinti II, another king of Ashkelon, son of Sidqa, who apparently succeeded Rukibtu. He ruled Ashkelon during the reign of Ashurbanipal.[4] A seal belonging to his servant, ‘Abd’eli’ab, was recovered in Ireland in the 19th century and is now housed in the British Museum.[1][5] How Mitinti II came to rule Ashkelon is somewhat unclear – the annals of Sennacherib state that he had deposed Sidqa as king of Ashkelon and replaced him with Rukibtu's son Šarru-lu-dari after Sidqa instigated a failed revolt against Assyria,[6] however, Šarru-lu-dari was apparently relegated to the governor of Pelusium during the reign of Esarhaddon - how Sidqa's son was then able to claim the throne is unexplained.
  • Mitinti, king of Ashdod. He ruled during the reign of Sennacherib. His rule was apparently contemporaneous with that of Sidqa, as Sennacherib's annals report that he was among a retinue of kings that brought him an exuberant payment of tribute before Sidqa's rebellion.[7]

References
  1. NAVEH, JOSEPH. “Writing and Scripts in Seventh-Century B.C.E. Philistia: The New Evidence from Tell Jemmeh.” Israel Exploration Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, Israel Exploration Society, 1985, pp. 8–21, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27925967.
  2. Bergman, A. “Two Hebrew Seals of the ’Ebed Class.” Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 55, no. 3, Society of Biblical Literature, 1936, p. 224, https://doi.org/10.2307/3259805.
  3. Mitinti (MITINTI I, KING OF ASHKELON), Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus
  4. Mitinti (MITINTI II, KING OF ASHKELON), ORACC
  5. BM E48502, 1861,1201.1, British Museum
  6. Šarru-lu-dari (KING OF ASHKELON), ORACC
  7. Mitinti (KING OF ASHDOD), ORACC
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