Sandakhshatra

Sandakhshatra, Sandaksatru or Sandakuru (Akkadian: 𒊓𒀭𒁖𒆳𒊒 Sandakšatru or Sandakuru[1]) was a Cimmerian king in the late 7th century BC. There is a theory that this ruler of the Cimmerian Bosporus is one of the inscribed in the Tanais Tablets.

Name

Sandakuru is the Akkadian form of the name *Sandakuru, meaning "splendid son", originating from a Cimmerian dialect of the Old Iranian Scythian language.[2]

Reign

According to the Assyrian inscriptions provided by Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria, he was the son of Tugdamme. These inscriptions show that Tugdamme was killed in battle but that Sandakhshatra survived and thus became the next King of the Saka, a Scythian tribe. It has been speculated that Sandakhshatra was the famed Cyaxares who helped in conquering Assyria.[3]

References
  1. "Sandak-šatru [CIMMERIAN RULER, SON OF TUGDAMMI] (RN)". oracc.museum.upenn.edu.
  2. Harmatta, János (1996). "10.4.1. The Scythians". In Hermann, Joachim; de Laet, Sigfried (eds.). History of Humanity. Vol. 3. UNESCO. p. 181. ISBN 978-92-3-102812-0.
  3. Rea, Cam. The Assyrian Exile Israel's Legacy in Captivity, p. 140, 144


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