Quwê
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Quwê – also spelled Que, Kue, Qeve, Coa, Kuê and Keveh – was a "Neo-Hittite
" Assyrian vassal state or province at various times from the 9th century BCE to shortly after the death of Ashurbanipal
around 627 BCE in the lowlands of eastern Cilicia
, and the name of its capital city, tentatively identified with Adana
, in modern Turkey
. According to many translations of the Bible
, it was the place from which King Solomon obtained horses. (I Kings 10: 28, 29; II Chron. 1:16).
The species name of Cyclamen coum
probably refers to Quwê.
Neo-Hittite
The states that are called Neo-Hittite, or more recently Syro-Hittite, were Luwian, Aramaic and Phoenician-speaking political entities of the Iron Age northern Syria and southern Anatolia that arose following the collapse of the Hittite Empire around 1180 BC and lasted until roughly 700 BC...
" Assyrian vassal state or province at various times from the 9th century BCE to shortly after the death of Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal |Ashur]] is creator of an heir"; 685 BC – c. 627 BC), also spelled Assurbanipal or Ashshurbanipal, was an Assyrian king, the son of Esarhaddon and the last great king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire...
around 627 BCE in the lowlands of eastern Cilicia
Cilicia
In antiquity, Cilicia was the south coastal region of Asia Minor, south of the central Anatolian plateau. It existed as a political entity from Hittite times into the Byzantine empire...
, and the name of its capital city, tentatively identified with Adana
Adana
Adana is a city in southern Turkey and a major agricultural and commercial center. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, 30 kilometres inland from the Mediterranean, in south-central Anatolia...
, in modern Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
. According to many translations of the Bible
Bible
The Bible refers to any one of the collections of the primary religious texts of Judaism and Christianity. There is no common version of the Bible, as the individual books , their contents and their order vary among denominations...
, it was the place from which King Solomon obtained horses. (I Kings 10: 28, 29; II Chron. 1:16).
The species name of Cyclamen coum
Cyclamen coum
Cyclamen coum is one of a group of cyclamens with stubby flowers and nearly round leaves. Species of the group are native to areas near the coasts of the eastern Mediterranean and the Black and Caspian Seas, from sea level to alpine tundra.-Etymology:The species name is the adjective of a place name...
probably refers to Quwê.
Sources
- Simo ParpolaSimo ParpolaSimo Parpola is a Finnish archaeologist, currently professor of Assyriology at the University of Helsinki. He specialized in epigraphy of the Akkadian language, and has been working on the Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project since 1987...
and Michael Porter, editors, The Helsinki Atlas of the Near East in the Neo-Assyrian Period, ISBN 9514590503 (Helsinki, Finland, 2001), Gazetteer, p. 15.