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Attar-shumki I

r. c. 800 BCE · 9th century BCE · Also known as Attarshumki

Attar-shumki I was king of Arpad, the Aramaean state of Bit-Agusi in northern Syria, around 800 BCE. He led a coalition of north Syrian kings against the Assyrian king Adad-nirari III, which was defeated. The Sefire treaty names the later king Mati'ilu as a son of Attar-shumki.

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Bit Agusi

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