kingdom · Anatolia and the Levant

Lu'ash

900 BCE – 738 BCE (approx.) · capital Hatarikka

Lu'ash, an Iron Age kingdom of inner Syria centred on Hatarikka, united with Hamath under King Zakkur.

Origins

Lu'ash occupied the land between Hamath and Aleppo, the former Nuhashshe of the Bronze Age. Its capital Hatarikka, the biblical Hadrach, is identified with Tell Afis. It emerged as an Aramaean kingdom in the 9th century BCE.

Rule and society

Around 800 BCE Zakkur, king of Hamath and Lu'ash, was besieged in Hatarikka by a coalition led by Bar-Hadad of Aram-Damascus. His Aramaic stele, found at Tell Afis, thanks the god Baalshamin for deliverance. The kingdom lived from grain farming and the routes of inner Syria.

Decline and legacy

Tiglath-Pileser III of the Assyrian Empire annexed Lu'ash in 738 BCE, making Hatarikka the capital of a province.

Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.

Connections (3)

  • Hamath in personal union with Lu'ash800 BCE – 720 BCE
  • Lu'ash in personal union with Hamath800 BCE – 738 BCE
  • Lu'ash was conquered by Assyrian Empire738 BCE

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lu'ash. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/luash
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“Lu'ash.” The Epoch Institute States Register, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/luash. Accessed .
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