by
Damien F. Mackey
The name, Kar Nuhašše, or Kar Nuhašša, looks to me suspiciously like
the name of the land of uncertain location, Tarḫuntašša,
which I have previously identified with Karduniash.
For this land, another of ancient history’s many poorly known (“little is known of”) locations, I need to resort to the Wikipedia article, “Nuhašše”, for an approximate area:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuha%C5%A1%C5%A1e
Nuhašše (kurnu-ḫa-áš-še; kurnu-ḫa-šeki), was a region in northwestern Syria that flourished in the 2nd millennium BC. It was east of the Orontes River bordering Aleppo (northwest) and Qatna (south).
It was a petty kingdom or federacy of principalities probably under a high king. Tell Khan Sheykhun has tenatively been identifed as kurnu-ḫa-šeki.[1]
Name, borders and society
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The Semitic name "Nuhašše" means "rich, prosperous".[2] Nuhašše stretched from the Euphrates valley in the east to the Orontes valley in the west between Hamath in the south and Aleppo in the north;[3] it did not include Ebla and it was separated from the Euphrates river by Emar and Ashtata.[2] In the west, it reached the Orontes river only if it included the region of Niya which is debated.[2] The main city was named Ugulzat (possibly modern Khan Shaykhun).[4][5] Hittite texts mention the "Kings of Nuhašše", indicating that the region consisted of a number of petty kingdoms that might have formed a confederacy; one of the monarchs took the role of primus inter pares (first among equals),[6] and resided in Ugulzat.[4] ….
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This proposed location of the land of Nuhašše basically fits with a revised land of Chaldea setting, in NW Syria, as given to it in 2020 by Royce (Richard) Erickson:
A PROBLEM IN CHALDAEAN AND ELAMITE GEOGRAPHY
(5) A PROBLEM IN CHALDAEAN AND ELAMITE GEOGRAPHY | Royce Erickson - Academia.edu
The name, Kar Nuhašše, or Kar Nuhašša, looks to me suspiciously like the name of the land of uncertain location, Tarḫuntašša, which I have previously identified with Karduniash:
More uncertain ancient geography: locations Tarḫuntašša and Arzawa
(5) More uncertain ancient geography: locations Tarḫuntašša and Arzawa | Damien Mackey - Academia.edu
Tar ḫ un t ašš [a]
Kar d un i ash
Can we now add to this short list, Kar Nuhašša, thus tying up all at once:
Tar ḫ un t ašš [a]
Kar d un i ash
Kar n u h ašš [a]
and assigning these names to the region of NW Syria, as constituting a revised Chaldeo-Babylonia?
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