Mitinti

{{Short description|Name of several Philistine kings}} '''Mitinti''' (Philistine: 𐤌𐤕𐤕<ref name="Naveh">NAVEH, JOSEPH. “Writing and Scripts in Seventh-Century B.C.E. Philistia: The New Evidence from Tell Jemmeh.” Israel Exploration Journal, vol. 35, no. 1, Israel Exploration Society, 1985, pp. 8–21, http://www.jstor.org/stable/27925967.</ref> *''Mītīt'' or *''Matīt'';<ref>Bergman, A. “Two Hebrew Seals of the ’Ebed Class.” Journal of Biblical Literature, vol. 55, no. 3, Society of Biblical Literature, 1936, p. 224, https://doi.org/10.2307/3259805.</ref> {{langx|akk-x-neoassyr|{{cuneiform|11|𒁹𒈪𒋾𒅔𒋾}}|translit=Mitinti}} and {{langx|akk-x-neoassyr|{{cuneiform|11|𒁹𒈨𒋾𒅔𒋾}}|translit=Metinti|label=none}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Mitinti [MITINTI I, KING OF ASHKELON] (RN) |url=http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap1/cbd/qpn/x00005280.html |website=Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus |publisher=University of Pennsylvania }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mitinti [MITINTI II, KING OF ASHKELON] (RN) |url=http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/qcat/cbd/qpn-x-people/x00002160.html |website=Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus |publisher=University of Pennsylvania }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mitinti [KING OF ASHDOD] (RN) |url=http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap3/cbd/qpn-x-people/qpn-x-people.x0000408.html |website=Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus |publisher=University of Pennsylvania }}</ref>) was the name of several Philistine kings in the 8th and 7th century BC:

* Mitinti I, king of Ascalon and contemporary of Rezin of Aram-Damascus, Ahaz of Judah, Qaus-malaka of Edom, and Shanip of Ammon. The annals of Tiglath-Pileser III record that he was amongst the kings who rebelled against Neo-Assyrian suzerainty over the Levant, and that following the defeat of Rezin and the conquest of Aram-Damascus, the throne of Ascalon was usurped by a man named Rukibtu. * Mitinti II, another king of Ashkelon, son of Sidqa, who apparently succeeded Rukibtu. He ruled Ashkelon during the reign of Ashurbanipal. A seal belonging to his servant, ''‘Abd’eli’ab'', was recovered in Ireland in the 19th century and is now housed in the British Museum.<ref name="Naveh" /><ref>[https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_1861-1201-1 BM E48502, 1861,1201.1], British Museum</ref> How Mitinti II came to rule Ashkelon is somewhat unclear – the annals of Sennacherib state that he had deposed Sidqa as king of Ashkelon and replaced him with Rukibtu's son ''Šarru-lu-dari'' after Sidqa instigated a failed revolt against Assyria, however, ''Šarru-lu-dari'' was apparently relegated to the governor of Pelusium during the reign of Esarhaddon - how Sidqa's son was then able to claim the throne is unexplained. * Mitinti, king of Ashdod. He ruled during the reign of Sennacherib. His rule was apparently contemporaneous with that of Sidqa, as Sennacherib's annals report that he was among a retinue of kings that brought him an exuberant payment of tribute before Sidqa's rebellion.

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{{s-start}} {{succession box |before=Unknown |title=King of Ashkelon<br>(Mitinti I) |years=? BCE - c. 732 BCE |after=Rukibtu}} {{s-end}} {{s-start}} {{succession box |before=Šarru-lu-dari |title=King of Ashkelon<br>(Mitinti II) |years=c. 690 BCE – ? BCE |after=Unknown}} {{s-end}}

Category:Philistine kings Category:7th-century BC monarchs in Asia Category:8th-century BC monarchs Category:Ashdod Category:Ancient kings of Ascalon