Abdi-Milkutti
Sign in to savethumb|Detail from the Victory stele of Esarhaddon. The standing figure may depict Abdi-Milkutti in bounds, or alternatively the [[king of Tyre Baal I.]]
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- Auf der Jagd2011
- Hinterhofjargon2012
- Akupunktur2014
- Bonchance2015
- Auf Achse2015
- Diaspora2017
- Tandem2017
- Baš Svi2017
- Vienna Calling2018
- Avanti Avanti2018
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- date of death
- 0676-01-01
- date of birth
- 0700-01-01
- cause of death
- decapitation
- name in native language
- 𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤕
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thumb|Detail from the Victory stele of Esarhaddon. The standing figure may depict Abdi-Milkutti in bounds, or alternatively the [[king of Tyre Baal I.]]
Abdi-Milkutti () was a King of Sidon (reigned ca. 680-677 BC) who rose up against Assyrian rule. He had formed an alliance with , king of Kundi and Sizu, a prince of the Lebanon, probably during the time of the civil war waged between Esarhaddon and two of his brothers who disputed his succession after they had murdered his father. The two kings had sworn to each other by the names of the great gods and revolted. As soon as this struggle was over, in response to the rebellion, Esarhaddon laid siege to Sidon, which after three years of siege, in 677 BC, was finally captured, destroyed and rebuilt as Kar-Ashur-aha-iddina, the Harbour of Esarhaddon. The Sidonian king was decapitated. Sanduarri was also captured and decapitated and the heads of the two kings were hung around the necks of their nobles who were paraded through the streets of Nineveh. Part of the treasure taken from Sidon went to the loyal king of the rival city Tyre.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Abdi-Milkutti” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.