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'''Abdi-Milkutti''' was a [[Sidon]]ian king (reigned c.680-677 BC) who rised up against [[Assyria]]n rule. In response to the rebellion, the [[Assyria]]n king [[Esarhaddon]] laid siege to the city, which after three years of siege, in [[677 BC]], was finally captured, destroyed and rebuilt as Kar-Ashur-aha-iddina, the Harbor of [[Esarhaddon]]. The [[Sidon]]ian king was [[decapitation|decapitated]]. Part of the loot went to the loyal king of rival [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]]. |
'''Abdi-Milkutti''' was a [[Sidon]]ian king (reigned c.680-677 BC) who rised up against [[Assyria]]n rule. In response to the rebellion, the [[Assyria]]n king [[Esarhaddon]] laid siege to the city, which after three years of siege, in [[677 BC]], was finally captured, destroyed and rebuilt as Kar-Ashur-aha-iddina, the Harbor of [[Esarhaddon]]. The [[Sidon]]ian king was [[decapitation|decapitated]]. Part of the loot went to the loyal king of rival [[Tyre, Lebanon|Tyre]]. |
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Abdi-Milkutti was a Sidonian king (reigned c.680-677 BC) who rised up against Assyrian rule. In response to the rebellion, the Assyrian king Esarhaddon laid siege to the city, which after three years of siege, in 677 BC, was finally captured, destroyed and rebuilt as Kar-Ashur-aha-iddina, the Harbor of Esarhaddon. The Sidonian king was decapitated. Part of the loot went to the loyal king of rival Tyre.
In his annals the Assyrian king tels us that he conquered Sidon and “tore up and cast into the sea its walls and its foundations.” This city was situated on a promontory jutting into the sea. The Sidonian king Abdi-Milkutti tried to escape on the sea by boat, but was “pulled out of the sea like a fish by the Assyrian king who cut off his head. Esarhaddon sent off to Assyria a rich booty, to wit: “gold, silver, precious stones, elephant hides, ivory, maple and boxwood, garments of brightly colored wool and linen.” He also took away the king’s wife, his children, and his courtiers: “His people from far and near, which were countless.”
On the month Tašrîtu the head of the king of Sidon was cut off and conveyed to Assyria.
The defeated and executed king of Sidon was depicted in the stela of Esarhaddon from Zenjirli (Sam'al). On the stella Abdi-Milkutti is shown as the taller captive kneeling before the Assyrian king with a rope tied around his neck.