page_title: Luhuti
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Luhuti / History
caption_attribution_description: ArtistUnknownDescription Zakkur stele . Marks the taking of the throne of Hamath by king Zakkur Then, I lifted my hands towards Ba`al Shamîm, and Baal Shamaïn talked to me through seers, and Baal Shamaïn told me "do not fear! for it is me who made you reign and it is me who shall stand by your side, and it is me who shall free you from all the kings who besiege you [1] Dimensions13 cm high, 62 cm wideCurrent location (Inventory)Louvre Museum&#160;&#160;Native nameMusée du LouvreLocationParisCoordinates48°&#160;51′&#160;37″&#160;N, 2°&#160;20′&#160;15″&#160;E&#160; &#160;Established1793Websitewww.louvre.frAuthority control : Q19675 VIAF: 257711507 ISNI: 0000 0001 2260 177X ULAN: 500125189 LCCN: n80020283 NLA: 35912436 WorldCat Sully Rez-de-chaussée Levant Salle CAccession numberAO 8185Credit lineBought in 1922Source/PhotographerRama Zakkur stele . Marks the taking of the throne of Hamath by king Zakkur Then, I lifted my hands towards Ba`al Shamîm, and Baal Shamaïn talked to me through seers, and Baal Shamaïn told me "do not fear! for it is me who made you reign and it is me who shall stand by your side, and it is me who shall free you from all the kings who besiege you [1]
context_page_description: Luhuti, Lukhuti or Lu'ash, was an Iron Age Syro-Hittite Aramean region during the early 1st millennium BC located in northern Syria, in an area that used to be called Nuhašše.
context_section_description: Luhuti was first attested in 870 BC. The inscriptions of Ashurnasirpal II record his conquest of its neighbour Pattin, then his use of Pattin's subordinate city of Aribua as his military base for operations against Luhuti. Ashurnasirpal devastated the country, impaled Luhuti soldiers on stakes outside their captured cities.
  By 796 BC Luhuti was incorporated into Hamath, forming the northern province of the kingdom. King Zakkur of Hamath titled himself King of Hamath and Luhuti. Zakkur was besieged in Hatarikka by a coalition of Syrian kings incited by Ben-Hadad III of Aram-Damascus, and led by a king descended from Gusi identified as the king of Bit Agusi, Zakkur survived the siege and commemorated the event by commissioning the Stele of Zakkur.
  Luhuti was attacked by Shalmaneser IV in 765 BC and Ashur-dan III in 755 BC. It was finally incorporated into Assyria as a province by Tiglath-Pileser III in 737 BC.
caption: Zakkur Stele Discovered at Hatarikka
exif: {"Image ImageWidth": "1881", "Image ImageLength": "2811", "Image DocumentName": "img_0154.jpg", "Image Make": "Canon", "Image Model": "Canon PowerShot G7", "Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "180", "Image YResolution": "180", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "digiKam-0.9.1", "Image DateTime": "2007:10:20 13:36:45", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered", "Image ExifOffset": "258", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "180", "Thumbnail YResolution": "180", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "3528", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "2781", "EXIF ExposureTime": "1/10", "EXIF FNumber": "7/2", "EXIF ExifVersion": "0220", "EXIF DateTimeOriginal": "2007:10:20 13:36:45", "EXIF DateTimeDigitized": "2007:10:20 13:36:45", "EXIF ComponentsConfiguration": "YCbCr", "EXIF CompressedBitsPerPixel": "3", "EXIF ShutterSpeedValue": "53/16", "EXIF ApertureValue": "29/8", "EXIF ExposureBiasValue": "0", "EXIF MaxApertureValue": "29/8", "EXIF MeteringMode": "Pattern", "EXIF Flash": "Flash did not fire, compulsory flash mode", "EXIF FocalLength": "8411/500", "EXIF FlashPixVersion": "0100", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1881", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "2811", "Interoperability InteroperabilityIndex": "R98", "Interoperability InteroperabilityVersion": "[48, 49, 48, 48]", "Interoperability RelatedImageWidth": "3648", "Interoperability RelatedImageLength": "2736", "EXIF InteroperabilityOffset": "3380", "EXIF FocalPlaneXResolution": "3648000/287", "EXIF FocalPlaneYResolution": "547200/43", "EXIF FocalPlaneResolutionUnit": "2", "EXIF SensingMethod": "One-chip color area", "EXIF FileSource": "Digital Camera", "EXIF CustomRendered": "Normal", "EXIF ExposureMode": "Auto Exposure", "EXIF WhiteBalance": "Auto", "EXIF DigitalZoomRatio": "1", "EXIF SceneCaptureType": "Standard"}