Gimirri
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Gimirri is the Akkadian name for the ancient nomadic people known as the Cimmerians, who inhabited the Eurasian steppe and raided parts of Anatolia and the Near East.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gimirrai | 1 |
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient people
ⓘ
ethnonym ⓘ |
| associatedWithEmpire | Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRegion |
Black Sea steppe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Caucasus region ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler |
Ashurbanipal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Esarhaddon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient nomadic peoples
ⓘ
Ancient peoples of the Near East ⓘ Cimmerians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Assyria
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phrygia NERFINISHED ⓘ Urartu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | nomadic people ⓘ |
| ethnicDesignationUsedBy |
Assyrians
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Babylonians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnonymFor | Cimmerians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Gimirrai
ⓘ
Gimirru NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNameInLanguage | Akkadian ⓘ |
| historicalRole | steppe invaders of the Near East ⓘ |
| inhabitedRegion |
Eurasian steppe
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pontic steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageAttestedIn | Akkadian cuneiform ⓘ |
| locatedNorthOf | Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedInSourceLanguage |
Akkadian royal inscriptions
ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian texts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| migratedFrom | Pontic-Caspian steppe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| migratedInto | Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableActivity |
migration
ⓘ
raiding ⓘ |
| raided |
Lydia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Phrygia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| raidedRegion |
Anatolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refersTo | Cimmerians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedEthnonym |
Gimiraya
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gimirri (variant spellings) ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
7th century BCE
ⓘ
8th century BCE ⓘ early 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gimirrai