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Akkad discovered.

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  Posted by Artorious (U1941655) on Saturday, 7th January 2006

  Hi all
  
  During my research for the Hittite period, lining it up with the Assyrian, biblical and Egyptian I have made what I think may be the discovery of Akkad. The only city 'not found' by Archaologists.
  
  Various pieces of evidence led to the discovery :
  
  Suppiliuama(Hittite) (770 - 723BC MC) MC=My Chronology
  "He also conquered the land of Ikata which apparently lay East of the Euphrates and South of Carechemish"
  
  
  Amarna letter: to AmenhotepIII (782-784BC MC)
  "the Hittite prince (Nu Chattu) from the land Igait" (perhaps the same as Ikata),"
  
  
  Akkad is also called Agade.
  
  
  Now Ikata/Igait is described as being east of Euphrates and South of Carchemish. The only possibility them for it then that sounds like the same place is the city of Ugarit!!!!
  
  So it has been discovered, they just dont know it!!! Even the discovered history of the place including the texts found tie in.
  
  
  

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  Posted by Artorious (U1941655) on Sunday, 8th January 2006

  Hi all
  
  Some further supporting evidence for this? Notice in this first one Akkad being linked to Aka-Di, very similar to Ikata of Hitites.
  
  'it was mentioned in the Assyrian inscriptions as Akkadu and before that, it was mentioned in the historical accounts of the goddess Ishtar’s story who submitted to the β€œAka-Di” which meant the β€œcrown” or the β€œwreath” of fire in Sumerian'
  
  and:
  ' In the later Assyro-Babylonian literature the name Akkadu, together with Sumer, appears as part of the royal title,
  
  Again we have Akkadu.
  
  Now we have to see if Suppiluliuma I who mentions Ikata could have taken Ugarit :
  
  'Niqmaddu II , King of Ugarit, yearly tribute to Suppiluliuma.'
  
  
  and:
  'Hatti: Suppiluliuma I. Subdues Mittani, vassals made of Ugarit, Qadash, Amurru and other former Mittani vassals. Viceroy est. At Carachemish'
  
  
  So I think I have a good case for Ugarit being Akkad.
  
  

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