Yatie
Yatie (also Iati'e) was a queen of Qedar who ruled in the 8th century BC, circa 730 BC.[1]
Yatie sent her forces, headed by her brother Baasqanu, to aid Merodach-Baladan in his bid to hold onto Babylon.[2][3] Merodach-Baladan, the leader of the Chaldeans, was also supported by an army from Elam and together these faced the Assyrian forces of Sennacherib on his first campaign in 703 BC.[4]
The events of the battle are recorded in the annals of Sennacherib which mention Yatie, "queen of the Arabs", and the capture of her brother Baasqanu in the battle. Israel Eph'al writes that this is the first mention in Assyrian documents of Arabs as an ethnic element in Babylonia.[4] Yatie's predecessor was Samsi and she was succeeded by queen Te'el-hunu.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Women in Power: BCE 1000 - 500". Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership. http://www.guide2womenleaders.com/womeninpower/Womeninpower0000.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-16.
- ^ Boardman, 1924, p. 34.
- ^ Leslie, 1999, p. 249.
- ^ a b Eph'al, 1982, pp. 112-113.
[edit] Bibliography
- Boardman, John (1924), The Cambridge Ancient History (2nd ed.), Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521227178, 9780521227179
- Ephʻal, Israel (1982), The Ancient Arabs: Nomads on the Borders of the Fertile Crescent 9th-5th Centuries B.C, BRILL, ISBN 9652234001, 9789652234001
- Students' aid to pre-modern Middle Eastern studies, Pentland, 1999, ISBN 1858216982, 9781858216980
