Luhuti

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.

Political Situation and Capital

Luhuti was a region of unknown political status, its known primarily from Assyrian inscriptions, and the stele of Zakkur king of Hamath, however it's never attested as a kingdom or having a central authority, although it did constitute an independent interconnected region which is obvious by the Assyrian inscriptions that describe luhuti as a country with many cities and troops.

Luhuti had many cities, Shuksi was the maritime center, But the most important center and capital was the city of Hazrik (modern Tell Afis, Known as Hatarikka for the Assyrians), located 45 kilometer south of Aleppo.

History

Luhuti was first attested in 870 BC, it was mentioned in the inscriptions of Ashurnasirpal II who conquered it after subduing Pattin using the patinite city of Aribua as his military base for operations against Luhuti, Ashurnasirpal devastated the country, he mentions the impalement of Luhuti troops and the capture of its cities.