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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Gimiraya 1
Gimirrai 1
Gimirri canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient people
ethnonym
associatedWithEmpire Neo-Assyrian Empire
associatedWithRegion Black Sea steppe
Caucasus region
associatedWithRuler Ashurbanipal
Esarhaddon
category Ancient nomadic peoples
Ancient peoples of the Near East
Cimmerians
conflictWith Assyria
Phrygia
Urartu
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu
describedAs nomadic people
ethnicDesignationUsedBy Assyrians
Babylonians
ethnonymFor Cimmerians
hasAlternativeName Gimirrai
Gimirru
linked to: Gimirri
hasNameInLanguage Akkadian
historicalRole steppe invaders of the Near East
inhabitedRegion Eurasian steppe
linked to: Eurasian Steppe

Pontic steppe
languageAttestedIn Akkadian cuneiform
locatedNorthOf Assyria
mentionedInSourceLanguage Akkadian royal inscriptions
Neo-Assyrian texts
migratedFrom Pontic-Caspian steppe
migratedInto Anatolia
notableActivity migration
raiding
raided Lydia
Phrygia
raidedRegion Anatolia
Near East
linked to: Middle East
refersTo Cimmerians
relatedEthnonym Gimiraya
linked to: Gimirri

Gimirri (variant spellings)
timePeriod 7th century BCE
8th century BCE
early 1st millennium BCE

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cimmerians nameInAkkadian Gimirri
Cimmerians nameInAkkadian Gimirrai
linked to: Gimirri
Gimirri hasAlternativeName Gimirru
linked to: Gimirri
Gimirri relatedEthnonym Gimiraya
linked to: Gimirri