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