This website traces the Hurrians to the Habiru.. Other sources believe they were the ancestors of the Kurds and Medes. http://www.israel-a-history-of.com/hurrian.html Ancient Hurrian Sources The Hurrian Kingdom By 2500 B.C.E. an ancient people dwelt in the northern parts of Mesopotamia. The Hurrian Kingdom thrived in the north-central part of Mesopotamia, however, these people also spread to the areas to the immediate east and west. One theory places them migrating from the north, in the Caucus Mountains. However, their origins are not fully known, and this remains a much debated topic. Their native language was unrelated to any neighboring Semitic speaking people. However, they adopted Akkadian cuneiform about 2000 B.C.E., which enabled scholars to read the language. Much remains unknown, however, about the Hurrian native tongue. In the third millennium, the Akkadian Empire founded the town Gasur just east of the Tigris River. Gasur was taken by the Hurrians in the middle part of the second millennium, and they renamed the city Nuzi. Nuzi was a city in the Hurrian kingdom of Arrapha. Arrapha emerged out of the 16th century decline of Babylon. Ithi-Teshup and Ithiya were Arrapha kings during this era. By the mid 1400's B.C.E, Arrapha became a vassal of the Great King of Mari. Nearly a century later the Assyrians would destroy the kingdom of Arrapha. Nuzi was never a major Hurrian city. It was an agricultural town, which now lie buried under the modern day Iraqi city of Kirkuk. To the south of Nuzi was Babylon. Assyria lie to the west, and the Mittanni kingdom stretched northwest from Nuzi. An ancient city map was unearthed at Nuzi, describing the city in detail. This ancient Hurrian city has produced the most substantial amount of information concerning the Hurrians. Over 5000 tablets have been uncovered at Nuzi. These tablets were discovered in and around the palace, as well as in residential houses. They describe, in great detail, mainly business and legal matters of the day. One quarter of the documents follow the business transactions of a single Nuzi family. Most of these documents date from the Arrapha kingdom (1600-1399 B.C.), however, tablets have been found dating back to the Akkadian Empire. The city map found dated way back to the Akkadian period (2350 - 2150 B.C.E.). The Hurrian documents at Nuzi shed a surprising light on the Habiru . In many texts, these people are seen selling themselves into the service of local individuals. One document reads: "Sill-Kubi, a Habiru, by his own statement into service to Tehiptilla, son of Puhisenni, made himself enter." The Hurrian family of Tehiptilla appear to have been a very wealthy family in Nuzi. In another document, a Habiru women named Tuntukatil, along with her children, entered themselves into this family's service. Similarly, a Habiru man named Atal-Teshup, along with all his household, sold themselves into service. Scholars have claimed these documents more than likely represented contracts of such service agreements. In one informative tablet, the conditions of such agreements are given in depth. continued....
Dang not a single reply well I read it I do find it very interesting Alot of things I had no idea of. Well done
Interesting. Cannot say that I have heard of them,possibly because when studying that area in history people tend to write books on the Hittites,Persian/Medes,Babylonians, etc. I have a good book I am reading now called, Myths from Mesopotamia,basically it is just printed version of the cuneiform tablets etc they have found with the stories of Creation,The flood,Gilgamesh and much more. Interesting to see how things are picked up by some people and then transferred to others,myths I mean. Great Museum for the middle east. Istanbul,those Ottomans were very busy collecting everything they could.
Oh my.. that does sound interesting. Recently in Arabia.. Prince Salman sent out a call to Americans who had picked up artifacts in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s.. They returned so many artifacts to Arabia.. were invited to visit and thanked for "preserving a heritage that might have otherwise been lost"............
