Editing Cimmerians (section)

=====Activities in Cilicia=====
Sensing the exhaustion of Neo-Assyrian power following the suppression of the revolt of Šamaš-šuma-ukin, the Cimmerians and Treres moved to Cilicia on the north-west border of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in {{c.|640 BC}} itself, immediately after their third invasion of Lydia and the attack on the Asian Greek cities. There, Dugdammî allied with Mugallu's son and successor as king of the then rebellious Assyrian vassal state of Tabal, Mussi, to attack the Neo-Assyrian Empire.<ref>{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{harvnb|Grousset|1970|p=8}}|{{harvnb|Tokhtas’ev|1991}}|{{harvnb|Ivantchik|1993a|p=124}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2017|p=71}}|{{harvnb|Cunliffe|2019|p=33}}|{{harvnb|Cunliffe|2019|p=106}}|{{harvnb|Kõiv|2022|p=264}}|{{harvnb|Fuchs|2023|p=758}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2023|p=219}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2023|p=219}}}}</ref>

Although the Urartians had sent tribute to the Neo-Assyrian Empire in 643 BC, the Urartian king Sarduri III ({{reign|{{c.|645}}|{{c.|625 BC}}}}), who had been a Neo-Assyrian vassal, was at this time also forced to accept the suzerainty of the Cimmerians.{{sfn|Diakonoff|1985|p=118}}{{sfn|Adalı|2017|p=71}}{{sfn|Adalı|2023|p=218}}

However, Mussi died before the planned attack on Neo-Assyrian Empire and his kingdom collapsed when its elite fled or was deported to Assyria, while Dugdammî carried it out but failed because, according to Neo-Assyrian sources, he became ill and fire broke out in his camp.<ref>{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{harvnb|Hawkins|1982|p=432}}|{{harvnb|Grayson|1991c|p=145}}|{{harvnb|Ivantchik|1993a|p=124}}|{{harvnb|Fuchs|2023|p=758}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2023|p=219}}}}</ref> Following this, Dugdammî was faced with a revolt against himself, after which ended his hostilities against the Neo-Assyrian Empire and sent tribute to Ashurbanipal to form an alliance with him, while Ashurbanipal forced Dugdammi to swear an oath to not attack the Neo-Assyrian Empire.{{sfn|Spalinger|1978a|p=407}}{{sfn|Fuchs|2023|p=758-759}}{{sfn|Adalı|2023|p=219-220}}

======Death of Dugdammî======
Dugdammî soon broke his oath and attacked the Neo-Assyrian Empire again, but during his military campaign he contracted a grave illness whose symptoms included paralysis of half of his body and vomiting of blood as well as gangrene of the genitals, and he consequently committed suicide in 640 BC<ref>{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{harvnb|Phillips|1972|p=132}}|{{harvnb|Spalinger|1978a|p=407}}|{{harvnb|Hawkins|1982|p=432}}|{{harvnb|Grayson|1991c|p=145}}|{{harvnb|Ivantchik|1993a|p=107}}|{{harvnb|Ivantchik|1993a|p=124}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2017|p=63}}|{{harvnb|Cunliffe|2019|p=33}}}}</ref> in Cilicia itself.<ref>{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{harvnb|Ivantchik|1993a|p=114}}|{{harvnb|Bouzek|2001|p=39}}|{{harvnb|Xydopoulos|2015|p=120}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2017|p=63}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2017|p=72}}|{{harvnb|Kõiv|2022|p=264}}|{{harvnb|Kõiv|2022|p=271}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2023|p=215}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2023|p=218}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2023|p=220}}|{{harvnb|Fuchs|2023|p=759}}}}</ref>

Dugdammî was succeeded as king of the Cimmerians in Cilicia by his son [[Sandakšatru]],<ref>{{Unbulleted list citebundle|{{harvnb|Spalinger|1978a|p=407}}|{{harvnb|Tokhtas’ev|1991}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2017|p=63}}|{{harvnb|Kõiv|2022|p=264}}|{{harvnb|Adalı|2023|p=220}}|{{harvnb|Fuchs|2023|p=759}}}}</ref> who continued Dugdammî's attacks against the Neo-Assyrian Empire{{sfn|Ivantchik|1993a|p=115}} but failed just like his father.{{sfn|Sulimirski|Taylor|1991|p=559}}{{sfn|Ivantchik|1993a|p=124}}

The power of the Cimmerians dwindled quickly after the death of Dugdammî,{{sfn|Ivantchik|1993a|p=107}}{{sfn|Adalı|2023|p=221}} although the Lydian kings Ardys and Sadyattes might however have either died fighting the Cimmerians or were deposed for being incapable of efficiently fighting them, respectively in {{c.|637}} and {{c.|635 BC}}.{{sfn|Dale|2015|p=160-161}}