Editing Neriglissar (section)

=== Campaign in Anatolia ===
In Neriglissar's third year as king, 557 BC, he led a successful military campaign into [[Anatolia]], an expedition chronicled in contemporary annals (chiefly the 'ABC 6' chronicle).{{Sfn|Wiseman|1991|p=242}} The campaign was in response to rumours that Appuwashu{{Sfn|Wiseman|1991|p=242}} (''Appuašu''),{{Sfn|Lendering|2006|p=}} king of Piriddu{{Sfn|Wiseman|1991|p=242}} or Pirindu,{{Sfn|Lendering|2006|p=}} was planning a raid into Syria. To counter this raid, Neriglissar marched his army into Hume (eastern [[Cilicia]], under Babylonian control ever since the fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire). Although Appuwashu, who ruled a portion of territory west of Hume, had prepared ambushes and attacks to halt the Babylonian advance, he was defeated and pursued by Neriglissar for more than {{convert|25|km|mi}} of mountainous terrain along the Cilician coast until he reached his capital, [[Ura, Anatolia|Ura]], which was taken and sacked by Neriglissar.{{Sfn|Wiseman|1991|p=242}} Where Ura was located is unclear today, but it must have been somewhere in the vicinity of the modern city [[Silifke]].{{Sfn|Lendering|2006|p=}} After this victory, Neriglissar continued his campaign, marching another 65 kilometres to the north{{Sfn|Wiseman|1991|p=242}} along the [[Göksu]] river{{Sfn|Lendering|2006|p=}} to attack and destroy the city [[Kirshu]] (rebuilt centuries later as [[Claudiopolis (Cilicia)|Claudiopolis]]).{{Sfn|Wiseman|1991|p=242}}

After having taken Kirshu, Neriglissar undertook an amphibious attack against the island Pitusu, two miles off-shore, and then laid waste to the mountain passes that led to the settlement [[Sallune]] at the border of [[Lydia]]. Though Appuwashu escaped Neriglissar's onslaught, the campaign was successful in asserting Babylonian control of Piriddu and turned the small kingdom into a buffer state between the Babylonian, Lydian and [[Medes|Median]] empires.{{Sfn|Wiseman|1991|p=242}}

The account of the campaign presented in the ABC 6 chronicle reads:{{Sfn|Lendering|2006|p=}}
{{quote| quote = Appuašu, the king of Pirindu, mustered a large army and set out to plunder and sack Syria. Neriglissar mustered his army and marched to Hume to oppose him.<br>Before his arrival Appuašu placed the army and cavalry which he had organized in a mountain valley ambush. When Neriglissar reached them he inflicted a defeat upon them and conquered the large army. The army and numerous horses he captured. He pursued Appuašu or a distance of fifteen double-hours and marched through difficult mountains, where men must walk in single file, as far as Ura, the royal city.<br>He captured him, seized Ura, and sacked it. When he had marched for a distance of six double hours through rough mountains and difficult passes, from Ura to Kirši – his forefather's royal city – he captured Kirši, the mighty city, his royal metropolis. He burnt its wall, its palace, and its people.<br>Pitusu, a land in the midst of the ocean, and six thousand combat troops who were stationed in it he captured by means of boats. He destroyed their city and captured their people.<br>In that same year from the pass of Sallune to the border of Lydia he started fires. Appuašu fled, so he did not capture him.{{Sfn|Lendering|2006|p=}}|author=|title=|source=}}

In February 556 BC, Neriglissar turned home, a journey which probably would have taken him about fifty days. That his campaign had been conducted so far from Babylonia's core territory could mean that he was aided by the Median Empire, or that the campaign was partially intended to counteract the growing influence of the Medes in Anatolia.{{Sfn|Wiseman|1991|p=242}}