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Pisiri King of Carchemish fl. 738-17 BC[1] Other names: Pisiris[2] Main Events He was accused by Assyria of communicating with the Phrygian king for the purposes of forming an alliance and lead to the invasion of Carchemish. He and his family were sent to Assyria as prisoners and Carchemish lost its independence.[1]

········································································································ Sources 1. T. Bryce. The World of the Neo-Hittite Kingdoms: a Political and Military History. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. 2. T. Bryce. The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: From the Early Bronze Age to the Fall of the Persian Empire. London; New York, Routledge, 2009.

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