My Hurrian army for DSC principally represents a
semi-nomadic tribe such as the Turukkeans, during the 18th century BC,
but also any one of the petty kingdoms of the Habur triangle that the
kings of Šubat-Enlil or Mari periodically fought and subdued. It is
generic enough to represent other non-Hurrian peoples on the fringe of
the Akkadian and Amorite kingdoms and periodically troubling them or
dominating them, such as the Lullubi, the Guti or the Kassites.
Military sources are few and far between,
so I have based my army on representation (and figures) for the Guti
and on various official army lists which may or may not be historically
accurate.
The bow- and axe-armed bodyguard are mentioned in sources relative to
the Guti; the Hurrians may or may not have possessed such troops; I have
included them as they are possible, and do offer something a little
different on the battlefield.
The javelineers fight as a horde and are rated as impetuous on the basis of (generally poetical) descriptions of such peoples in cuneiform texts, in particular in the literary genre known as Lamentations. The pihrum citadin represents more sedentary elements of the population, dressed as and fighting in the fashion of their Amorite and Syrian neighbours.
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