Ḳaus-malaka (
Akkadian: 𒋡𒍑𒈠𒆷𒅗 ''Qauš-malaka'';
Edomite: 𐤒𐤅𐤎𐤌𐤋𐤊 ''Qāws-melek'' or ''Qāws-malāk'') was the king of Udumi (
Edom
Edom (; Edomite language, Edomite: ; , lit.: "red"; Akkadian language, Akkadian: , ; Egyptian language, Ancient Egyptian: ) was an ancient kingdom that stretched across areas in the south of present-day Jordan and Israel. Edom and the Edomi ...
) during the reign of the
Assyria
Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , ''māt Aššur'') was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization that existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC and eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC t ...
n king
Tiglath-Pileser III. His name can either mean "
Qaus is king" (-''melek'') or "Qaus rules" (-''malek'').
References
Kings of Edom
7th-century BC people
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