cuneiform script. Išpakāya was a Scythian king who ruled during the period of the Scythian presence in Western Asia in the 7th century BCE. Išpakāya (𒁹𒅖𒉺𒅗𒀀𒀀)...

activities in West Asia and refer to the first recorded Scythian king, Išpakāya, as an ally of the Mannaeans. Around this time, Aḫšēri was hindering operations...

sound change from /δ/ to /l/. *Spakāya Akkadian: 𒁹𒅖𒉺𒅗𒀀𒀀, romanized: Išpakāya Hypocoristic derivation from the word *spaka, meaning "dog." *Spargapis...