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STATE ARCHIVES OF ASSYRIA XIX<br />
Correspondents<br />
Qurdi-Aššur-lamur, governor <strong>of</strong> \imirra 11 3<br />
Aššur-šallimanni, governor <strong>of</strong> Arrapha (eponym <strong>of</strong> the year 735) 9 4<br />
Ašipâ 5 (a royal transportation <strong>of</strong>ficer active esp. in Babylonia) 7<br />
Inurta-ila’i, governor <strong>of</strong> Na*ibina 6 (eponym <strong>of</strong> the years 736 and 722) 7<br />
Nabû-nammir (vizier?) 5 7<br />
Šamaš-bunaya, Assyrian prefect in northern Babylonia 5<br />
Duri-Aššur, governor <strong>of</strong> Tušhan (eponym <strong>of</strong> the year 728) 5 8<br />
Nabû-belu-ka’’in, governor <strong>of</strong> Kar-Šarruken and later <strong>of</strong> Lubda 5<br />
Aššur-le’i (a high-ranking military <strong>of</strong>ficial) 4 9<br />
Inurta-belu-u*ur, governor <strong>of</strong> Arpad 4<br />
Ululayu (Shalmaneser V), crown prince 4 10<br />
Aššur-da’’inanni, governor <strong>of</strong> Mazamua (eponym <strong>of</strong> the year 733) 3<br />
Aššur-matka-tera (<strong>of</strong>ficial, an agent <strong>of</strong> the king?) 3<br />
Bel-duri, governor <strong>of</strong> Damascus 3<br />
Nabû-balassu-iqbi (a Babylonian/Chaldean tribal leader) 3<br />
Nabû-e#iranni, chief cupbearer (eponym <strong>of</strong> the year 740) 3<br />
Adda-hati, governor <strong>of</strong> Man*uate(?) 2<br />
Aššur-ila’i (governor?) 2<br />
Aššur-nirka-da’’in, governor <strong>of</strong> Assur (eponym <strong>of</strong> the year 720) 2<br />
Aššur-šimanni, governor <strong>of</strong> Kilizi (eponym <strong>of</strong> the year 724) 2<br />
Mahdê (Ammi-hatî), governor <strong>of</strong> Nineveh (eponym <strong>of</strong> the year 725) 2 11<br />
Mušezib-ilu (a royal transportation <strong>of</strong>ficer) 2 12<br />
Sennacherib, crown prince 2 13<br />
Šarru-duri, governor <strong>of</strong> Calah 2<br />
Two <strong>of</strong> the extant letters may have been sent to the palaces <strong>of</strong> Calah by<br />
Bel-eriba, 14 Nahiši, 15 Nergal-uballiṭ, 16 Šamaš-ahu-iddina 17 and Šamaš-ila’i. 18<br />
This representative proportion <strong>of</strong> letters by relatively few senders may indicate<br />
that power in the Assyrian empire <strong>of</strong> the late eighth century was steadily<br />
concentrated in a few hands.<br />
Governors Appointed by Tiglath-pileser III<br />
According to his royal inscriptions, Tiglath-pileser III installed his eunuchs<br />
as provincial governors over the local people in many regions that he annexed<br />
to Assyria and turned into Assyrian provinces. However, a typical feature <strong>of</strong><br />
his royal inscriptions is the standard phrase regarding these appointments, šu − t-<br />
re − š l − ya šaknu muhhišunu aškun, “I placed my eunuch(s) as governor(s) over<br />
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