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STATE ARCHIVES OF ASSYRIA XIX
Sender, profession Letter(s) Proposed date Grounds or reference for
dating
NN No. 150 c. 731–729 Possibly booty and deportees
from Dur-ša-Balihaya
(of Bit-Ša’alli)
Merodach-baladan, king
of the Sealand
No. 122 Probably 731–729 Merodach-baladan bringing
barley in his boats to
the king
NN No. 125 731 or 729 “The k[ing has com]e
out” (lines 1f); Mukinzeri
rebellion
Šamaš-bunaya, Assyrian
prefect in northern Babylonia
(and Nabû-nammir
in nos. 98)
Nos. 98;
100–101
c. 730 No. 98: Mukin-zeri in(?)
Babylon; Dilbat; no. 100:
troop movements in Babylonia;
no. 101: recruiting
men from and between
Marad (of Bit-Dakkuri)
and Parak-mari
King (Tgl) No. 7 c. 730 The recipient is Belu-ludari,
probably governor
of Tillê and eponym of
the year 730
NN No. 129 c. 730 Obviously written during
the Mukin-zeri rebellion:
no citizens of Babylon
have deserted to the Assyrian
side
Iqipi No. 142 c. 730 The oblates of Cutha and
Babylon arriving in a fortress
(lines 9–13); this
may relate to the events
of no. 125 r.17ff
King (Tgl) No. 1 r.15 729–II–26 or 720–
II–26
The letter may indicate
the end of “Mukin-zeri rebellion”
Aššur-šallimanni, governor
of Arrapha
Nos. 80–81 729 No. 80: Mukin-zeri
killed; no. 81: 6,000 Babylonian
deportees probably
resulting from the
Mukin-zeri rebellion
Hamapi No. 140 729 Mukin-zeri and his allies
are defeated
[Šamaš-bunaya, Assyrian
prefect in northern Babylonia,
with Nabû-nammir]
No. 99 c. 729 Babylon in Assyrian
hands
Nabû-nammir, vizier No. 105 c. 729 Possibly related to the
end of the Mukin-zeri rebellion
Inurta-ila’i No. 56 729–727 Inurta-ila’i is bringing
the men of Puqudu to the
Palace
[Qurdi-Aššur-lamur], governor
of Ṣimirra or the
chief eunuch
No. 24 c. 728 Metenna (Matenni)
paying tribute to Assyria,
see PNA 2/II, p. 750a
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