Letters from Šabhanu (nos. 59-61)

Reporting nothing unusual, the commanders Ha'il-il and Zabdi-il sent letters nos. 59-61 to Sargon from Šabhanu and its fortress. The town Šabhanu can be located only approximately in middle Babylonia, southeast of Babylon and near Bit-Dakuri. Possibly the reinforcements requested by Šarru-emuranni in SAA 15 238 might have helped to establish firm Assyrian control over this region.

Manfried Dietrich

Manfried Dietrich, 'Letters from Šabhanu (nos. 59-61)', The Neo-Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib, SAA 17. Original publication: Helsinki, Helsinki University Press, 2003; online contents: SAAo/SAA17 Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2024 [http://oracc.org/saao/saa17/PresentationoftheLetters/FromShabhanunos.59-61/]

 
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