Duri-Ashur

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Duri-Aššur was an Assyrian governor of Tušan on the upper Tigris . Under Tiglat-Pilesar I he was eponym administrator for the year 728 BC. And thus a high dignitary. He is the author of a number of letters that have been kept in the Nimrud archives.

literature

  • Bradley J. Parker, Garrisoning the Empire: Aspects of the Construction and Maintenance of Forts on the Assyrian Frontier. Iraq 59, 1997, pp. 77-87.
predecessor Office successor
Liphur-ilu Limmu official
728/727 BC Chr. 		Bēl-Ḫarrān-bēlu-uṣur
personal data
SURNAME Duri-Ashur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Assyrian governor of Tušan and eponym officer
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 8th century BC BC or 7th century BC Chr.