Ebir-Nari

Ebir-Nari (also Ebirnari, Eber Nāri ) was the Akkadian term used to describe the Achaemenid satrapy of the Transeuphratene (composed of Latin trans “(over) over”, “beyond”, “on the other side” and ancient Greek Εὐφράτης Euphrátēs “ Euphrates “) ( Old Persian Aṯūrā ; Aramaic ' ^A bar Nah ^a rā,' abar-naharā ; Hebrew ' eber hannāhar ), which as a region on the other side of the river included the areas of Syria , Phenicia and Palestine . With the satrapy of Babylonia , she initially formed a double satrapy . Darius I established it from around 518 BC. Then as a separate administrative unit with its own satrap.

Satraps

• Hystanes , under Darius I (since the first year of reign as satrap of the common satrapy of Babylonia / Ebir-Nari)
• Addaios (?), Under Xerxes I.
• Megabyzos II , under Artaxerxes I.
• Belesys I from 407 BC Under Dareios II. And Artaxerxes II.
• Belesys II. , Under Artaxerxes II. And Artaxerxes III.
• Mazaios , under Darius III.
• Arimmas , under Alexander the Great

literature

• Dietz-Otto Edzard et al .: Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Near-Asian Archeology , Vol. 4. de Gruyter, Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-1100-6772-2 , pp. 155–156.
• Hilmar Klinkott : The satrap. An Achaemenid office bearer and his room for maneuver (= Oikumene. Studies on ancient world history; Vol. 1), Verlag Antike, Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3-938032-02-2 , pp. 117, 483, 507-508. ( Review )
• Anson F. Rainey: The Satrapy 'Beyond the River'. In: Australian Journal of Biblical Archeology 1.2, 1969, pp. 51-78. ( Digitized ; PDF; 1.7 MB)