Ili-ippašra

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Ili-ippašra is a Kassite official who is known from two letters from Nippur . These letters are addressed to Illijah, the governor of Nippur. Ilī-ippašra calls him brother, which, however, does not have to mean an actual relationship, but was also a common form of address among peers. The letters were probably sent from Dilmun and date under Burna-buriaš II (around 1360 BC to 1333 BC). One of them starts with the formula: Inzak and Meskilak , the gods of Dilmun, may protect your life. The letters are of particular importance as they show that Dilmun was under Kassite rule at the time. Ilī-ippašra was probably the governor in Dilmun.

literature

  • PB Cornwall: Two Letters from Dilmun. In: Journal of Cuneiform Studies Vol. 6, No. 4 (1952), pp. 137-145.
  • E. Olijdam: Nippur and Dilmun in the second half of the fourteenth century BC: a re-evaluation of the Ili-ippashra letters. In: Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies Vol. 27 (1997), pp. 199-204.
  • DT Potts: Elamites and Kassites in the Persian Gulf , in: Journal of Near Eastern Studies , 65/2, 2006, p. 116.
personal data
SURNAME Ili-ippašra
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ilī-ippašra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Kassite official
DATE OF BIRTH 15th century BC BC or 14th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 14th century BC BC or 13th century BC Chr.