Mushêzib-Marduk is also mentioned by Nabû-zêr-ukîn, in a letter to the
king,(902) in close connection with Shum-iddin, the governor of Dûr-ilu.
It is not clear what the writer had to say of him, but farther on in the
letter Bêl-ibnî is named. The same Nabû-zêr-ukîn is mentioned in a tablet
of epigraphs,(903) where he is associated with Shamash-shum-ukîn,
Tammaritu and Indabigash. He is there said to be son of Nabû-mushêṣi. In
another letter he writes with Adadi-shum-uṣur, Nabû-shum-iddin, Ardi-Ea,
and Ishtar-shum-êresh to the king,(904) but hardly anything remains except
a mention of Nineveh. The same group of writers is elsewhere associated
with Nabû-mushêṣi. Of another letter(905) from him to the king only the
introduction is found.
(M817) Kudur, governor of Erech, was a frequent correspondent with the
king. A score of letters from him to the king, or from the king to him,
are preserved. They are nearly all concerned, more or less, with the
events during the great rebellion. There were several others of the name,
one an Elamite prince, son of Ummanaldash. The name itself may be Elamite
and may point to a strong admixture of Elamite blood in Erech. The element
Kudur occurs in such names as Kudur-Mabug, Kudur-Naḫunte, and
Kudur-lagamar, the prototype of Chedorlaomer. There was another Kudur, son
of Dakkuri, who was brought captive to Assyria with Shum-iddin. We may
take as one example:(906)
To the king of countries, my lord, thy servant Kudur. May Bêl and
Nabû decree peace, health, and length of days for the king, my
lord, forever. Since I was in the enemy’s country the Puḳudu have
made an end of the Bît-Amuḳâni, servants of my lord, the king, by
their attacks. The cities which were to be held for the king, my
lord, they captured. Let the servants of the king, my lord, march.
They have occupied the cities, killed the men and ravished the
women. Also they have attacked Ṣâbâ, the body-guard. The day they
reached Bît-Amuḳâni, it is said, the attackers attacked the
body-guard. I sent soldiers, saying, “Go, slay ‘Ala’ with the
pike, save the garrison and take them captive.” When on the king’s
canal they attacked Nabû-shar-uṣur, the colonel, he took them
captive. Let the king, my lord, inquire of them, as he can. The
king, my lord, knows how Bît-Amuḳâni is destroyed. The Puḳudu keep
their land. The soldiers with us have not set out, and they are
the attackers, and we abhor the alienation of territory. Let the
king, my lord, give orders and the soldiers shall set out against
the cities, where they dwell.
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