Tilla


Tilla (also the New Siargian Til-uli?) - An ancient city in northern Mesopotamia, mentioned for the first time in documents from the Mari archives dating from the reign of King Zimri-Lima (1774-1762 BC). They mention the attack on the city of Tilla, ruled by King Sams-Eraha, to carry out units of Himdiji from Andarig and Aqba-hammu of Karana. In other places, it was presumed that for some time the town was occupied by troops from Esznunny. Tilla could also join the attacks on the kingdom of Ilan-sura, which is located on the Chabur, because of the letter in which the ruler of Ilan-sury, Haja-Sumu, appeals to his sovereign, Zimri-Lima, to ask for help in dealing with this city. p>

This town, under the name of Tille, reappears in Assyrian sources from the 1st half of the 1st millennium. p.n.e., which place them on the land belonging to the kingdom of Kadmuhu. Tille is probably the city of Tilhli, in which the Assyrian king Ashur Safirpal II (883-859 BC), during his expedition to Kadmuhu in 879 BC, devoted his palace. This expedition led to the conquest of Kadmuhu by the Assyrians, who annexed this kingdom, transforming them into two provinces: Shahpadpa and Tille. During the reign of Adad-nirari III (810-783 BC) and his successors, the governors of Tille had held the office of Lima (eponima) several times. The province of Tille is mentioned in the correspondence of Tiglat-Pileser III (744-727 BC), in the administrative documents of Sargon II (722-705 BC) and in Asarhaddon (680-669 BC) and Ashurbanipala (669-627 BC). / p>

The Assyrian governors of Tille are known for their Assyrian letters and epitaphs: Bibliography

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