Copies of this Akkadian inscription of Aššur-etel-ilāni are known from a clay tablet and two small clay cylinders. This text records that Aššur-etel-ilāni had the remains of a seventh-century chieftain of Bīt-Dakkūri returned from Assyria to the latter's ancestral home, Dūru-ša-Ladīni ("Fortress of Ladīnu"). The tribal leader in question, Šamaš-ibni, was likely the Dakkurian leader whom Esarhaddon (680–669) had taken to Assyria and executed in 678. This good deed on the part of Aššur-etel-ilāni presumably reflects his attempt to win the support of that important Chaldean tribe in Babylonia.
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Grant Frame & Jamie Novotny
Grant Frame & Jamie Novotny, 'Information on Aššur-etel-ilāni Scores', RINAP Scores, The RINAP Scores sub-project of the RINAP Project, 2023 [http://oracc.org/rinap/scores/ashuretelilaniscores/]