Abstract
The royal correspondence of the Assyrian empire is one of the most important primary sources available to the modern historian; but these enigmatic letters are usually undated, and the context for specific letters is frequently difficult to determine. Occasionally a distinctive introductory formula may serve as a criterion for discerning authorship of a letter. This study presents evidence that the governors of Uruk in southern Babylonia used such a distinctive introductory formula in their letters to Sargonid rulers during the seventh century B.C.
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