Tattannu (1 jan 522 ano antes da era comum – 1 jun 489 ano antes da era comum)

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Queen Esther wife of Xerxes Chronological, Historical and Archaeological Evidence by Gerard Gertoux

...the governor of the land of Judea was under the authority of Tattannu, the governor of [the lands] Beyond the River, exactly as the Bible reports: The copy of the letter which Tattenai the governor of the province Beyond the River and Shethar-bozenai and his associates the governors who were in the province Beyond the River sent to Darius the king (Ezr 5:6). According to the Bible, Rehum ruled (538?-522) the province Beyond the River as “royal prefect” (Ezr 4:7-21), before Tattenai.

...Tattannu, also called Nabû-tattannu-uṣur, is well attested [From the Tattannu Archive Fragment]. He had to collaborate with Uštanu the governor of Babylon and Beyond the River (satrapy).

Historical information about the Transeuphratene area “Beyond the river” given by Herodotus and the Bible during Darius I’s reign, as names and titles of rulers, as well as chronological data is extremely reliable. Similarly, during Artaxerxes I’s reign, according to Nehemiah, the governor of Judah: Then I came to the governors beyond the River, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me captains of the army and horsemen. And when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite (...) But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us (Ne 2:9-10,19). Evidences for the existences of Sanballat (Sin’uballit ‘Sin gives life’), the governor of Samaria, and Geshem (Gashmu ‘rain’), the governor of Arabia (and king of Qedar), have been discovered by archaeologists.

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