igned ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁to ▁mid ▁ 8 th ▁century ▁BC , ▁probably ▁around ▁ 7 9 0 ▁BC . ▁App oint ed ▁as ▁a ▁reg ent ▁for ▁the ▁under age ▁children ▁of ▁his ▁dece ased ▁lord ▁Ast ir u wa , ▁Y ari ri ▁had ▁apparently ▁also ▁held ▁an ▁earlier ▁important ▁position , ▁possibly ▁as ▁the ▁king ' s ▁viz ier ▁or ▁at ▁least ▁as ▁close ▁conf id ant ▁and ▁ad visor ▁to ▁the ▁king . ▁To ▁be ▁able ▁to ▁ful fill ▁his ▁oblig ations ▁in ▁these ▁positions , ▁Y ari ri ▁got ▁an ▁excellent ▁education ▁from ▁the ▁king . ▁He ▁spoke ▁twelve ▁languages ▁and ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁write ▁four ▁different ▁scripts ▁( the ▁writing ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁= ▁Lu w ian ▁hier og lyph s , ▁the ▁writing ▁of ▁S ura ▁or ▁Ty re ▁( Z ura ) ▁= ▁Ur art ian ▁or ▁Pho en ician ▁script , ▁the ▁Ass y rian ▁script ▁and ▁the ▁writing ▁of ▁the ▁Ta im ani ▁= ▁Ar ama e an ▁script ). ▁During ▁his ▁reg ency , ▁Y ari ri ▁had ▁numerous ▁diplom atic ▁contacts ▁with ▁M iz ra ▁( E gypt ), ▁Mus a ▁( L yd ians ), ▁Mus ka ▁( Ph ry gi ans ), ▁* 4 7 5 - la ▁( U r art u ?, ▁Bab yl onia ?) ▁S ura ▁( U r art u ?, ▁Pho en icia ?, ▁Tab al ?) ▁and ▁possibly ▁also ▁with ▁Ass y ria . ▁ ▁During ▁Y ari ri ' s ▁reg