ī - ipp a š ra ▁some ▁years ▁later , ▁when ▁he ▁is ▁station ed ▁in ▁D il mun , ▁in ▁his ▁correspond ence ▁with ▁En l il - k id in ni , ▁who ▁was ▁the ▁governor , ▁or ▁š and ab ak ku , ▁of ▁N ipp ur , ▁ca . ▁ 1 3 4 2 - 1 3 3 6 ▁BC , ▁whom ▁he ▁addresses ▁as ▁Ill ili ya , ▁a ▁familiar ▁hyp oc or ist icon . ▁The ▁K ass ite ▁administrative ▁center ▁was ▁at ▁Q al ' at ▁al - B ah rain , ▁confirmed ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁by ▁the ▁discovery ▁of ▁a ▁large ▁cache ▁of ▁c une iform ▁table ts . ▁Three ▁letters ▁have ▁been ▁found ▁in ▁Ira q , ▁but ▁one ▁of ▁these ▁is ▁il leg ible ▁apart ▁from ▁the ▁opening ▁sal ut ation ▁and ▁mention ▁of ▁a ▁certain ▁“ ro yal ▁command ”. ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁content ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁letters ▁concerns ▁the ▁ne f ari ous ▁activities ▁of ▁the ▁A ḫ lam û , ▁where ▁the ▁term ▁is ▁used ▁perhaps ▁as ▁“ B ed ou in ” ▁might ▁be ▁today , ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁employed ▁elsewhere ▁as ▁a ▁syn onym ▁for ▁' Am ur ru ' ▁( MA R . T U . ME Š ), ▁in ▁the ▁Middle ▁Eu phr ates ▁and ▁in ▁western ▁Sy ria ▁regions . ▁Il ī - ipp a š ra ▁does ▁not ▁appear ▁to ▁be ▁totally ▁in ▁control ▁of ▁the ▁events ▁unfold ing ▁around ▁him