168 Peter Dubovsk´ y basis (53) The defeat of the Arabian queen Samsi resulted in his appointing an Assyrian inspector in her territory backed by a regiment of 10,000 soldiers (Summ. 4:26; 7:2’; 9:22). Tax collectors were another reminder of the Assyrian presence. ND 2064 mentions taxes collected from Ekron and Gaza, SAA I 220 corn taxes from Samaria, and letters ND 2430, 2715, 2716, 2773 mention collecting taxes in Phoenicia. Finally, Assyrian officials visited the vassal cities and reported on the situation in the annexed territories. Thus, letter ND 2417 mentions an Assyrian official visiting Samaria. * ** This review of the aftermaths of Tiglath-pileser III’s campaigns indicates that the Assyrians used several means to keep the territory under their control. The destruction of the cities, heavy tributes, and pillaging of entire regions economically debilitated the region. Even though the numbers of deportees are imprecise, Tiglath-pileser III’s massive deportation of the local inhabitants and their substitution with exiles from another parts of the Empire weakened local resistance. Finally, the administrative reorganization strengthened Assyrian control and kept the royal court in Nineveh informed about the most recent developments in the Levant on a regular basis. Thus, the combination of sophisticated logistics with good administration was one of the prerequisites of successful Assyrian control of the Levant. Pontifical Biblical Institute Peter DUBOVSKY Via della Pilotta, 25 00187 Rome SUMMARY The aim of this article is to investigate Tiglath-pileser III’s campaigns against the Levant in 734-732 B.C. The campaigns can be divided into three phases. In the first phase, the Assyrians conquered Tyre and the coast. In the second phase, they defeated Syrian troops in battle, conquered Transjordan and made a surprise attack on the Arabian tribes. In the last phase, they conquered Damascus, Galilee and Gezer. In the second part of this article, the author investigates the logistics of these campaigns and at the end the author evaluated the consequences of the Assyrian invasion in terms of human and material losses and the administrative reorganization of the region. (53) For other cases of collecting information from occupied territories in the Levant see ND 2662, 2686, 2773, and 2716.