5, 54. The border line between the original country of Assyria and Elam cannot be ascertained with certainty.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker
Hence we may perhaps take the Diala as the border between the later Assyria and Elam.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker
If the princes of Erech, Nipur and Babylon had to repel the attacks of Elam, the Assyrian land, a region of moderate extent, lay under the spurs of the Armenian table-land, under the ranges of the Zagrus.
"The History of Antiquity, Vol. II (of VI)"
Max Duncker