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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 213. A Case Concerning a Town (ABL 1407)
(1) A letter (to) Nabû-hamatua: your servant Kuškayu. Good health to my lord! (4) Please present before Aššur-šarru-uṣur the case of the town in my hands which I told you about. (9) Let him qu[ick]ly send a letter to the city overseer or to the prefect, telling him to remove everybody from the orchard. (r 8) I will keep vigil there.
Daily LifeEconomy~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 214. Envelope of the Previous Letter (ABL 1407A)
(1) A letter (to) Nabû-hamatua: (2) your servant Kuškayu. (3) The best of health to my lord!
Daily LifeEconomy~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 215. The Troops of Mazamua (NL 089)
(1) [To the ki]ng, my lord: [your servant] Adad-issiya. [Good] health to the king, my lord! (4) [As t]o the order that the king, my lord, gave me: "Review the troops of Mazamua and write me!" — (here are the facts): (6) 10 wagons; 20 large-wheeled chariots, 10 (of them) horse-driven, 10 mule-driven; 30 teams; 97 riding horses; 11 chariot drivers; 12 'third men'; [3]0 chariot fighters; 53 grooms of the [t]eams, in all 106 men and [30] chariots. (13) 161 cavalrymen, 130 grooms, 52 ...: in all 343 grooms. (15) [8] lackeys, 12 tailors, 20 cupbearers, 12 confectioners, 7 bakers, 10 cooks: in all…
Daily LifeEconomy~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 292. Building the City Wall of Dur-Šarruken (GPA 242)
(1) [T]o the ki[ng], my lord: [yo]ur [servant] Šarru-e[mu]ranni. [Good] health to the king, my lord! (4) As to what the king, my lord, wrote to m[e]: "Šarru-emur[anni] keeps coming and tel[ling me] that the city wall of Du[r-Šarruken ...] (Break) (r 2) Marduk-remanni [...]. (r 3) I shall be there too and keep wa[tch] over Iqiša-Marduk and his associates, until the king inst[ructs me] otherwise. (r 7) I have heard that Šarru-emuranni [has] come; [he is] in [...], and is indeed do[ing] the work.
Daily LifeEconomy~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 017. I have no Scribe (ABL 0151)
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Sîn-na'di. Good health to the king, my lord! (5) I have no scribe where the king sent me to. (9) Let the king direct either the governor [o]f Arrapha or Aššur-belu-taqqin to send me a scribe.
Daily LifeEconomy~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 041. Building Houses for Deportees (CT 53 158)
(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to] the king, my lord! (3) Concern[ing the ... about wh]ich the king, my lord, wrote [to me]: "The houses which are b[eing built] should be coate[d] with [bitumen] as in Ba[qarru]" — the king, my lord, knows that winters (lit. sn[ow] and ice) are very severe her[e]. Burnt bricks do not rem[ain] (whole) but disintegrate. Therefore [we] have built the house[s o]f mud-bricks. (14) The depor[tees wh]o came (16) [...] to the cit[y ...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 084. Receiving Tribute Horses; Constructing Kar-Šarrukin (NL 042)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) They will [bring] the h[ors]es and come. (3) As to the news of Daltâ, he is not leaving (his) house and nobody is entering into his presence. I have heard that he is collecting the rest of the tribute. I shall obligate him to deliver it. (6) I have taken the released Medes who are i[n my prese]nce (and) 30 horses. The remaining people are with me. (8) [I have re]ceived the tribute of the land of Zakrutu, 40 horses. They promised to give the rest [of the tribute]. (10) The king, my lord, [should send] (word) to the magnates that they may [proc]eed against Kuluman.…
Daily LifeEconomy~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 178. Merodach-Baladan is in Babylon, Bit-Dakkuri is well
(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) [......] wine [...] (r 3) [News of] Merodach-Baladan: [he is] in Ba[bylon]. (r 4) [......] Bit-Dakkuri is we[ll ...] (r 5) [...... are] keep[ing] watch over them
Daily LifeEconomy~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 208. Statement Concerning Merodach-Baladan (CT 53 408)
(1) [NN], a citizen of Babylon (2) has said [as fol]lows: (3) ["Merodach-Bal]adan has said: (4) ['...] I will kill you!' (5) [... w]hat work of [NN] (6) [... w]ith him do! (7) [......] to Mer[odach-Baladan] (8) [...... g]o! Merodach-[Baladan] (9) [......] to the [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily Life~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 218. Chaldean Informer Captured in Larak; Priest Brings Leftovers (ABL 0763+)
(1) [To the k]ing, my lord: [yo]ur [servant] Šarru-emuranni. [Good hea]lth to the king, my lord! The fort is [wel]l. (5) [...]hayu sent a Chaldean, an informer, to Larak. The [Lara]keans arrested him and took him [before] me. I asked him: "Where are you from?" He said: "A citizen of Babylon [sent me] to Larak." They said: "[He is] a crook, he lie[s]. We know him, (the) Nippurean(s) [...]." (r 2) Now then they are bringing him to the ki[ng, my lord]; let the ki[ng my lord] question him. (r 4) I asked him where the son of Ze[rî] is. He said: "He is encamped in the town Hiuru [of] the Puqudu [lan…
Daily LifeEconomy~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 275. Fragment of a Royal Letter Mentioning Nabu-belu-ka’’in (CT 53 975)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... are e]atin[g ...] (2) [...] whatever [st]raw there is [...] (3) [...] lift your eyes [...] (4) [...] Nabû-belu-ka''in [...] (5) [... y]ou (pl.) and he [...] (6) [...] ... in [...] (7) [... the] scholars [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 289. Envelope of no. 288 (ABL 0383)
(1) [To the deputy (governor)], my lord: (seal impression) (2) [your servant Aš]šur-reṣiwa. (seal impression)
Daily Life~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 389. (no title)
(1) [To the king, my lord]: yo[ur] servant [NN]. Good heal[th to the king, my lord]! (4) Concerning what the king, [my lord, wrote to me]: "Why is [the ......] delay[ed]?" (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 391. (no title)
(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) "they will g[o ......] (r 2) they will dra[g ......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 2
Sargon II 117
(i 1) The god Aššur, great lord, king of all the [Igīgū] god[s and] Anunnakū gods, lord of the lan[ds] ... [...], Aššur ... [...]; (i 5) the god Marduk, lord of all, who provides all [people] with food (and) grants [...]; the god Sîn, lord of heaven and [netherworld], exalted one, divine li[gh]t [of the gods]; the god Šamaš, bright ... [...] (i 10) ... the fo[e ...] ... [...] ... [...] ... [...] ... [...] (i 15) [Great god]s, ma[nagers of heaven and netherworld, who]se [attack means] battle and [strife, who nam]ed Sargon (II), ki[ng ...] ... [in accordance with] your heart’s desire: (i 19b)…
LawReligion & Myth
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine
SAA 17 083. Pardoning the Offences of Borsippa (ABL 1076)
With [............] the king, my lord, ... 1 [............ as many as] there are — [their] of[fences] let me investigate [............]. As for those whose offence is pa[rdonable, let him show mercy], and let him count them among [his own servants], and [let him assign (them)] to the guard of the king. The Borsippeans [............] are kidinnu-people (holders of privileged status). Because [he] showed mercy to [him] for [his] offence, as long as he lives [they will bless him], and [they will] not [commit] another offence. The king, your father, said to Rimu[tu] as follows: "The city-governo…
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine
SAA 17 090. Watch of Ekur and Nippur (CT 54 011)
[Tablet of the governor of Nippur (šandabakku)] [to] the king, his lord. [May there] be good health to the king, my lord! May the great gods of Ekur and Nippur let your hands attain whatever you devise! Concerning the matter about which the king wrote to me, saying: "[...] hither the son of ...ayu [...], place (him) at [my] fe[et]" — saying: "Let me [stren]gthen the watch" — and may the watch of Ekur and Nippur be [strong]! [N]inurta-naṣir, [...]-sâ, the chief brother (aḫu rabû), [...] he [...] the matters [...] the king [...] ...... (Remainder broken.)
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 002. You May not Write your Messages in Aramaic (CT 54 010)
(1) Say to Sin-iddina: thus says the king. I am well, [you] can be glad. (3) May the bread as well as the first quality beer of the temple be good! May the guard of Ur and my temples be very strong! (6) [Everything th]at you wrote in your letter [is ...]. (7) [As to what] you wrote: "If/since [the ...s] are finished, we will come up (for an audience) before Merodach-Baladan [...]" — now then [...] I will keep listening and [...]. (I swear) by [Aš]šur, Bel and Nabû, my gods, [that ...] ... is not gathered in. (13) [As to what you wrote]: "There are informers [... to the king] and coming to his…
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 003. Open the Gates of Uruk to my Army! (ABL 0914)
(1) Say to Bulluṭu: thus says the king. I am well, you can be glad. (4) Bel-iqiša, the prelate, speaks positively about you in my presence. Any time he stands in my presence, and [...]. (9) No[w then I am writing to you]: (10) Now [...... very] (11) much [......] (12) and Bel-iqi[ša, the prelate] (13) If Aššur, [Bel and Nabû], my gods [...] (15) to mend [......] (16) to[wards ......] (17) send [your messenger] here [and ...] let him [quickly] c[ome] to [...]! And let them bring your tablet to [...]. Open the gate to [my army] and be totally devoted [...] in this manner! (r 4) Perhaps you say:…
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 005. I Swear That You Will Keep your Dynastic House (CT 54 045)
(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) May I not d[ie ...! Until] I se[e] another [...], do not 'seize' your heart but come and [see] the face of Bel! (r 5) I swear by Bel and Nabû that nobod[y] has taken aw[ay] your dynastic house, that you indeed will see your dynastic house grow old in extreme old age. And we know for sure, that your son and your son's son will rule your [..., and th]at th[ey] indeed will [...] (Break) (e. 1) [...] they should go [...].
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 006. Elamite Affairs (CT 54 151)
(1) [Say] to [NN]: thus says [the king]: (3) The ne[ws ...] (4) that you [......] (5) ... [...] (6) No[w ......] (7) to [......] (Break) (r 1) [NN ......] (r 2) and [......] (r 3) he is hold[ing back ....] (r 4) Abi-[...] (r 5) change his mind [...] (r 6) let him come [here ...] (r 7) what you [...] (r 8) let him speak [...] (r 9) Humban-[...] (r 10) he held back [...] (r 11) to the presence [...] (r 12) Now to [...] (r 13) to the presence [...] (r 14) anything [...]
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 007. Providing Food for Starving Tribes (CT 54 042)
(1) [To the kin]g, my lord: [your servant Nabû-a]hhe-lumur. [Good health to] the king, my lord! The city and the guard [of the king], my lord, are well. [The tro]ops of the king, my lord, are well. (7) [Perhaps] the king, my lord, [will] say: "What [news] is there?" (10) When the [Hamaran]eans, [the] Lihuateans, [the] Rabileans (and) their people were starving for (lack of) bread, they entered [...], saying: "[May] the king [sen]d [bread] to us and [...] them with [the Hat]alleans (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 008. ‘Golden Heaven’ Removed from Esaggil; Famine (ABL 0468)
(1) [To the king, our lord: your servants Nabû-ahhe-lumur] and [NN. Good health] to the king, our lord. The city and the guard of the king, our lord, are well. (6) Perhaps the king will say: "Why have you not sent me any news?" (9) When Hulala, the 'temple-enterer' of Šamaš, went away, he took with him the golden heaven from Babylon. The priests of Bel have [...] with him ... [...] (r 1) [Having] raised [an attack] against us, they seized the golden heaven on top of it, and brought the heaven here from Esaggil. (r 6) The princes who lead us have made the lands starve, (so that) the Lihuateans…
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 009. Providing Oil and Leek for King’s Servants (ABL 0560)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) The ci[ty] and the guard of the king, my lord, are well. (4) When I wrote to Il-iada', "Send oil and cress here so that I can give to the king's servants," he refused to give them. Furthermore: (r 1) Nabû-na'id, a 'temple-enterer' of the temple, planned a crush against the city, saying "I will have the city destroyed!" (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 010. Merodach-Baladan Leaves Babylon for Dur-Yakin (ABL 0833)
(1) Yo[ur servant] Nabû-bel-šumate: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: I have sent my messenger to (ask for) the well-being of the king, the horses and the soldiers. (7) Certain Babylonians, the Gu[zummaneans], have come from Babylon, saying: "The son of Yakin has gone from Babylon to Dur-Y[akin] on the 11th day of Marchesvan (VIII)." I heard these news on the 15th day. Therefore [I sent them] to the presence of the king, my lord, without a night's rest. (17) Perhaps the king will [say]: "Wh[y did] you [not ...] in Bit-[Yakin ...]?" By the king's gods, even…
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 011. Sending Nergi to the King (ABL 0832)
(1) [Your servant Na]bû-bel-šumate: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: I have sent my messenger to (ask for) the well-being of the king, the horses and the soldiers. (8) [Concerning N]irgî [about whom the king] wrote, [I am now sending Nir]gî (11) [...] (12) [...] (13) [...] (14) [... of] the king, m[y] lord, (15) [...] anybody [...] (16) [...] Nergal-[...], son of An[a-Nabû-taklak] (r 1) [... they will we]ave them competently. (r 3) If the king, my lord, wishes, let him write to me, so they will weave the gowns and bring them to the king, my lord.
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 012. Visiting the King (ABL 0835)
(1) Your [ser]vant Nabû-bel-šumate: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: I have s[en]t my messenger to greet [the king], the hor[se]s and [the soldi]ers. (8) After [I went] to the palace to the presence of the king, my lord, (10) [...] ... [...] (11) [...] ... [...] (12) [...] 7 men (13) [...] Now (14) [...] ... (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 013. (no title) (ABL 0836)
(1) [Your servant] Nabû-bel-šumate: [I] would gladly die for the king, my lord! Say [to the king], my [l]ord: I have sent my [messenger] to greet [the king, the hor]ses and [the soldiers]. (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 014. (no title) (ABL 0837)
(1) [Your servant] Nabû-bel-šumate: [I would] gla[dly di]e fo[r the k]ing, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: I have sent my messenger to greet the king, the horses [and] the soldiers. (8) My [...], whom [...] to [...] (9) [...] Bit-[PN] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 015. Visit to Dur-Šarrukku (CT 54 337)
(1) [Your servant Nabû-bel-šumate: I would gladly die for the king, my lord]! Say [to the king], my [lo]rd: [I have sent m]y [messenger] to gree[t the king, the hors]es and the soldiers. (7) I was c[oming to Dur-Šar]rukku (8) [......] (9) [... the]re was not; Anu-[...], (10) [a ...] my companion, the leader [...] (11) [...] went [...] (12) [...] ... [...] (13) [...] ... [...] (14) [...] ... [...] (15) [... in the pr]esence of the king [...] (16) [...], saying: "W[hy ...] (17) [...] us [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 016. Joining the Royal Entourage (ABL 0838)
(1) [Tab]let of Nabû-bel-šumate and [NN] to the king, their lord. Good health to the king, [our] lo[rd]! (3) The king, our lord, has done us a favour; good deeds that not (even) a father has done to his son [...]: you have made us enter yo[ur] paternal house. (5) And when Keni heard about [this favour] that you did to us, he [...] all the lands (and) [...]ed the king, our lord. (8) Now then, the men [...] who are with Ana-Nabû-taklak [...]. (10) He knows their news. The land [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 017. Sending Hatallaeans to the King (ABL 0721)
(1) Your [servant] Marduk-šuma-iddina: I would gladly die for the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: I have sent my messenger to greet the king, the horses and the soldiers. (8) Concerning the Hatalleans of whom the king wrote: "Send (word) that 10 men from their midst should come to me" — (r 1) the king's bodyguard having come to me, I sent (word) and the Hatallaeans came to me. I have given 10 men to the hands of the bodyguard of the king, my lord.
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 018. (no title) (CT 54 268)
(1) [Your servant] Marduk-šuma-iddina. [I would gladly die] for the king, [my lord! Say t]o the king, [my] lord: [I have sent] my [messenger] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 019. Defending Oneself (ABL 0803)
(1) [Your servant] Marduk-šuma-iddina, the governor. [I] would gladly die for the king, my lord! May [Nabû and] Marduk bless (the king), my lord! [Say to the king], my lord: (5) [As to what the king wrote: "Gu]ard yourself!" — (6) [...] my grave misdemeanour [...] (7) [...] the king [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 020. Inviting the King to Babylon with the Army (ABL 0844)
(1) Your servant Belšunu: I would gladly die for the vizier, my lord! May Marduk and Zarpanitu bless my lord! Say to my lord: (7) Certain Babylonians, members of the nobility, friends who are loyal to the king and the vizier, my lord, have written to me from Babylon. Send us [go]od news, whatever is appropriate! (13) Whenever Nabû-ahhe-eriba goes out to the bridges at their command, [the so]n of Nabû-[ahhe-er]iba [op]posite to ...[...] (Break) (r 1) He (= Bel) has ordained that the son of Yakin be ousted [from] Babylon, and he has also spoken about the king's entry to Babylon. (r 5) Perhaps…
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 021. Inviting the King to Babylon to Establish its Privileges (ABL 1431)
(1) Yo[ur] servant (Bel-iqiša): I would gladly die for the vi[zier], my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless my lord! Say to my lord: (5) My lord must not say, "Why have I not heard his report and seen his message for a long time?" I have been imprisoned for two years, and even now, after I have been set free, I could not make any plans. When I was set free, I prayed to Bel and Nabû for the good health of the king, my lord, and of the vizier, saying, "When will the king, my lord, come here and establish the protection of Babylon?" (r 1) All Babylonians have daily confidence in this. Now, as the…
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 022. Sargon Invited to Intervene in Bab-Bitqi (ABL 0542)
(1) Your servant Bel-iqiša: I would gladly die for Sargon, the king of the universe, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king! Say to the king, my lord: I pray daily to Bel and Nabû for the good health of the king, my lord. (6) The king did not listen to any of the earlier reports that we sent to the king, my lord. Now after the delegates of Bit-Dakuri of one accord had written to Merodach-Baladan, and the šandabakku together with Nabû-le'i the governor and the troops of Bit-Yakin had marched to (Bab)-bitqi and the prefect had turned the charioteers of Bit-Dakuri, the Arameans and the men…
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 023. Let the King Come and Restore the Privileges of Babylon (CT 54 066)
(Beginning destroyed) (3) Baby[lon ...] (4) and [...] (5) uprooting [...] (6) the presence of the king [...] (7) the king to the house [...] (8) hor[ses ...] (9) the magnate[s ...] (10) in accordance with [...] (11) [...] ... [...] (12) my energy to [...] ... [...] (13) your [...] backed off [......] (14) there have been [si]gns, his land today (15) [...] Babylo[n ...] all [...] (16) [...] these [...] which were set(tled) (17) [...] is evil (18) [...] saying, "Let me send (it) to the king, my lord. If my report is not convenient for the king, let me send what is agreeable to the king." (21)…
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 024. Bad Omens for the Dynasty of the Sealand (CT 54 204)
(1) [Your servant Bel-iqiša]: I would gladly [die for the king], my [lord! May] Nab[û and Marduk] bless [the king], my [lord]! Say [to the king], my [lord]: (4) I daily bless [the king], my lord, saying: "May [the king], my [lord], stay alive and [may] Ea [grant him ... and] a wide [understanding]." (8) [...] your chosen name [...] (9) [...] ... Esaggil [...] (10) [...] the land to your hands [...] (11) [...] may he examine [...] (12) [...] may he get Babylon m[oving ...] (13) [...] words of the Lord-of-Lords, [Marduk, ...] (14) When [NN] seized Babylo[n, ...] (15) [... of] the Sealand,…
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 025. Invading Babylon and Borsippa (CT 54 079)
(1) [Your servant Bel-i]qiša. [I would gladly] die for Nabû-[šarru-uṣur, my lord! May Na]bû and Marduk ble[ss] my lord! [Say to] my [lord]: (3) Why [have they ...ed] me as if without exit [...]? (4) After [...] to the town Labba[nat], I have strengthened my [...] and hitched up m[ules ... at] fortified [...]s. (7) [...] they keep sending [...] (8) [...] they have [n]ot spared [...] for you (9) [...] they do not bring up [...] (10) [...] and to Baby[lon ...] (Break) (r 1) [...] ... [...] will hea[r ...] (r 2) [......-u]ṣur [...] all the Arameans at [his] disposal (r 3) [...] ... and [...] in…
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 026. Carrying Out a Task (ABL 1185)
(1) [Your servant] Bel-iqiša: I would gladly die for Nabû-šarra-[uṣur], the brother of Bel-usatu, my lor[d]! May [Nabû and] Marduk bless my lord! Say to my lord: (4) I attend to every order [with which] my lord has [entrusted] me. I have entrusted my life and [the ... of] my palace to my lord. (7) [...], when I came, his delegate did perform [...]. He is a friend [of ...] (9) Before entering [...] (10) [I e]ntered Babylon [with] the desired job. Before that it was Bel-iqiša, now [the commandant of] the fortress of the 'house.' Also Bel-ibni [and] Kurigalzu, the Babylonians, who are with me…
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 027. Assurances of Loyalty (CT 54 025)
(1) [Your servant Bel-iqiša. I would gladly die for the king of the world! May Nabû] and Mardu[k bl]es[s the king, my lord! S]ay to the k[ing, my lord]: (4) (As to) the ... of the city conquered [by the ki]ng, my lord, [...], may the king, my lord, command: "[Let] Ana-Na[bû-taklak ...] and steadfastly [... befo]re the king. Stay [...] with them like these men, and [...] with them!" (9) I shall write the king's [...] according to the comma[nd of the kin]g, my lord. (10) [...] their brother [...] (11) [...] ... [...] (12) [...] the king [...] (13) [...] ... and to [...] of Sargon (14) k[ing of…
Daily LifeEconomy
~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 028. Affairs of Babylon and Bit-Yakin (CT 54 076)
(1) Your servant [Bel-iqiša]: I would gladly die for [the king of the universe, my lord! May] Nabû [and Marduk bless] the king of the universe, my lord! (5) I p[ray] daily to Bel and Nabû [for the good health of the king, my lord]. (7) [...] and [...] his (8) [...] Bit-Yakin (9) [...] not agreeable [to] Nabû (10) [...] for Babylon [...] (11) [...] and wit[h ...] (12) [...] he receive[s ...] (13) [...] and the son [...] (14) [...] ... [...] (15) [the Ba]bylonians [...] (16) he has [...ed] Babylon (17) [ap]pointees of his hand [...] (18) [...] Bit-Yaki[n ...] (19) [...] he does not pla[ce ...] (…
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~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 029. Please Return my Sons and People from Calah (ABL 0698)
(1) Your servant Bel-iqiša: I would gladly die for the king of the universe, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord: (6) For the past five months I have been waiting for news from the king, my lord. And now, thanks to Bel and Nabû, he has co[me] to Calah safely, as usu[al]. (11) All my manservants who give me water to drink have run away, and my people in Calah have become afraid. (15) May the king command before winter sets in that they can be sent back! (Break) (r 1) Why ... [...] (r 2) of the king, my lord, [...], (r 3) and the king will hear [...]. (…
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~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 030. Fragment Mentioning Zera-ibni and Merodach-Baladan (ABL 1030+)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...]... of [NN ...] (2) [... h]e practiced, and Chalde[a ...] (3) [Šum]aya son of Nenê [...] (4) [Zer]a-ibni, the Babyloni[an, ...] (5) Merodach-Baladan, th[e son of Yakin, ...]. (6) After I had said: "Let them appoint [......], and besides [...]," Marduk-šarru-uṣur was appoi[nted ...]. Having [...ed] 10 shekels of gold [...], he is going back and forth [...] (11) they incite, until to [...] (12) brought them back. [...] (13) of Aqarâ son of Hab[a... ...] (14) They took Bit-Parasi-ili [...], saying, "He who insults the king's command shall [...]. Wait for me, until…
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~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 031. The Prelate in Disgrace with the King (CT 54 308)
(1) [Your servant Bel-iqiša]: I would gladly die for [the king of the universe], m[y lord! May] Nabû and Marduk bless [the king of the universe], my [lo]rd! In the morning and in the evening I pray to [Bel and] Nabû for the good [health of the k]ing, my lord. (8) [As soon as I] heard that ... (Break) (r 5) [Perhaps the king, my lord], will say: "I did not agree [...]." (r 7) [...] an inauspicious time (r 8) [...] Let me send/write [to the king], my [lord] (r 9) [...] and Bel-iqiša (r 10) [...]: the king will kill me. (r.e. 11) [...] ...
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~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 032. Babylonians Rejoicing and Praying for the King (CT 54 156)
(1) Yo[ur ser]vant In[a-tešî-eṭir: I would gladly die for] the king of the lands, my lord! May [Nabû and Marduk bless] the king of the lands, my lord! (4) The report on Babylon [is excellent]. The Babylonians are hap[py. They go] daily to the tem[ple] of their lords, Bel and Nabû [...], to Esaggil. [They pr]ay daily to [Mardu]k and Zarpa[nitu] for the good health [of the king of the la]nds, my lord. (Rest destroyed)
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~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 033. Kissing the King’s Feet in Babylon (ABL 1047)
(1) Your servant Ina-tešî-eṭir [...: I would gladly die] for the king of the lands, [my lord]! May Nabû and [Mar]duk bless the king of the lands, my lord! Esaggil and Babylon, the temples of the king of the lands, my lord, are well. (4) The news of Babylon is excellent. [I pray] daily for the health, joy, and life of the king, my lord, and for the attainme[nt of his] trium[ph]. (Break) (r 1) The 1st day [... is the ... of] Nergal, the mighty lord [...], the able, perfect one, who [...]. I [utter] prayers of benediction [to him] daily, bless the king of the lands, my lord, and shall kiss [the f…
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~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 034. The Door of Esaggil is Finished -- Please Give Me my Prebend! (ABL 1340)
(1) [Your servant Nabû-šumu-liš]ir: I would [gladly die for the king of the universe, my lord]! May [Nab]û and Marduk [bless] the king of the universe, [my] l[ord]! Say to the king of the universe, m[y lord]: (5) Every [day], from the unlocking of the door socket until the closing of the gate, I bless the king, my lord, with raised hands before Bel and Beltiya. (9) The bread is excellent, the best quality beer is good. The door of the god of the dead one has been put up. The plating is ready, and all the Babylonians who on the 4th day went up to Esaggil and saw the door, blessed the king, my…
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~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17
SAA 17 035. Report on Esaggil and Bel-ibni (CT 54 183)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) I pra[y daily] to [Bel and Na]bû [for the joy] of he[art and the health of the king], my [lord. The king, my lord], can be very [glad indeed. Es]aggil and Babylon are [truly] well and in good shape. (7) [...] lament [...] (8) [...] his [...]s (and) an ox for [...] (9) [...] my lord [...] (10) [... the messen]ger of Bel-ib[ni ...] (11) [...] he brings to a standstill [...] (12) [...] their fields [...] (13) [...] he tak[es ...] (14) [...] whatever Bel-[ibni] (15) [...] said to you [...] (Break) (r 2) [...] within one [...] (r 3) [...] word [...] (r 4) [...] my…
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