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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 237. A Harmful Petition (CT 53 072)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) (So) he has petitioned [the king], my [lord! ...] Should he have turned to me, I would have handled [his case]! He should have come [to me and] not turned [to the king, my lord]! Let the king, my lord, ask [...] if Nabû-uṣalla r[eally] is doing the king's work! Now [in a case] he is pleading he goes and petitions [the king]! This person fears the king with [his lips], but with [......] the king's work falls behind schedule, and [the king my lord] is going to kill me because of it! (12) Indeed, [as regards the straw and] the reeds I sent [...] to them [......] here…

SAA 01 237. A Harmful Petition (CT 53 072)

SAA 01 238. The Obstinate Qappatean (ABL 0980)

SAA 01 239. The Qappateans Put in Order (ABL 0573)

SAA 01 240. Mountaineers Defy the Governor (ABL 0610)

SAA 01 241. My Troops are Scarce (ABL 0563)

SAA 01 242. Toll Dues (CT 53 344)

SAA 01 243. (no title) (CT 53 401)

SAA 01 245. A Man Wanted by the King (ABL 1085)

SAA 01 246. Searching for a Runaway (ABL 1033)

SAA 01 247. Bringing Deportees into Cities (ABL 0585)

SAA 01 248. Looking for Timber on a Mountain (CT 53 866)

SAA 01 249. (no title) (ABL 1470)

SAA 01 250. Trouble in Tabal (ABL 1203)

SAA 01 252. A Man of Hamath in Irons (ABL 1232)

SAA 01 253. The Conquest of Marqasi (CT 53 878)

SAA 01 254. Arpad (CT 53 873)

SAA 01 255. The River of Samaria Dries up (CT 53 458)

SAA 01 256. (no title) (CT 53 802)

SAA 01 257. Settling Deportees in Marqasi (ABL 0966+)

SAA 01 258. Sending Out Captives (ABL 0860)

SAA 01 259. Receiving Captives (CT 53 269+)

SAA 01 260. Barley for Captives (CT 53 096+)

SAA 01 261. (no title) (CT 53 863)

SAA 01 262. Išmanni-Aššur and Horses (CT 53 618)

SAA 01 263. Keeping an Eye on Harran and Halahhu (CT 53 419)

SAA 01 264. The Akitu Chapel of Isana (CT 53 214)

SAA 01 265. (no title) (CT 53 348)

SAA 05 001. No News is Good News (ABL 0200)

SAA 05 002. Attacks on Forts (ABL 0548)

SAA 05 003. Urarṭu Gets Ready for War (ABL 0424)

SAA 05 004. Floating Logs down the River (CT 53 210)

SAA 05 005. Bringing Soldiers into Eziat (CT 53 478)

SAA 05 006. Transporting Logs (ABL 0732)

SAA 05 007. Log Driving (CT 53 280)

SAA 05 008. Fragment Referring to Messengers and Timber (CT 53 631)

SAA 05 009. (no title) (CT 53 616)

SAA 05 010. (no title) (CT 53 708)

SAA 05 011. An Urarṭian Governor in Muṣaṣir (ABL 1083)

SAA 05 012. Fragment Referring to Military Operations and Spies (ABL 1043)

SAA 05 013. (no title)

SAA 05 014. Chaldeans in Bit-Zamani (ABL 1193)

SAA 05 015. Building a Town, a Fort and a Palace (CT 53 065)

SAA 05 016. Exempt Land Provides no Straw (ABL 0201)

SAA 05 017. Work on a Bull Colossus and Stone (CT 53 386+)

SAA 05 018. (no title) (CT 53 335)

SAA 05 019. Rendezvous (CT 53 625)

SAA 05 020. (no title) (CT 53 264)

SAA 05 021. Tension on the Urarṭian Border (ABL 0506)

SAA 05 022. News from the Urarṭian Border (CT 53 584)

SAA 05 023. (no title) (ABL 0508)