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SAA 05 037. Defense Against Accusations (CT 53 101)

SAA 05 038. A Visit by Duri-Adad and a Royal Delegate (ABL 0703)

SAA 05 039. Fragment Concerning Tree Trunks (CT 53 726)

SAA 05 040. A Šubrian Emissary on His Way to the King (CT 53 004)

SAA 05 041. (no title) (CT 53 697)

SAA 05 042. (no title) (CT 53 424)

SAA 05 043. Fetching Beams (CT 53 283)

SAA 05 044. Troops in Hubuškia (CT 53 054)

SAA 05 045. Urarṭian Offensive against Mannea and Zikirtu (ABL 0215)

SAA 05 046. A Wronged Vassal (CT 53 132)

SAA 05 047. Having Mares Serviced (ABL 0757)

SAA 05 048. Receiving a Shipment of Animals and Wagons (CT 53 058)

SAA 05 049. (no title) (ABL 0922)

SAA 05 050. (no title) (CT 53 573)

SAA 05 051. Fragment Referring to a Messenger (CT 53 641)

SAA 05 052. Šubrian Emissaries on their Way to the King (ABL 0252)

SAA 05 053. A Murderer Flees to Šubria (ABL 0251)

SAA 05 054. A Sanctuary for Fugitives (ABL 1176)

SAA 05 056. Master Builders and Apprentices (CT 53 033)

SAA 05 057. Raising Bull Colossi in Adia (CT 53 346)

SAA 05 058. Raising Bull Colossi in Adia (ABL 1419)

SAA 05 059. A Chaldean Bodyguard (ABL 0742)

SAA 05 060. Providing for Troops (CT 53 389)

SAA 05 062. Meeting the King on the Way (ABL 0729)

SAA 05 063. Subjugating Bit-Amukani (ABL 0194)

SAA 05 064. Horses from the East (ABL 0192)

SAA 05 065. An Arrival Report (Iraq 07 99)

SAA 05 066. Fragment of a Military Report (ABL 0195)

SAA 05 067. Assembling Troops (CT 53 085)

SAA 05 068. Chariot Troops from Que (CT 53 040)

SAA 05 069. On an Army Unit (CT 53 125)

SAA 05 070. Fragment Referring to Oxen (ABL 1018)

SAA 05 071. An Axe Maker from Damascus (ABL 0193)

SAA 05 072. Returning from the River (CT 53 852)

SAA 05 073. (no title) (CT 53 729)

SAA 05 075. News from Šubria (ABL 0987)

SAA 05 076. (no title) (CT 53 578)

SAA 05 077. (no title) (CT 53 847)

SAA 05 078. Imposing the King’s Treaty (ABL 0246)

SAA 05 079. Capturing Runaways (ABL 0245)

SAA 05 080. Building a Fort and Houses for Deportees (ABL 0247)

SAA 05 081. A Case Against the Governor (TCL 9 68)

SAA 05 082. Paying the Corn Tax (ABL 1012)

SAA 05 083. Fragment of a Military Report (ABL 0769)

SAA 05 084. The Mannean King Raids Urarṭian Cities (ABL 0381)

SAA 05 085. Spying on the Urarṭian Capital (ABL 0148)

SAA 05 086. The Army of Urarṭu on the March (ABL 0492)

SAA 05 087. The Urarṭian Troops Concentrate in Waisi (ABL 0444)

SAA 05 088. The Urarṭian Troops Set out to Muṣaṣir (ABL 0380)

SAA 05 089. The King of Muṣaṣir Taken to Urarṭu (ABL 1196)