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Page 1119 / 1226

~715 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 5

SAA 05 055. A Captured Informer (ABL 0741)

(1) [To the ki]ng, [my] lord, [your servant] Aššur-dur-paniya. [Good] health to the king, [my] lord! (4) My [sco]uts in the m[ountain] have captured an informer [who] was g[oing from A]rgistiani t[o Ar]iye, over the mountain. (9) [I as]ked him about [the ne]ws of the Ura[rṭian], and he informed me: (11) "The [...]tinaean(s) [...] (12) ...... (13) [has n]ot [yet] come out [...] (Reverse remains too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 074. Mule Express not Available (NL 062)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Mahdê. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) (As to) the mule express that we provide and the royal bodyguard who com[es] citing a royal order that he should go as far as Šabirešu — he has used up the [...] in my possession! (6) The king, my lord, knows that I do not main[tain] a team (to go) as far as Šabirešu; the ones that go do not return. My teams are used up; the king, my lord, should know (this). (r 2) We let the teams from Calah go by; my chariot, my team and [my] [dri]ver went (with) Nabû'a the bodyguard as far as Šabirešu, and those of Šabirešu…

SAA 05 055. A Captured Informer (ABL 0741)

SAA 05 074. Mule Express not Available (NL 062)

SAA 05 091. Revolt against the King of Urarṭu (ABL 0144)

SAA 05 100. Smugglers on the Assyrian Border (TCL 9 67)

SAA 05 101. Fragment of a List of Valuables

SAA 05 144. Cimmerians and the Urarṭian King (GPA 243)

SAA 05 150. Curbing a Slave Trader (CT 53 059)

SAA 05 191. (no title) (GPA 244)

SAA 05 213. A Case Concerning a Town (ABL 1407)

SAA 05 214. Envelope of the Previous Letter (ABL 1407A)

SAA 05 215. The Troops of Mazamua (NL 089)

SAA 05 292. Building the City Wall of Dur-Šarruken (GPA 242)

SAA 15 017. I have no Scribe (ABL 0151)

SAA 15 041. Building Houses for Deportees (CT 53 158)

SAA 15 084. Receiving Tribute Horses; Constructing Kar-Šarrukin (NL 042)

SAA 15 178. Merodach-Baladan is in Babylon, Bit-Dakkuri is well

SAA 15 208. Statement Concerning Merodach-Baladan (CT 53 408)

SAA 15 218. Chaldean Informer Captured in Larak; Priest Brings Leftovers (ABL 0763+)

SAA 15 275. Fragment of a Royal Letter Mentioning Nabu-belu-ka’’in (CT 53 975)

SAA 15 289. Envelope of no. 288 (ABL 0383)

SAA 15 389. (no title)

SAA 15 391. (no title)

SAA 17 083. Pardoning the Offences of Borsippa (ABL 1076)

SAA 17 090. Watch of Ekur and Nippur (CT 54 011)

SAA 17 002. You May not Write your Messages in Aramaic (CT 54 010)

SAA 17 003. Open the Gates of Uruk to my Army! (ABL 0914)

SAA 17 005. I Swear That You Will Keep your Dynastic House (CT 54 045)

SAA 17 006. Elamite Affairs (CT 54 151)

SAA 17 007. Providing Food for Starving Tribes (CT 54 042)

SAA 17 008. ‘Golden Heaven’ Removed from Esaggil; Famine (ABL 0468)

SAA 17 009. Providing Oil and Leek for King’s Servants (ABL 0560)

SAA 17 010. Merodach-Baladan Leaves Babylon for Dur-Yakin (ABL 0833)

SAA 17 011. Sending Nergi to the King (ABL 0832)

SAA 17 012. Visiting the King (ABL 0835)

SAA 17 013. (no title) (ABL 0836)

SAA 17 014. (no title) (ABL 0837)

SAA 17 015. Visit to Dur-Šarrukku (CT 54 337)

SAA 17 016. Joining the Royal Entourage (ABL 0838)

SAA 17 017. Sending Hatallaeans to the King (ABL 0721)

SAA 17 018. (no title) (CT 54 268)

SAA 17 019. Defending Oneself (ABL 0803)

SAA 17 020. Inviting the King to Babylon with the Army (ABL 0844)

SAA 17 021. Inviting the King to Babylon to Establish its Privileges (ABL 1431)

SAA 17 022. Sargon Invited to Intervene in Bab-Bitqi (ABL 0542)

SAA 17 023. Let the King Come and Restore the Privileges of Babylon (CT 54 066)

SAA 17 024. Bad Omens for the Dynasty of the Sealand (CT 54 204)

SAA 17 025. Invading Babylon and Borsippa (CT 54 079)

SAA 17 026. Carrying Out a Task (ABL 1185)

SAA 17 027. Assurances of Loyalty (CT 54 025)

SAA 17 028. Affairs of Babylon and Bit-Yakin (CT 54 076)