All tablets.

SAA 11 051. From a Shipment of Silver from Arbela (Iraq 27 16c)

(1) 1 talent (of silver) of the orchard of Arbela. (2) Month of Tebet (X), 4th day, eponym year of Aššur-belu-uṣur (695 B.C.).

SAA 11 052. From a Shipment of Silver from the Wine Master (Iraq 27 16d)

(1) 1 talent of sil[ver ...] Nabû-ahhe-[...], wine master [...]. (4) Month of Shebat (XI), 10[th] day, [eponym year of NN], chief eunuch.

SAA 11 053. From a Shipment of Silver from Bani-Nabu

(1) 1 talent of silver, of Bani-Nabû, [...]. (3) [Eponym year of Aš]šur-belu-uṣur (695 B.C.), [......]

SAA 11 054. From a Shipment of Silver from the Town of Hasutu

(1) [(...)] 1 talent of sil[ver (...)] town of Hasutu [(NN), c]hief cupbearer has received. (4) [(...), eponym year of] Aššur-belu-uṣur (695 B.C.).

SAA 11 055. From a Shipment of Silver

(1) 1 talent 2 minas [(of silver)].

SAA 11 056. From a Shipment of Silver from Nabu-gabbi-le’i (Iraq 27 16f)

(1) 1 talent of silver, of Nabû-gabbi-ile''i.

SAA 11 057. From a Shipment of Silver from Judaea (Iraq 27 16e)

(1) [1] talent of silver, of the Ju[daean].

SAA 11 058. From a Shipment from Kumme (Iraq 27 16g)

(1) [......, of] the Kummaean.

SAA 11 066. Accompanying Bowls

(1) Bowls [which the] chief [......]ed from out of the wine [...]. (3) For three years.

SAA 11 067. Accompanying Garments

(1) Cloaks [(and) ...] textiles, which ... Mannu-ki-Adad, the palace manager [...]

SAA 11 068. Accompanying Horses (Iraq 27 16a)

(1) 1 mare, which Marduk-bani-ahhe, the bodyguard brought in. (2) 4 horses of the Mannaean(s), in the house of the treasurer. (3) 9 horses of Para'u, in the town of Birtu. (4) Total 14 horses for meat. (5) Month of Kislev (IX), [xth] day, eponym year of Ṭab-ša[r-Aššur (717 B.C.)].

SAA 11 070. From a Shipment from Aššur-šarru-uṣur

(1) ...[...] which N[N] brought in to Aššur-[......] (and) which Aššur-šarru-uṣur sent. (5) Eponym year of Nabû-[......].

SAA 11 072. Fragmentary Jar Sealing

(1) Completed [acc]ount. [......].

SAA 11 073. Fragmentary Sealing

(Too broken for translation) (1) [......]-ibni (2) ...[...]...[...] (3) ... Pan-[...] (4) ... mon[th ...]

SAA 11 074. Fragmentary Sealing

(2) [......] which [NN ...]ed. (3) Month of Adar (XII), 18(th) day.

SAA 11 089. Note of Domestic Animals (Iraq 32 19)

(1) 7 o[xen], (2) 8 sheep, (3) 19th day. (4) In the charge of Šamaš-ila'i. (r 1) In the charge of Aššur-le'i.

SAA 11 100. Note of Silver from Sheep (SAAB 06 04)

(1) 20 talents 13 minas 18 1/3 shekels of silver of sheep, price of the shorn wool, penalty. (3) In the charge of Bel-šarru-uṣur, the prefect. (r 1) Month of Shebat (XI), eponym year of Sin-šarru-uṣur.

SAA 11 101. Flock Tally (SAAB 06 14)

(1) 29 full-grown (sheep), (2) 3-year-old, (3) 2-year-old, (4) 200 ewes, (5) 130 lambs. (6) 2 full-grown (goats), (r 1) 2 3-year-old, (r 2) 5 2-year-old, (r 3) 20 nanny-goats, (r 4) 8 kids. (r 5) Urda-Nanâ.

SAA 11 102. Flock Tally (SAAB 06 12)

(1) male goats, (2) 4-year-olds, (3) 3-year-olds, (4) 2-year-olds, (5) 1-year-olds, (6) nanny-goats. (r 1) Of NN ...

SAA 11 103. Flock Tally (SAAB 06 16)

(1) full-grown (sheep), (2) 3-year-olds, (3) 3 2-year-olds, (4) 93 ewes, (5) 46 lambs. (r 1) Aššur-[...].

SAA 11 110. Note of Horses (ADD 0700)

(1) 175 (horses): (2) Nabû-šarru-uṣur, (3) cavalry of the bodyguard.

SAA 11 121. Note from the Review Palace (SAAB 06 11)

(1) 33,960 (2) 5 donkeys [...] (3) of ... (4) of ... of the palace, (5) in charge of Sin-šarru-uṣur (6) and Ahu-eriba ... (r 1) Arrapha (r 2) Month Kislev (IX), eponym year of Sin-šarru-uṣur.

SAA 11 124. List of Chariot Troops and Military Scribes(?) (ADD 0912)

(i 1) Nabû-eriba, slave of Aššur-ahu-uṣur, (i 2) horse trainer of open chariotry; (i 3) Nabû-karṣi-ubaš, (i 4) Nabû-ahu-iddina. Total 2 slaves of Zaruti, chariot 'third man.' (i 6) Yata', ditto, Šamaš-naṣir, (i 7) chariot 'third man.' (i 8) Luppu, ditto, Gisa[...], (i 9) [NN] son of [NN] (Break) (r ii 1) [...]kit[...], scribe [...] (r ii 3) Urda-Nab[û, s]cribe [...] (r ii 4) Ahabû, Arama[ean] scribe. (r ii 5) All these are scholars of the watch. (r.e. 7) Total 85.

SAA 11 130. Fragment of List of Army Officers

(1) Nabû-ahhe-iddin, [...], (2) Apliku, El[amite] prefect, (3) Upaqa-ana-Aššur, [...], (4) Nabû-eriba, deputy of the chief [...], (5) [Reman]ni-Issar, [...] bo[dyguard], (6) [...]su, [...] (Rest destroyed or uninscribed)

SAA 11 134. Note of Officials(?) Assigned to Provinces (ADD 0859)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...]-ili; (2) [x, (chief)] cupbearer; (3) 1, treasurer; (4) 1, governor of Raṣappa; (5) 1, governor of Arrapha; (6) 1, ditto of Lah[iru]; (r 1) 1, Bel-eṭir; (r 2) 1, Bel-ibni. (r 3) Month of Iyyar (II), 7th day, eponym year of Bel-Harran-šadû['a] (650 B.C.).

SAA 11 194. List of Men, Women and Children (ADD 0811)

(1) ......, (2) Ahu-iddina, 1 son, 1 wi[fe of his: in all 3]. (3) The woman Bassî, 3 sons, in all [4]. (4) The woman Sagibê, 1 son, in all 2. (5) The woman Ezibtu; the woman Ṣihat[i]; (6) the woman Uburtu; Pan-Issar-lamu[r]; (7) Ahu-lamur, confectio[ner]; (8) Mannu-lu-zitti, farmer; (9) Nanî, gardener. (Rest destroyed or uninscribed)

SAA 11 210. Fragment of Census Tablet (ADB 10)

(Beginning destroyed) (r ii 1) 1 son; [...]; (r ii 2) Hanî, ditto; 1 son [...]; (r ii 3) Našuh-..., ditto; 2 [sons]; (r ii 4) Mu-[...]: (r ii 5) total [......] (r ii 6) in [......] (Break) (r iii 1) 7,621 sheep, — tax quota assigned; 450 sheep, not inspected. (r iii 3) 12 hectares of arable land in Harran; (r iii 4) 1517 hectares of arable land in the environs of Harran; (r iii 6) 320 hectares of arable land near the city of Hauri[na]; (r iii 8) 682 hec[tares of arable land] in the province of [...]; (r iii 10) 20 hectares [of arable land ...] (Break) (iv 2) [x vil]lages in their entirety; [x]…

SAA 11 222. Survey of a Large Estate Sold (ADD 0806)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) 10 h[ectares of land in] the town of Niramayu — the servants of the governor of Si'immê were split off in lieu of blood money; (4) 40 hectares of land, undisturbed in Inner City: in all 270[+x] hectares of land, which date from the time of Tiglath-Pileser. (7) 40 hectares of land — Bel-ahhešu, the kallapu-messenger bought (them); (9) 30 hectares, ditto, — in usufruct; 2 orchards, 1 gardener, Hatuk[u...]. (11) In all, 70 (hectares) of land, 2 orchards, 1 [garde]ner, (which date) from the time of Shalmaneser. (13) [x] hundred (hectares) of land in usufruct, [in] the…

SAA 11 229. Schedule of Estate Assignments (ADD 1130)

(Beginning destroyed or too broken for translation) (Break) (ii 1) in the town of Še[...]; (ii 2) 40 hectares of land in [...], belonging to [...], assigned to Si[...]; (ii 5) 30 ditto, ditto, in [the town of GN], assigned to N[N], ... (Rest destroyed)

SAA 12 003. Possibly Part of No. 1 (AfO 21 t3)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... Habi]l-keni [......] (3) [...]...[...] (4) [...] water from the cistern that is bet[ween ......] (5) [...] water from the cistern that is betwe[en ......] (6) [... G]uzana from Dur-Šamaš [......] (7) [......] Abu-iddina in central Hani[galbat ......] (8) [......] Šamaš-remanni, the governor of Har[ran ......] (9) [... the] commander-in-chief; adjoining Kapri-ša-Sin-[......] (10) [......] ...; adjoining the cemetery of [......] (11) [......] Mar-yababa; adjoining the cemete[ry of ......] (12) [......] the meadow of the town ...[......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 12 004. Fragment of a Text Similar to Nos. 1-3 (KAV 116)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) adjoining the road [......] (2) Total: an estate of 10 hectar[es of field ......] (3) An estate in Kapr[a... ......] (4) adjoining the field of Ra ...[......] (5) An estate of 8 hectares of field, adjoining the fi[eld of ......] (6) adjoining the field of Ahu-[......] (7) son of Nabû-lada of [......] (8) an estate of 300 (hectares) of field, a house, an orcha[rd] of 5 hectares [......] (9) adjoining the town of Bab-burti of the house of the te[am] commander [......] (r 1) adjoining the town of Bit-ili of the house [of ......] (r 2) adjoining the orchard of Iq[bi-... .…

SAA 12 005. Fragment of a Text Similar to No. 1 (NARGD 50)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [may] Aššur, [the great] lo[rd, establish ...... by his command]. (Blank space) (r 2) Whoever [takes away from Aššur] any o[f the towns that I have given to Aššur, may] Aššur, the gre[at] lord, [cast a furiously angry eye upon him]. Do not [remove any of the towns of Aššur, (but) add to the towns of Aššur. Aššur, the great lord, will hear your prayer]. (r 5) [He shall not give these] towns, [fields, houses and orchards to any other governor, he shall give them (only) to the governor of the temple of Aššur. The king will punish the one who gives them to another gover…

SAA 12 028. Part of Preceding Text (ADD 0741b)

(Beginning destroyed) (31) [......]...[......] (32) [......] 20 hectares (of field) in the village of [NN; ......] (33) [......], 1 house in Nineveh, [......] (34) [......] Sambuk..., [......] (35) [......] Hatter Town, [......] (36) [......; NN], farmer, 4 person[s; ......] (37) [......; NN], shepherd, [......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 12 069. Decree of Expenditures for Various Ceremonies in the Aššur Temple (NARGD 42)

(1) Adad-nerari (III), [representative of Enlil], overseer, son of Šamši-Adad (V), [representative of Enlil], overseer, son of Shalmaneser (III), [representative of Enlil], likewise overseer. (4) When Adad-nerari (III), king of Assyria, instituted [the expenditures] of oil and honey for the temple of Aššur and the sanctuaries of [... fo]r Shebat (XI) and for Tishri (VII) and for five days of intercalary Adar (XIIa), and entrusted them to Šamaš-naṣir, the treasurer of Aššur — (Blank seal space) (7) The expenditures for the pandugāni ceremony of the king: The confectioner takes 8 litres of…

SAA 11 024. Harvest Record (SAAB 06 03)

(1) From on the 2nd of Nisan (I): (2) 133 sheaves — Nabû-[...] (3) 32 sheaves — Nuraya (4) 60 sheaves — Šumaya (5) 112 sheaves — Urda-Na[bû] (6) 73 sheaves — Ahu-lešir (7) 58 sheaves — Mullissu-iddina (8) 24 sheaves — Qite... (9) 4 sheaves — Nanî (10) 12 sheaves — Ami[...] (r 1) 2 sheaves — Aplaya (r 2) 3 sheaves — Šulmu-šarri (r 3) 1 sheaf — entrance supervisor (r 4) 1 sheaf — Ubru-Nabû, attendant of teams. (r 5) 1 bale — Bite' (r 6) From on the 6th of Nisan (I): Ahi-pada, cohort commander of ... — 3 bales. (r 8) 16th day: Hurea, Ahi-pada — 4 bales. Total: 8 bales. (r 10) Total: 515 sheaves (…

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Gilgamesh Tablet XI.svg

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Between 1845 and 1851 CE, Sir Austen Henry Layard uncovered the cuneiform library of King Assurbanipal in Nineveh. These texts, most of which dated to the 7th century…

Economy·Daily Life

~695 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 3

Sennacherib 212

(1) The Seal of Destinies [by which] (the god) Aššur, king of the gods, seals (the destinies of) the Igīgū and Anunnakū gods, the heavens, the netherworld, and man[kind]. (6) Whatever he seals cannot be changed. Whoever (tries to) change (what he seals), may (the god) Aššur, king of the gods, (and) the goddess Mullissu, together with their children, kill him with their mighty weapons. (11) I am Sennacherib, king of [As]syria, the ruler who reveres you. (13) Whoever erases (my) [inscr]ibed name (or) alters this Seal of Destinies belonging to you, erase his name (and) his seed from the land.

SAA 03 009. Psalm in Praise of Uruk (SAAB 01 40)

(1) Uruk; I love ditto, I love Eanna, my nuptial chamber! (2) Ditto; I love (its) ziggurat, house of my pleasure! (3) Ditto; I love Babylon, my father's house! (4) Ditto; I love Esaggil, house of my veiling! (5) Ditto; I love Ehiligar, house of my joy! (6) Ditto; I love Borsippa, house of my kingship! (7) Ditto; I love Ezida, along with our Nabû! (8) Ditto; I love Šapazzu, along with Bel-ṣarbi! (9) Ditto; I love Cutha, along with Nergal! (10) Ditto; I love Der, along with Ištaran! (11) Ditto; I love Kiš and Ehursagkalamma! (12) Ditto; I love Sippar, along with Šamaš! (13) Ditto; I love the…

SAA 03 015. Elegy in Memory of a Woman (BA 2 634)

(1) Why are you cast adrift like a boat in midstream, your crossbars broken, your tows cut; your face veiled, you cross the river of the Inner City? (4) How could I not be cast adrift, how could my tows not be cut! (5) On the day I bore fruit, how happy I was! Happy was I, happy my husband. (7) On the day of my labor pains, my face was overcast; on the day I gave birth, my eyes were clouded; (9) My hands were opened (in supplication), as I prayed to Belet-ili: You are the mother of those who give birth, save my life! (11) When Belet-ili heard this, she veiled her face: You [......], why do…

SAA 03 018. Epic of Sargon II

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] ... and the scorpion man [......] (3) [...] Šerua and Ninegal [......] (4) [To] the right and left of the gates burned [......] (5) The king makes a speech, the magn[ates ......] (6) The guard of the river [...] in front of [......] (7) One cavalryman, ...[......] (8) The equipment of another is of [......] (9) His horse is wind [......] (10) He does not [... befo]re the magnates [......] (Break) (r 1) [......]... like ...[......] (r 2) [...] the chassis of the wagon [......] (r 3) [The ...]s of the king occupied the mountain [......] (r 4) He courageously…

SAA 03 019. Assurbanipal Epic (Geers B 19)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) "[...]... when I came [......] (3) "I trod the sea road ...[......] (4) "I opened the gate of righteousness [......]." (5) Assurbanipal opened his mouth and [spoke, saying to divine Ištar]: (6) "Desire, desire, love, se[ek ......]! (7) "You, [Ištar ......] (8) "You indeed, ...[......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 03 021. Assurbanipal’s Wars in Elam (ABL 1462)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [To] the right ...[......] (2) who created you [......] (3) [and who ...]ed the kingship [......] (4) You glorify [......] (5) Those who entreat [......] (6) In Egašankalamma [......] (7) Her eyes on [......] (8) Your deeds [......] (9) choicest oil [......] (10) A deceitful woman, who [......] (11) loves yo[u ......] (12) vie[s ......] (13) Nabû-bel-šumati [......] (14) who with treachery [......] (15) your [...] ... [......] (Break) (r 3) Nabû-[bel-šumati ......] (r 4) with his servant [......] (r 5) speaks [......] (r 6) You will keep me alive [......] (r 7) the we…

SAA 03 022. Paean to Assurbanipal after the Conquest of Elam

(Beginning destroyed) (4) When he [......] (5) Elam to [......] (6) The king did not agree [to ......] (7) In [his] great wrath, the lord of kings [......] (8) until he had destroyed the camp [......] (9) and looted their gods, [......] the kin[g], (10) rav[aged] their graves, [......] (11) The king of Elam alone [......] (12) When Ummanaldasi [......] (13) He cried out and Nabû-[bel-šumati ......] (14) to the presence of the king [......] (15) With you [......] (16) Nabû-bel-šumati [......] (17) Come and [......] (18) He is a strong king [......] (19) I am [......] (20) He [......] (21) Like…

SAA 03 023. Epical Text Mourning the Death of a King (CT 54 513)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] is veiled in darkness. (3) [......] he looks on, the magnates [...] towards him. (4) [......] of kusītu and sāgu garments (5) [......] holding [...], wailed like an ecstatic. (6) [......]... his ... and his mouth (7) [......] is in labour, screaming (8) [......] her [...]: "Oh magnates [...]! (9) [......]... the king, your lord (10) [......]... the land and the king (11) [......]... like a snake" (12) [......]... he has put on [...]... (r 1) [......]... and the lower side (r 2) [......] tears rolled down [the cheeks] of his mother: (r 3) "[......]... you, I…

SAA 03 024. Fragment of a Royal Epic(?) (CT 53 404)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] to [......] (2) [......] Ummanaldasi [......] (3) [......]... and to the lord [......] (4) [......] you, the king, my lord ...[......] (5) [......] let it be a present, may my daughter ...[......] (6) [......]... he jumps, may [......] (7) [...] myself alone, ...[......] (r 1) (Break) (r 2) [......] bless [......] (r 3) [... No]w again ...[......] (r 4) [...] our [...] in ...[......] (r 5) [...] you killed, bless [......] (r 6) [......]... the remnants [......] (r 7) [......]... and to [......] (r 8) [... the lif]e of the king of [......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 03 025. Letters to Assurbanipal from his Son (AfO 18 382)

(Beginning destroyed) (i 1) [......] your ... to [your] seed. (i 2) [......] your [...] to your offspring (i 3) [......] may they give [... to] your offspring! (i 4) [......] your illustrious name, lord of kings. (i 5) [......] this kingship and dominion (i 6) [......] you can accomplish whatever you say (i 7) [......]... to you, lord of kings. (i 8) [Say to Assurbanipal, lov]er of truth, lord of kings: (i 9) [During your days , which Marduk l]oves, [...... of heaven] and earth has made peace with [.......] with you. (i 12) [...... of] the lands are strong; and with (i 13) [......]…

SAA 03 026. A Petition to Assurbanipal (ABL 1455)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Say to ...], the unrivaled [...], the tr[ue] deputy of [...], [the lord of] the lands, to the burning torch [......, to the creation] of the hands of Marduk, to the battle-axe [......, to] (4) the sun, whose radiance is strong and whose light [......, whose ...] were created before heaven and earth were created, and [......], (7) to Assurbanipal, the king [of the four regions], (8) to the stronghold [......, the ...] (9) of his heart [......: thus (speaks) your ...]: (10) Lord of kings [......] (Break) (r 1) [...]... [......] (r 2) [The ...]s of the lords of the…

SAA 03 027. Fragment of a Letter Praising Assurbanipal

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [The fire] with which I am burned, is of Marduk (3) [......]... let [...] go in front (4) [......] let them go [...] (5) [......]... of [......] (r 1) (Break) (r 2) [...... with which] my heart burned, A[nu] (r 3) [......] (r 4) [......] your [...], O heroic king (r 5) [......] I constantly bless you, Assurbanipal, (r 6) [who ......] have lifted [...] from my presence (r 7) [......] agreeable [...] from my presence (Rest destroyed)

SAA 03 028. Fragment of an Adulatory Letter to a King

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Say to Assurbanipal ......] (2) [the king whose rule] is made good over [all nations], (3) [......] the eloquent, intelligent one, [who] gives orders [to ......], (5) [the lord to whom all the kings from the Upper Sea] until the Lower Sea of [Sun]set [......] have brought tribute and submitted to his yoke, (7) [......] who gives life to the righteous one, [...... the] revealer of Šamaš, who does not countenance calumny, [......] who rescues the wronged one, (10) [...... of whose] features one does not get sated, [who]se sweet lips [......], [......] who turns [want]…