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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 275. Steady Rain (CT 53 695)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) It star[ted to rain] on the 20th day, and it rai[ned heavily] for two days. (6) The water [trough raised x homers of water]. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 05 275. Steady Rain (CT 53 695)

SAA 05 276. Fragment Reporting on Rainfall (CT 53 558)

SAA 05 277. Assembling Troops (CT 53 305)

SAA 05 278. (no title) (CT 53 677)

SAA 05 279. Military Matters (CT 53 403)

SAA 05 280. Oxen and Wagons (CT 53 442)

SAA 05 281. Trees for the Royal Orchards (CT 53 036)

SAA 05 283. Arrival of a Royal Messenger (CT 53 658)

SAA 05 284. Carnelian from Kumme (ABL 1035)

SAA 05 285. Too Much Snow (CT 53 629)

SAA 05 286. A Journey to Dur-Šarruken (CT 53 257)

SAA 05 287. Inspecting Bronze and Wooden Objects (CT 53 628)

SAA 05 288. Keeping Watch with Exempted Men (CT 53 473)

SAA 05 289. Distributing Corn (CT 53 323)

SAA 05 290. Ferrying Some Thresholds Without Boats (CT 53 030)

SAA 05 291. Giving Bricks to the Magnates (CT 53 038)

SAA 05 293. Finishing the ‘Winged Hoof’ (ABL 0271)

SAA 05 294. Request for Beams, Gold and Steel (ABL 0566)

SAA 05 295. Second-Rate Logs will not Do (ABL 0467)

SAA 05 296. Bricks for Dur-Šarruken (CT 53 188)

SAA 05 297. Transporting Stone Thresholds and Raising a Bull Colossus (ABL 0957)

SAA 05 298. Moving Bull Colossi Across the River (ABL 1362)

SAA 05 299. Working and Loading Bull Colossi (CT 53 201)

SAA 05 300. Fragment Referring to a Bull Colossus (CT 53 268)

SAA 15 001. Ru’uaean Eunuch Returned from Damascus; the City Wall of Meturna (ABL 0158)

SAA 15 002. Dangerous Boat Trip; King Approaching Uruk (ABL 1056)

SAA 15 003. Cavalry of Nibe (ABL 0159)

SAA 15 004. Physicians for the King; Inscriptions for a Temple in Der (ABL 0157)

SAA 15 005. We Did not See the Moon (ABL 0162)

SAA 15 006. Claiming Reward for Good News of Rain (ABL 0707)

SAA 15 007. Servants of Bel-ahhe-eriba Appeal to the King (ABL 0708)

SAA 15 008. The People and Goods of Nabu-ahhe-iddina (ABL 0163)

SAA 15 009. The Palace Manager of Arrapha and Writing-Boards (ABL 0160)

SAA 15 010. Distributing Barley Rations (CT 53 481)

SAA 15 011. Providing for Bel-iqiša (ABL 0161)

SAA 15 012. Escorting Captives to [Dur]-Šarrukin (ABL 0552)

SAA 15 013. Captives (ABL 0164)

SAA 15 014. Itu’eans Working in Dur-Šarrukin (ABL 0711)

SAA 15 015. Exempting the Recruits of the Chief Eunuch (ABL 0709)

SAA 15 016. Entering Deportees into Fortified Places in Arrapha (ABL 0443)

SAA 15 018. Captives in Arrapha (CT 53 217)

SAA 15 019. Bought Slaves and Captives (CT 53 202)

SAA 15 020. Fragment Concerning Mule Express in the Province of Arrapha (CT 53 503)

SAA 15 021. Partitioning Fields in Arrapha (CT 53 887)

SAA 15 022. Fragment Mentioning Arrapha (CT 53 251)

SAA 15 023. Hailstorm (CT 53 902)

SAA 15 024. Dispute over Ownership of Towns and Lands (ABL 0168)

SAA 15 025. Attending to an Expedition of 3,000 Men in Zabban (CT 53 019)

SAA 15 026. Harvesting in Dur-Bel-ila’i and Lubda (ABL 1191)

SAA 15 027. Keeping Watch in Lubda (ABL 0810)