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Page 1350 / 1492

~700 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 11

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.).

Economy

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 11

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)

Economy

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 11

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]…

Economy

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 11

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…

Economy

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 11

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)

Economy

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 12

SAA 12 001. Adad-nerari III Grants Land to Aššur to Provide Offerings (KAV 094)

(1) Seal of Aššur and Ninurta, seal of God the k[ing, ...] ... [......], which cannot be [contested]. (2) Adad-nerari (III), overseer, son of Šamši-Adad (V), [overseer], son of Shalma[nese]r (III), [likewise overseer]. (3) The towns, fields, buildings, orchards and people of [Šamaš-naṣ]ir, eunuch of Adad-nerari (III), king of Assyria, treasurer of Aššur, belonging to his eunuchship — Adad-nerari (III), king of Assyria, for the pres[ervation of] his [life] has exempted them and gi[ven] them to Aššur, his lord. (5) I have taken an area of 1,000 hectares of land in the province of the Inner City…

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

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

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

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

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

SAA 12 001. Adad-nerari III Grants Land to Aššur to Provide Offerings (KAV 094)

SAA 12 002. Possibly Part of No. 1 (KAV 117)

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

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

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

SAA 12 024. Esarhaddon Grants Land to Provide Regular Offerings (STT 049)

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

SAA 12 036. Aššur-etel-ilani Exempts a Cohort Commander from Taxes (NARGD 14)

SAA 12 048. Part of Land Grant for Temple Offerings (STT 044)

SAA 12 053. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Type Land Grant (ADD 0752)

SAA 12 068. Late Copy of a Decree of Tukulti-Ninurta for the Temple of Šarrat-nipha (PKTA 32-33)

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

SAA 12 070. Unplaced Fragment of the Text of No. 69 (NARGD 45)

SAA 12 071. Decree of Regular Offerings for the Aššur Temple by Adad-nerari III (NARGD 46)

SAA 12 072. Fragment of the Text of No. 71 (NARGD 47)

SAA 12 073. Prism Fragment Containing Part of the Text of No.71 (NARGD 48)

SAA 12 074. Fragment of Decree of Adad-nerari III (KAH 116)

SAA 12 080. Schedule of Wine Offerings by the Magnates to the Aššur Temple (KAV 079)

SAA 12 081. Schedule of Distribution of Meat from Offerings (PKTA 35)

SAA 12 082. Edict Appointing Nergal-apil-kumu’a (ARRIM 1, 13)

SAA 12 083. Edict Appointing Nergal-apil-kumu’a (BaM24 239+)

SAA 12 084. Text Duplicating No. 83 (CTN 4 256)

SAA 12 085. Adad-nerari Adds the Land of Hindanu to the Territory of Raṣappa (AAA 20 105+)

SAA 12 086. Sennacherib Dedicates Personnel to his Newly-built Akitu Temple (PKTA 27)

SAA 12 087. Sennacherib Dedicates Personnel to the Temple of Zababa and Babu (KAV 039)

SAA 12 088. Gift of Sennacherib for Esarhaddon (ABL 1452)

SAA 12 091. Memorandum Concerning Votive Donation (STT 406+)

SAA 12 098. Aššur-reṣuwa Donates Property and People to Nabu (SAAB 01 59)

Ṣilulu 1

Son of Urdanum 2001

Zarriqum 2001 / Amar-Suena 2001

SAA 11 024. Harvest Record (SAAB 06 03)

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Sennacherib 001

Sennacherib 002

Sennacherib 003

Sennacherib 005

Sennacherib 007

Sennacherib 008

Sennacherib 010

Sennacherib 011

Sennacherib 012

Sennacherib 013

Sennacherib 015

Sennacherib 016