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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 257. Sheep from Dur-Yakin (ABL 0867)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] are being fed. I have wr[itten ab]out these sheep of the scholars, which came forth from Dur-Yakin; they have entrusted them to the commanders-of-ten to whom the Dur-Yakinites are entering, saying: (8) "Appoint two men each from among them to graze them, until your brothers come and give them out." (r 2) Now that the king gave the command, we shall receive them from all of them. (r 4) As to the attendant of the treasurer about whom the king, my lord, said: "He should come" — (r 6) the copper which is being refined by the servants of the magnates, (as well as) th…
Daily LifeEconomy
~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 258. Supplying Oxen and Sheep (CT 53 517+)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [The gov]ern[or of ...] has as[ked me] for 100 oxen; the governor of Si['immê] has asked me for 200 oxen and 2,000 sheep. Now, i[f] the king, [my] lo[rd] ord[ers, ......] (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 259. Distributing Provisions (CT 53 480)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) I pa[rceled out] a plot [of x hectares of field in ...] and gave (it) [to them ...]. (4) They had no seed corn [whatever] there, (so) they took 100 (homers) of barley [from ...] instead of [their] seed corn. (r 1) [The ...] in Zaba[n ...] (r 2) outside [...] (r 3) my daughter in [...] (r 4) I ga[ve ......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 260. Insults and Accusations (ABL 0463)
(1) (Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] of the king, my lord. (3) I sen[t] my messenger, but he insu[lted] my messenger, saying: "Why do you plot against the king's subjects? I am at war with you, do not come down to my country and my district! I will not release the rest to you!" (11) The [...] have amassed fields and houses [...] (12) [o]f the king [......] (Break) (r 1) I [was notified] by the king my lord's court: "He should repay you the debts that he ow[es you]." He has not obeyed the king's order though, and has [n]ot paid his debt to me; from the moment I appealed to the king, my lord,…
Daily LifeEconomy
~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 261. Dividing the Booty (CT 53 398)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) We have selected 3,350 p[eople] (3) from Til-da[...] (4) as far as Sazan[â]. (5) Bel-[...], (6) [NN], Gabbu-ana-Aššur, (7) [NN], Na'di-ilu (Break) (r 1) [...] the king [...] (r 2) Musan[i], (r 3) the legate of [...] (r 4) sleeps in his house. (r 5) I [...] 9 seahs 7 [litres ...] (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 262. (no title) (CT 53 676)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [As t]o Nabû-[......] (3) [...] his messenger [..., saying]: (4) "What [......] (Break) (7) The royal bodygu[ard ......] (8) "In the ci[ty ......] (9) ... [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 263. Arrival of Rams (ABL 1206)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [As to NN about wh]om the king, my lord, wrote [me], I had sent word on the very day that the previous lette[r] arrived: they are bringing him. (6) As to the 1,000 rams about which the king, my lord, wrote me, I am herewith sending them over with my messenger. (10) As to Qurdi-Iss[ar], the archer about whom the king, [my lord, wr]ote me: "Encou[rage him, and give him a house], a plough, and a field [......]" (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 264. (no title) (CT 53 856)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] said: (2) [.".. the I]tu'eans of the deputy (3) [......] herdsman (4) [...] scouts from [the pre]vious (5) [... have gone] to their garrison (6) [...... who] give/gave people to you (7) [...] of the house of Babû (8) [......] ... the country [......] (Reverse too broken for translation)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 265. Cherchez la Femme (CT 53 882)
(1) To the ki[ng, my lord]: your servant [NN]. (3) As to [NN] about whom the king, [my] lord, [wrote to me]: (5) "Ask [and investigate] who [...] the [...] women who [...] t[o ...]! Why [......]?" (Rest too broken for translation)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 266. Fragment Referring to Public Works (CT 53 651)
(1) To the ki[ng, my lord]: your servant [NN]. (3) The work o[n ...] and the work [...], which [......] (Break) (r 1) the wo[rk ...], (r 2) the wor[k ...], (r 3) in [......] (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 267. Fragment Concerning Public Works (CT 53 617)
(1) [To the king, my lord]: yo[ur] servant [NN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) On the 11th of [...] (5) the whole [w]ork o[n ...] (6) [... un]til the 20[th ...] (Break) (e. 2) [......] they s[aw ...]. (e. 3) [Let them wr]ite [me what the king my lord's orders are].
Daily LifeEconomy
~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 268. Refusal to Transport Saplings (CT 53 836)
(1) [To the king, my] lord: your servant [NN]. (4) As to [the saplings] about which they wr[ote to me] from [the Palace ..., ...] sapl[ings of ...] are [now] avail[able ...]. (9) The towns [......] (10) all [......] (11) ...[......] (12) [They] absolutely [...] refu[se to obey me]; they do not [...] the [... and do not transport] the sapl[ings], saying: "[......] (Break) (r 4) "We shall not [......, w]e are exempt [......]." (r 6) The prefect [......] (r 7) her[e ......] (r 8) an order [......]. (r 9) Instead of exe[mpted men ...], the prefect should send [......].
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 269. Delivery of Barley (CT 53 324)
(1) [To the king, my lord: y]our [servant NN. Go]od health [to the king, my lord]! (4) [As to what] the king, my lord, [wrote me]: "[Gi]ve Ki[ṣir-Aššur] the barley of [... wh]ich is at [your] disposal!" — (8) there are 7,000 (homers) of ba[rley, (measured) by a s]eah of 6 litres, at [my disposal]. (10) [Man]nu-ki-Arbail, the [...] official, [and] the [...] scribes [who ca]me here hit the [......] (14) [the ki]ng, [my] lord [......] (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 270. (no title) (CT 53 827)
(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health] t[o the king, my lord]! (4) [The forts of the king, my lord], are [well]. (Break) (11) the king [......] (12) not [......] (13) the It[u'eans ......] (14) with me [......] (15) sent, [saying: "...] (16) with you [......] (17) [...] aft[er ......] (18) [...] I [......] (Break) (e. 2) [......] I sent to [......] (e. 3) Who will give [...]?" He said: "[......] (e. 4) [...] they [......]
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 271. (no title) (CT 53 200)
(1) [To the king, my lord: your] servant [NN]. Good [health to the king, my lord]! (4) Wh[en ......] (Break) (r 1) its [we]ight is [x] minas [...]. (r 3) We shall [...] and b[ring it in].
Daily LifeEconomy
~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 272. Rain and Travel Problems (ABL 1305)
(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) It is [now] raining on it. If ice does not form on it, we can leave it in mid-Shebat (XI).
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 273. An (Urarṭian?) Defeat (CT 53 795)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] it was raining [heavily] on [...]. (3) [... was ca]reless; the Assyria[ns ... c]ame out of the forts and infl[icted] a defe[at on th]em. (7) [Th]ey killed [...] (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 274. Heavy Rain (ABL 1265)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) It rai[ned] extremely heavily. (4) The water trough raised 100 homers (20,000 litres) of water. (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
~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)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 276. Fragment Reporting on Rainfall (CT 53 558)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [On the ...th] da[y ...] it rai[ned] extremely heav[ily] in the ci[ty ...]. (r 2) The k[ing, my lord], can [be glad]. (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 277. Assembling Troops (CT 53 305)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [in] Arz[uhina ......]. (2) I am w[riting to you righ]t now: [after I have] sent [..., speak] with [NN wh]o [has written] to the Palace ab[out ...]: (5) "Why [is] the wor[k delayed]? To whom did you [......]? Have they p[romoted NN] as city [lord]?" (8) He is [...]; as for you, [be ready] wi[th your army and wi]th your ch[ariot] troops, assemble the Gurreans, the It[u'eans, the ...], the exempt infantry, the kal[lāpu troops and ...] (Break) (r 2) [I said:] "No [......] (r 3) [de]layed [......] (r 4) [... the cr]own prince [......] (r 5) does [n]ot bring [......] (r 6)…
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 278. (no title) (CT 53 677)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) he is my [...] (2) [...]ean(s) and Arazaean(s) (3) [...] he is [...]. Send him (4) [...] the army of [...] (5) [...] has de[parted fr]om there. (6) (The situation) [is ve]ry [good]. Whatever [...] (7) [...] the re[ar ......] (8) [......] barley [...] (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 279. Military Matters (CT 53 403)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] palace [...] (3) [......] ... [...] (4) [...... Gabbu]-amur who [...] (5) [...... You] know that [the ...] (6) [who ...]... g[o and] (7) [...]. Now, [...] (8) [with] my assembled [tr]oops [...] (9) [...] together with the h[orses ...] (10) [...] the chief eunuch [...] (11) [...] to [...] (12) [...... say]ing: "The king, [my] lor[d, ...] (Break) (r 2) [...] the royal bodyguard who [...] (r 3) [...] one [...] of the palace [...] (r 4) [... have co]me, saying: "We have been sent [to ...]" — (r 5) [that is] not [true]! (r 6) [You] know that [the ...] (r 7) [who]…
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 280. Oxen and Wagons (CT 53 442)
(Beginning destroyed) (6) [...] to [......] (7) [t]o the te[ams ......] (8) to the messen[ger ...] (9) I bro[ught ......] (Break) (12) I g[ave him] these orders: "As soon as you have brought [...] the oxen and the wa[gons, give them] to [NN]; later on, [......]." (r 4) What else? Let these [...]s go out too, don't let [...] grow [...] (Break) (r 11) [... ap]proached [...] (Break) (e. 1) [wh]ich I answered you [...]
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 281. Trees for the Royal Orchards (CT 53 036)
(1) To [the king, my lord]: your servant Sin-[ahhe-riba]. Good health to the k[ing, my lord]! (4) [Assyria] is well, the tem[ples] are well, [all the king's] fo[rts] are well. The king, [my] lo[rd], can be [glad indeed]. (8) Two big ... trees [......] (9) on the 5th day of [......] (10) to the city Šur[u ......] (11) On the 7th of [......] (12) Tu'ayu [......] (13) came [to me ......] (14) among the medlar(s) [......] (15) of the orchard [......] (Break) (r 1) [...] tree [......] (r 2) cypres[ses ......] (r 3) all [......] (r 4) there [......] (r 5) grape[s ......] (r 6) recei[ved ......] (r 7…
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 283. Arrival of a Royal Messenger (CT 53 658)
(Beginning destroyed) (3) [I]n [his] letter [it was written as follows]: (4) "While [I was] he[re], a messenger of [the king of ... c]ame [t]o [m]e in the city [...]; he had [no]t reached me in [...] (Break) (r 5) thi[s lett]er [ca]me [to me ......] (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 284. Carnelian from Kumme (ABL 1035)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... Ari]ye (Break) (r 3) "I shall not giv[e the ...]... (r 4) [On acco]unt of this matter [NN] wrote: "[... is] against me; [make it known] in the Palace," and for that reason I wrote [to] my [lord]: "I shall write to find out [what] he has [in m]ind." (r 10) The [...] of the Ukkean are [...] with him. (r 11) [... A]riyazâ has brought carnelian (r 12) [...] to Silim-Aššur (r 13) [...] good (r 14) [...] second best (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 285. Too Much Snow (CT 53 629)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) I am sending [......]. (3) [Perhaps the king], my lord, will say: (4) "[Why was it not ...] until now?" (5) [The blanket of snow] is very thick, (6) [......] the month Adar (XII) (7) [......] to me (Rest too broken for transalation)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 286. A Journey to Dur-Šarruken (CT 53 257)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [After ...] the Ukkean (3) had subjugat[ed ...], (4) [the governor] opposite him came from Ur[arṭu] (5) and they spen[t] the night together [in the town] Irmuna. (7) [No]w, both of them [...] (8) [...] to Dur-Šarruke[n ...] (9) [...] w[i]th me (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 287. Inspecting Bronze and Wooden Objects (CT 53 628)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... has been rec]eived, and we will enter (it); (3) [there] are vessels of bronze [...] (4) [...] it is burnt red. (5) We shall see [...] (Break) (r 3) [...] of bronze (r 4) [...] we have weighed. (r 5) [...] beams [......] (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 288. Keeping Watch with Exempted Men (CT 53 473)
(Obverse destroyed) (r 1) of [......] (r 2) Now the ki[ng, my lord, ...] (r 3) should exercise [...]. And [......] (r 4) the king, my lord, should rep[rimand ......] (r 5) I shall keep watch [in ...] with the exempt[ed men ......] (r 7) behind [......] (r 8) let them do [......] (r 9) of Wa[......] (r 10) knows [......] (Break; side untranslatable)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 289. Distributing Corn (CT 53 323)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [trans]ferring [......] the town Mu[...]. (2) For (any cohort commander) who has a bre[ad ration for on]e year and who has men, I [take] from the corn tax and provide it to him in his garrison. (6) Even where there is no entry, they come and tell me, and I give it, so they can cultivate their fields. (9) If I did not allot it, they would take [the corn] they have harvested [prev]iously and eat it, and would not cultivate the fields but turn to me [with]out a superior, saying: "Bread [is being with]held from us!" (r 4) The king, my lord, knows that [...] no [...]; (r 5…
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 290. Ferrying Some Thresholds Without Boats (CT 53 030)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] they (3) [......] another mountain [...] (4) [......] he returns [...] (5) [......] great [...] in Šimu (6) [......] of large boats (7) [......] ..., as many as there are, (8) [are ...]. These boats are damaged. (9) [......]dadu will return, and (10) [......] their [...]. (11) Perh[aps the king, my lord, wi]ll say: (12) "[... th]ese [boats] (Break) (r 2) [......] the stone thres[holds] (r 3) [...... for the wa]tchtowers (r 5) I shall bring across [the thresholds] which [have been deposited on] the river bank, [and ... do] the work on the boats. [Wh]at does th…
Daily LifeEconomy
~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 291. Giving Bricks to the Magnates (CT 53 038)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] 56 courses of bricks [...] (3) [...] he extracted [...]. (4) [He wrote t]o him: "Why did you extract [...]?" (6) [He said: "The re]st of the work that I am doing [is ...; I have receiv]ed from him [x] bricks, but he is still glazing [the kiln-fired bricks]." (10) I am [herewith] sending [the ...]s of the br[ickwork o]f his wall (assignment) [to the king], my lord. (12) [Perhaps the ki]ng, my lord, will say: "[To who]m have [you] given bricks [...]?" (15) [40,000] to (the governor of) Arpad, [40,000 t]o (the governor of) Sama[ria, 40,000 to] (the governor of)…
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 293. Finishing the ‘Winged Hoof’ (ABL 0271)
(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant Nabû-ušabši, (and) Iglî. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (7) As to the winged hoof about which the king, my lord, wrote me: "Why is it not finished?" — (10) had it been at the disposal of the Assyrians, we would have retrieved it from them and quick[ly fin]ished it! (r 3) [...] the Babylonians [... have been re]trieving it (Break) (e. 1) I shall bring it to the king, my lord.
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 294. Request for Beams, Gold and Steel (ABL 0566)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) "Cons[ult] the tablet!" The br[ick masons who] star[ted] to work were gossiping the following day, saying: "This work is most acceptable to Bel! The king is going to live long!" (6) They were merry indeed, so I asked: "What is it? Tell me!" but they wouldn't tell me. (9) (I need) six musukkannu trees, each six cubits (3 m) long and one cubit (50 cm) in circumference; (10) one haluppu fir tree, five cubits long, one cubit in circumference; (12) ten musukkannu trees, each of which are two qû measures thick; they may be either five or six cubits long; (14) one good box…
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 295. Second-Rate Logs will not Do (ABL 0467)
(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king], my lord! May [Nabû and Marduk] bless the king, my lord! (Break) (8) [......] are distributing [...] to the magnates (10) [If it is acceptable to] the king, my lord, [the ...] should give orders [to ......] (13) [......] they should come (14) [I will] give them [...]. (15) [The ... which they have c]ut into shape (16) [are] very [...]; (17) their [...] are [...]. (18) I have listed their [...] and sent (this information) to the king, my lord. (20) The second-rate (logs) we [have been cut]ting into shape here are quite…
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 296. Bricks for Dur-Šarruken (CT 53 188)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] Adia [...] (2) [There are x sto]ne cutters. The dyers have [beg]un to dye. (4) As to the the work of Dur-Šarruken, we have brought out the local population by villages; they will produce the bricks.
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 297. Transporting Stone Thresholds and Raising a Bull Colossus (ABL 0957)
(Beginning destroyed) (4) [I have brought] stone thre[sholds acr]oss (the river), but five [of them] remain [the]re. [I have appoi]nted [the chief...] in charge of them, saying: "Bring [them] across!" (8) On the first day [I to]ok [x] king's men with [me] and went to [Tas]tiate to raise the bull colossus. It has been hewn and [...]. (r 2) I am [n]ow spreading poles against [the qu]ay and raising the [bu]ll colossus. We will do it all right; the king, my lord, can be glad.
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 298. Moving Bull Colossi Across the River (ABL 1362)
(Beginning destroyed) (4) As to the of[ficials] in Adi[a] and in Tas[tiate concerning whom] the king, my lord, wro[te me]: "All of them should go t[o Dur-Šarruken]!" — (9) the bu[ll colossi] of the magnates are set up to[gether] and the king, my lord, [(earlier) said]: "They should quickly ... the colossi and as long as the water in the river is [low, bring them across] the river!" (14) Who [...] would (then) stay (here) to look after the [bull colossi]? (r 1) N[ow], the magnates are waiting for [me]. May the king, my lord, wait for me (until) Siv[an] (III), and I will (then) get the work…
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 299. Working and Loading Bull Colossi (CT 53 201)
(Obverse too broken for translation) (r 1) [As to the wo]rk to [be done about which the ki]ng, my lord, wrote [me]: "You shall exec[ute] it by the patte[rn] of the [...] bull colossus [of Du]yanusi" — I am do[ing acco]rdingly. (r 7) [The w]ork looks [good]; [i]t is being done. The king, [my] lord, [can] be glad. (r 10) The bull colo[ssus of] Duyanusi [is finished] and we have l[oaded] it [on] a boat. [Let them w]ri[te me wh]at the king my lord's [orders are]. (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5
SAA 05 300. Fragment Referring to a Bull Colossus (CT 53 268)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) I will d[o and fin]ish [......]. (4) T[his bull] colossus [concerning which] the king, [my] lo[rd, wro]te me (Break) (r 3) they are [at h]ome. (r 4) [As to what the ki]ng, my lord, wr[ote me] (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 001. Ru’uaean Eunuch Returned from Damascus; the City Wall of Meturna (ABL 0158)
(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant Issar-du[ri]. Good health to the king, [my l]ord! (4) Nabû-zeru-ibni, the Ru'[uean] eunuch whom the king, my lord, retur[ned] from Damascus from the servi[ce] of Bel-duri and sent to Abdudu to Be[l-...] in the hope that the Ru'u[ean] and his people would co[me] to him — (11) (when) Merodach-Bal[adan] heard of his having come, he had all his brothers brought (before him), and spoke with them as follows: "Now that his brother has come, you will run aw[ay] to him!" They said to him, "Why should we run away? (This) brother of ours who has come is on the…
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 002. Dangerous Boat Trip; King Approaching Uruk (ABL 1056)
(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Iss]ar-du[ri. Good health t]o the king, [my] l[ord]! (4) [Concerning the g]uard about whom the king, my lord, [wrote to m]e, whom the servants [of the kin]g my lord have hired, he will depart [tom]orrow. (8) [The boa]tmen [sa]id to me as follows: "Are we to go as he says? The [te]rritory is not safe, there are bandits w[ho ...] there. Surely [... will] hear [about it and] send [...]s [who will t]ake the boats away from us. [...] in the ri[ve]r [...]. Let m]e go [...] and give [......], (and) let us wait [fo]r the king, my lord. As soon as the king is…
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 003. Cavalry of Nibe (ABL 0159)
(1) [T]o the king, my lord: your [servant] Issar-duri. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) Concerning the cavalrymen of Nibê about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, we were already in Media (when) the le[tte]r of the king, my lord, came t[o m]e. (10) [...] I se[nt (word) ...] (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 004. Physicians for the King; Inscriptions for a Temple in Der (ABL 0157)
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Issar-duri. [Good] health to the king, my lord! (4) [Concerni]ng Nabû-šumu-iddina and Nabû-eriba, the physicians [about whom I sp]oke to the king, my lord, now then I am sending them [care of] my messenger to the [kin]g my lord's presence. Let them enter the king my lord's [pres]ence, and let the king my lord speak with them. Truly, I have not disclosed nor told them where the king, my lord, is sending them. (17) Šamaš-belu-uṣur wrote to me from Der: "Should we really not put any inscriptions in the walls of the temple?" I am now writing to the king, my…
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 005. We Did not See the Moon (ABL 0162)
(1) [To] the king, my lord: yo[ur servant] Issar-dur[i. Good he]alth to the king, [my lo]rd! (4) We [watc]hed for the gods on the [2]9th [day]. There were clouds in [the sk]y, and therefore [w]e did [not] see (anything). How[ever], my messenger who has been staying [in the presence] of Marduk-šarru-[uṣur has] now [...] (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 006. Claiming Reward for Good News of Rain (ABL 0707)
(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant Issar-duri. Good health to the king, [my] lord! (4) In the night of the 5th day it started to rain hail. The ra[in poured dow]n through the night, the whole early morning and the next day. [... Aš]šur (Break) (r 1) I appealed for [...]. (r 2) Now I have announced to the king, [my] lord, the good news of the rain. For my good news let them (now) give me what I appealed for. (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 007. Servants of Bel-ahhe-eriba Appeal to the King (ABL 0708)
(1) [To the king], my [lo]rd: [your servant] Issar-duri. [Good health] to the king, my lord! (4) [The servants o]f Bel-ahhe-riba [who ca]me and appealed to the king, [my lord, saying: "There a]re [brothe]rs of ours in Na[...]" — Inurta-šakin-[..., the bodyg]uard (whom) the king, [my l]ord, sent [with the]m, [has ...ed t]hese [...] of [...] (Rest destroyed)
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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15
SAA 15 008. The People and Goods of Nabu-ahhe-iddina (ABL 0163)
(1) [To] the king, [my] lord: your servant Issar-duri. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) Concerning the people and the goods of Nabû-ahhe-iddina about which the king, my lord, gave me orders, [...] in a[ccordan]ce with the writing-board (Rest destroyed)
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