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Page 1406 / 1599

~715 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

SAA 15

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

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Sîn-na'di. Good health to the king, my lord! (5) I have no scribe where the king sent me to. (9) Let the king direct either the governor [o]f Arrapha or Aššur-belu-taqqin to send me a scribe.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

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

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to] the king, my lord! (3) Concern[ing the ... about wh]ich the king, my lord, wrote [to me]: "The houses which are b[eing built] should be coate[d] with [bitumen] as in Ba[qarru]" — the king, my lord, knows that winters (lit. sn[ow] and ice) are very severe her[e]. Burnt bricks do not rem[ain] (whole) but disintegrate. Therefore [we] have built the house[s o]f mud-bricks. (14) The depor[tees wh]o came (16) [...] to the cit[y ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

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

(Beginning destroyed) (2) They will [bring] the h[ors]es and come. (3) As to the news of Daltâ, he is not leaving (his) house and nobody is entering into his presence. I have heard that he is collecting the rest of the tribute. I shall obligate him to deliver it. (6) I have taken the released Medes who are i[n my prese]nce (and) 30 horses. The remaining people are with me. (8) [I have re]ceived the tribute of the land of Zakrutu, 40 horses. They promised to give the rest [of the tribute]. (10) The king, my lord, [should send] (word) to the magnates that they may [proc]eed against Kuluman.…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

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

(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) [......] wine [...] (r 3) [News of] Merodach-Baladan: [he is] in Ba[bylon]. (r 4) [......] Bit-Dakkuri is we[ll ...] (r 5) [...... are] keep[ing] watch over them

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

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

(1) [NN], a citizen of Babylon (2) has said [as fol]lows: (3) ["Merodach-Bal]adan has said: (4) ['...] I will kill you!' (5) [... w]hat work of [NN] (6) [... w]ith him do! (7) [......] to Mer[odach-Baladan] (8) [...... g]o! Merodach-[Baladan] (9) [......] to the [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

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

(1) [To the k]ing, my lord: [yo]ur [servant] Šarru-emuranni. [Good hea]lth to the king, my lord! The fort is [wel]l. (5) [...]hayu sent a Chaldean, an informer, to Larak. The [Lara]keans arrested him and took him [before] me. I asked him: "Where are you from?" He said: "A citizen of Babylon [sent me] to Larak." They said: "[He is] a crook, he lie[s]. We know him, (the) Nippurean(s) [...]." (r 2) Now then they are bringing him to the ki[ng, my lord]; let the ki[ng my lord] question him. (r 4) I asked him where the son of Ze[rî] is. He said: "He is encamped in the town Hiuru [of] the Puqudu [lan…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

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

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... are e]atin[g ...] (2) [...] whatever [st]raw there is [...] (3) [...] lift your eyes [...] (4) [...] Nabû-belu-ka''in [...] (5) [... y]ou (pl.) and he [...] (6) [...] ... in [...] (7) [... the] scholars [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

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

(1) [To the deputy (governor)], my lord: (seal impression) (2) [your servant Aš]šur-reṣiwa. (seal impression)

Daily Life

~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 389. (no title)

(1) [To the king, my lord]: yo[ur] servant [NN]. Good heal[th to the king, my lord]! (4) Concerning what the king, [my lord, wrote to me]: "Why is [the ......] delay[ed]?" (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 391. (no title)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) "they will g[o ......] (r 2) they will dra[g ......] (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 2

Sargon II 004

Continued from several unpreserved slabs (1') I shattered their very strong walls [wi]th a mighty battering ram, leveling (them) to the gr[ou]nd. I took as booty [the people], [together] with their property. I destroyed, demolished, (and) burned down those cities with fire. (3') The people of the cities Sukkia, Bāla (and) Abitikna conceived (lit.: “deliberated”) an evil plan [that] was to eradicate (lit.: “to tear out the root of”) (their own) land and [g]ave [the]ir word to Ursâ (Rusâ), the Urarṭian, to do obeisance (to him). Because of the crime that they had committed, I deported them…

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)

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