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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 208. (no title) (CT 53 527)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) As to the [......] (2) equipment t[o ......], (3) the royal bodyguar[d ......] (4) with the depu[ty ......] (5) cam[e ......] (6) took [......] (7) which [......] (8) hors[e(s) ......] (Reverse too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

SAA 5

SAA 05 209. (no title) (CT 53 779)

(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant Šarru-[emuranni]. (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 210. Taking over the Forts of Allabria (ABL 0208)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-hamatu[a]. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The forts of the king, my lord, are well. (6) A Mede forwarded me the (attached) letter from the governor, saying: "Let your messenger bring it to the Palace." (10) I have spoken kindly with the countrymen of the son of Bel-iddina and encouraged them. The son of Bel-iddina (himself) is a criminal and a traitor; he does not obey [the king's orders]. (r 2) [I said]: "Do your work, each in [his house and] field, and be glad; you are now subjects of the king." (r 7) They are peaceful and do their work. I…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 211. Building Forts (ABL 1068)

(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant Na[bû-hamatua]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! (4) The for[ts] of the king, [my] lord, are well. (5) [NN], a te[am] commander, br[ought me a letter] from the govern[or ...], saying: "[......] Aššur-[......] (Break) (r 1) The king, my lord, should k[now] (this). (r 2) The king, my lord, should not say: "He is a negligent servant; he does not do (his) work." (r 7) I drive the servants of the king, my lord, day and night; they are glazing kiln-[fired bricks] all day long [...] and bringing them into [...].

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 212. Fragment Mentioning an Interpreter (CT 53 432)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... h]ow not [...] (2) [......] "the peopl[e ...] (3) [...]; "how [...] (4) [...] "an inter[preter] (5) [...] "the audience gi[ft ...] (6) [...] "the in[terpreter] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 216. Fragment Mentioning Aza, King of Mannea (CT 53 885)

(1) To the kin[g, my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) The day that the [army and the ...] of the Urarṭian [......], (6) Azâ [......] (7) ...[......] (8) to the [......] (9) we [......] (Break) (r 1) ca[me] (r 2) [......] (r 3) came [......], (r 4) saying: "Why [......] (r 5) no bread [......]?" (r 6) The palace herald [......] (r 7) "The Urarṭian [......] (r 8) from/with [......] (r 9) [...] 7 [...] (r 10) the rest [......] (r 11) "Of [......] (e. 1) [......] the sartinnu; take [...] (e. 2) and put [......].

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 217. Preparing for War in Mannea (ABL 0342)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Adad-issiya. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) I se[n]t two cavalry cohort commanders to Sanha and Ulušia to the king's subjects who are there. They went and saw them: the equipment (they had received) there and the barley rations specified in their tablet were there. (12) They warned them, and their guard is very strong. The king, my lord, can be glad. (16) The king, my lord, knows that Kubaba-ila'i masters the language. I sent him to Tikriš, and he gave us this detailed report. We are herewith sending it to the king, my lord. (r 6) All the time I…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 218. Ullusunu Bribes Aššur-le’i of Karalla (ABL 1058)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) "in [......] (2) "the house of the wi[dow ......] (3) "Aššur-le'[i ...] (4) came [...] (5) he is safe and has [...]. (6) Nabû-hamatua wrote m[e] that Aššur-le['i] is going to Ullusunu, and that Ullusunu has given five horses to Aššur-le'i. Nabû-hamatua has itemized the horses he gave him by colour in a clay tablet (which) he (also) sent me. I have forwarded the letters of Nabû-hamatua to Nineveh, and they will have read them to the king (by now). (r 1) As to the eunuch of Aššur-le'i who is with Nabû-hamatua, about whom the king my lord wrote me, it is the third year…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 219. Fragment of a Report on Mannea (CT 53 271)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... ki]ngship of [...] (2) [... o]f the table [...] (3) [......] Aššur-šarru-[...] (4) [......] Aššur-le['i ...] (5) [......] after th[em] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 220. Military Operations in Mannea (CT 53 250)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] our lord [...] (2) [...] have seiz[ed ...]. (3) His [troops are] in [...]. (4) [...] "Ullusun[u] (5) [...] "[His] army, [which] had come [..., has] en[tered ...]. (7) [Pe]rhaps h[e ......] (8) [...] my servants [...] (9) [... has not] emerged [...] in the p[ass ...] (10) not [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 221. News from Mannea (ABL 1416)

(1) To [the king, my lord]: your servant [Adad-issiya]. Good he[alth to the king, my lord]! (4) As to what the king, [my] lo[rd, wrote me]: "Why have you [not sent me] an[y news] of the Mannean that you have h[eard]?" — (7) [he has come] to our border, [made] his sacrifices, and returned (home); [the ... have gone] to greet him. (11) The messengers o[f ... have come] from Bar[..., and presented him] the greetings of [...]. (Break) (r 2) [......] where they are [...]. (r 3) As to [NN] about whom the king, [my] lo[rd, wrote me]: "Wh[y does he not ...] to m[y] presen[ce]?" (r 7) He does not…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 222. Military Movements in Mannea (CT 53 585)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... the Man]nean(s) (3) [...... the Ura]rṭian(s) (4) [......] our [hear]t (5) [...... NN] from the city of [...] (6) [......] the Urar[ṭ]ia[n] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 223. Preparing for Battle with Urarṭian Troops (ABL 0596)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) as many as [...] remain in [......]... (4) "The Urarṭian troops advanced to the border; he went out to meet them in [...] of [......]" (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 224. Buying Horses in the East (ABL 0529)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Adad-issiya. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the merchants about whom the king my lord gave me orders, I met Šarî of Kannu' in Arzuhina. He had 70 horses. (11) I asked him where the rest of his horses were, and he said: "[I have bou]ght 200 horses over there and will b[ring them] (later)." (r 2) [I also met NN] and ask[ed him] about [the horses]; he said: "We have bought [all of them]; they are on their way towards yo[u ...]." (r 10) I encountered 21 horses and 2 mules of Nabû-eriba of Calah, a subordinate of Sanî, in Arzuhina.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 225. Not All Reap What They Sow (CT 53 079)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Adad-issiya. Good health to] the king, [my] lo[rd]! (4) [As to] the seed corn [about wh]ich the king, my lord, wr[ote me]: "Nabû-[...] must cultivate 1,000 (homers of) seed, Mannu-ki-Adad must cultivate [1],000, and you too must cultivate [1],000 (homers of) seed corn" — [wh]ere? I cannot do it! (10) [I] cultivate corn in the face of harsh [...]. They, by contrast, having planted their seed, [e]at from it, feed [their] horses [fr]om it, and (even) cultiva[te s]eed fro[m it]. (16) [They] have seized [...] from the Med[es ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 226. Orders to Magnates (ABL 0884)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-ahu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The king, my lord, sent me to the magnates; I have (now) communicated them all the orders that the king, my lord, gave me. (10) As to the town where they are encamped, Ir[š]umu is in their hands; they are soon to leave for the king, my lord. (16) As [to] Šarru-emuranni, about whom the king, [my] lo[rd], gave me [or]ders, (I told him): "Not one of your horses and men may be missing if they are to pass before the king." (r 5) As to Nabû-hamatua, about whom the king, my lord, told me: "Let him come and…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 227. Post Stations and Criminals (ABL 0408)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Šamaš-belu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the express service about which the king, my lord, wrote me through Arbailayu: "Why isn't there any express service?" — (7) When he came to me with the royal bodyguard Ubru-Harran, I harnessed before their coming two mules in Arzuhina for the use of Ubru-Harran. He took them to Arrapha, harnessed two mules for the use of Arbailayu, and went on to Mazamua. (14) Let the king, my lord, a[sk whet]her I did not station a team of [mules] in Dur-Taliti and another one in Tagalagi! When he departed…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 228. Criminals Again (ABL 0599)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) I have sent [......]. (3) [NN], a servant of the go[vernor of ...] and his family are [st]aying on the [other] side (of the river). Wha[t ar]e the king my lord's orders? (8) Likewise, there are some criminals (whom) Nimarkayu, a [serv]ant of the Crown Prince, seized and brought to the Palace: (14) Abi-ram and Dala-Il, in all two Arzuhinaeans, and with them two Arraphaeans; they have questioned them in the Palace. (r 5) I am [no]w s[ending over] the criminals who were their accomplices. (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 229. Clearing up the Royal Road to Mazamua (ABL 0635)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) there [.....]. (3) [I gave him] the follo[wing] ord[er]: "[......] (Break) (9) [He said]: "[......]; where [......], they are sending [...] to the ri[ght] and left on various errands. (r 1) I remove [...] from Sarê to Dur-Atanate, the Arraphaeans remove [...] from Dur-Atanate to Dur-Taliti, [I] remove [the ...] again from Dur-Taliti to Azari (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 230. A Military Review (CT 53 240)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] remov[ed ...]. (3) [As to what the king], my lord, wrote [me, when] I c[ame fr]om the review, my [..., my] 'third [man' and the chariot d]river (Rest too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 231. Fragment Concerning Criminals (CT 53 553)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] should lead (2) [......] the criminals (3) [......] he should go (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 232. The Governor of Dur-Šarruken Wants More Fields (ABL 1192)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Šamaš-belu-uṣur]. Good [health t]o [the king, my lord]! (4) A[s to] the t[owns of] the country Hau, about which Kiṣir-[Ašš]ur [s]aid to the king, [my] lord: "Let them give me 200 (hectares) of field in their environs" — (8) [x town]s of Sirura and 5 [tow]ns of the house of the priest [of] Bel [...], under the jurisdiction of the chief [eunuch], are [...] at the disposal of K[iṣir-Aššur]. (12) [...] the towns [...] (Break) (r 1) Now, Kiṣir-[Aššur claims]: "I do not extract (labour duty) in the environs of Arzuhina or in Dur-Taliti. It is the towns I…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 233. The King Gets an Old Boat (ABL 0802)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Šamaš-belu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The king, my lord, knows that we transport fodder from here to Ampihabi. There is an old boat we use for shipping straw, fodder and all sorts of things [......] (Break) (r 1) If [it is all right], she may go with the king, m[y] lord.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 234. Barley to Mazamua (ABL 0582)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) We [are ready] to set out for the review, but Išme-ilu, the cohort commander, brings us the (king's) golden stamp seal and holds us up continually, saying: "Bring barley rations to Mazamua!" (r 2) What does the king, my lord, say? (r 4) [...] horses (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 235. (no title) (CT 53 777)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) kno[ws ......] (4) As to [......] (5) about which the k[ing, my lord, wrote me] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 236. (no title) (CT 53 135)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) Ari[ye ......] (2) the blood which [......] (3) of the servant [......] (4) In Mannea [......] (5) with the help of the gods [of the king, my lord], (6) 190 [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 237. Appointing a City Lord (ABL 0902)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Mannu-ki-Adad. [Good] health to the king, my lord! (4) [The son of] Babû the city lord has come down [t]o me (from the mountain). I have [en]couraged him and appointed him [.... The ki]ng, my lord, [can be glad]. (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 238. Buying Ungelded Bulls (ABL 0903)

(1) [To] the king, my lord: your [servant] Mannu-ki-Adad. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the [unge]lded oxen [about which] the king, my lord, [wrot]e me (Break) (r 1) [As to what the king, my lord wrote me]: "Buy [... fr]om the Itu'eans with silver!" — we are buying (them).

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 239. (no title) (ABL 0904)

(1) [To the kin]g, my lord: [your servant Ma]nnu-ki-Adad. [Good health to the k]ing, my lord! (4) [As to ...]-Šamaš [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 240. (no title) (ABL 0905)

(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant Mann]u-ki-Adad. [Good health to] the king, my lord! (4) My [troops] have set out [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 241. A Babylonian Asks for Audience (ABL 0522)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Adad-ibni. Good health to the king, my lord! (5) A Babylonian has come to me, saying: "I have things to say; let them take me to the Palace" — (10) now then I am sending him to the king, my lord; let the king, my lord, ask him what he has to say. (r 1) I sent him to the king, my lord, on the 28th from Zaddi.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 242. Resettling Captives (ABL 0207)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-balti-niši. Good health to the king, my lord! (5) As to the captives about whom the king, my lord, wrote me, I have brought them (there). (8) I and the deputy (governor) have entered them from Tahal as far as Kar-Šamaš, and appointed (them). (12) I have given out [provisions] for a whole month, [by the sea]h of 8 litres, and half a cup of salt and cress. Everything is fine.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 243. Portrait of a Vassal (ABL 0317)

(1) To the king, [my] lo[rd]: your servant Šarru-emur[anni]. Good health to the king, [my lord]! (4) I am not the son of the city lord of [Qunbuna]; I am a house-born slav[e], a servant of the king, my lord! The king, my lord, appointed me in Qunbuna; I tell everything that I see and hear to the king, my lord, I do not conceal anything from the king, my lord. (12) As to the king [my lord]'s subjects who came to Ar[zizi] from Carchemish, about whom I wrote to the Palace, I have now had them arrested and am herewith handing them over to the king, my lord. From this act, it should be understood…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 244. The Forts are Fine (ABL 0946)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Mušallim-Adad. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The forts of the king, [my] lord, are well; (everything) is fine from the forts o[f ...] as far as the fort[s of ...]. (8) When the king, [my lord, ...] the com[mandant ......] (Break) (r 3) I have sent [...... to] the king, my lord; they will be placed where the king, my lord, orders. May the king, my lord, send ... to his servant, lest I die.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 245. Flooded by Refugees (ABL 0343)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Zabayu, the commander of the fort Appina. Good health to the king, my lord! (6) The fort and the servants of the king, my lord, are well. (9) The eunuch who is overseer of the household o[f] Suitkâ [the ci]ty [lord], has fled and [com]e [to] Appina. Deserters [......] (Break) (r 1) I sent [... to the Pala]ce [on the 1]st of Marchesvan (VIII); a deserter is (coming) with him. The messengers accompanying him have come, but up to now he himself has not come.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 246. Waiting for Scouts to Come back (ABL 0309)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Bel-emuranni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the rumour about which the king, my lord, wrote me, I have sent out scouts but they have not yet come back. (8) While waiting for them, [I am submitting] the ki[ng, my lord], this report. (Break) (r 2) They should give it and b[ring it to me]. (r 3) Or if it is not to be ... and there happens to be a man in his company he can dispense with, let them give it to him, and let him bring it. (r 7) A cavalryman should be there to guard him.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 247. A Sealed Royal Order (CT 53 513+)

(1) [To] the king, my lord: your [servant] Nanû. [Good] health to the king, my lord! (4) [As t]o Meṣate-[i]bni and [...]nâ about whom the king, my lord, [wrote] me, in accordance with the king's sealed order [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 248. (no title) (CT 53 730)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) which in [...] (2) on account of it [...] (3) I wro[te ...] (4) of the people [...] (5) Just as you trust [in ...], (6) I shall hold ba[ck ...] (8) I app[ointed] an offi[cial ...] (Break) (r 1) of ... [...] (r 2) stored grain [......] (Rest too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 249. Stormy Night (CT 53 197)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) in [......] (2) Šarru-iqbi [......] (3) where there is water [...] (4) their rear side [...] (5) We waited there. (6) On the night of the 4th day an extremely strong wind was bl[owing]. The sto[rm] was so (strong) it tor[e off] all the tents; people got panicked, horses piled together making a heap. (12) It started at (the culmination of) the Circle star (Corona) and subsided at (the culmination of) the Triplet star (α Herculis). [All is well]; the king, my lord, [can be at ease.] (Break) (r 2) there [......] (r 3) all [......] (r 4) ... [......] (r 5) I [......] (r 6…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 250. Assembling Troops for War and Counting Rations (CT 53 047+)

(1) To the k[ing, my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good heal[th to the king, m]y [lord]! (4) [We ar]rived in [Kar-Aššur] on the 2nd day. The commander-in-chief, [the ..., the chie]f cupbearer, Taklak-ana-Be[l, Išmann]i-Aššur, and the governor[s of Si'imm]ê, Tillê, Guzan[a and Isa]na: these are the magnates w[ho] arrived [with u]s in Kar-Aššur. (11) As for the whole royal entourage and the ... of the magnates, none have arrived. We are readying the first contingent of Ne[rgal-e]ṭir which is arriving, just in case the king, my lord, should say: "Draw up the battle array and proceed against the…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 251. Reviewing Cavalry and Chariot Troops (ABL 0567+)

(1) To [the king, my lord: your] servant [NN]. Good [health to the king, my lord]! (4) [As to the cavalrymen about whom the king, my lord], gave [me orders], I have revie[wed them]: 106 [cavalry]men seen, 9[4 missing], under the command of the prefect [NN]. (13) The ki[ng], my lord, gave me no orders re[garding] the chariot owners, but I have reviewed them too along with the ca[valry]: 10 chariot owners, 21 of their king's men, in all 31 chariot owners seen, 69 [miss]ing, under the command of the [recru]itment officer Tut[î]. (r 7) I have assigned 150 hor[ses ...]; (r 8) now [...].

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 252. (no title) (CT 53 420)

(Beginning destroyed) (8) [......] my messenger (9) [...... the b]order[s] (10) [......] the king, [my lord] (Break) (r 1) [......] Arrapha (r 2) [......] they [should] provide (r 3) [......] (r 4) [......] the chariot (r 5) [...... g]ave (r 6) [......] (r 7) [...] I have given [...]

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 253. Beams from the Zagros (CT 53 343)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [As] to the [......] (3) mihru tree [......] (4) Arraphaeans [......] (5) the beams which to [......] (6) poplar tree [......] (7) I have fetched 200 beams [......] (Break) (r 1) from their midst [......] (r 2) let them give me [......] (r 3) in early [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 254. Logdriving in Isana (CT 53 126)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] standing [in ......] (3) [I told] him: "Send me one [of] your subjects, to stay in my presence," but he has not agreed to send me one. (8) As to Raṣappayu, the official concerning whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Release him, and let him serve with you!" I have written to the household overseer of the [governor o]f Calah, but he has not [agreed] to release [him, so I have] not [hired] him. (Break) (r 3) [As t]o [......], I am b[ringing] 25 log[s ... t]o the river. [The l]ogs [......] (Break) (r 9) [...] Isanaeans [......] opposite me will pick up [the lo…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 255. Transport of Beams (CT 53 569)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] the trees which are at [my/his] disposal [...] (3) [...] the river (4) [they b]rought (5) [...] Tabal (6) [...] he has piled up [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 256. Problems with Sheep (ABL 1288)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good heal]th t[o the king, my lord]! (2) [As] to the sheep of [... about which the king, my lord], wrote [me]: "Why do [yo]u withhold the sheep fr[om ...]?" — (5) it is the king, [my] lo[rd], who has wi[thheld] the [sh]eep for his gods! If he does not add to them, (how) can I hold back their shepherds? (9) Nabû-zeru-iddina had an audience with me, saying: "Ša-ili-dubbu has driven away [she]ep; 1,300 ṣu'bu sheep (13) [...] these [......] (Break) (r 1) [...-ya]da' sa[id to them]: "[Co]me and graze!" (r 3) [Let ... give] them or[ders; i]f it pleases…

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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…

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~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)

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~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,…

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