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Page 425 / 481

~675 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 16

SAA 16 156. Fragment Referring to Akkad (CT 53 972)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... the land of] Akkad [...] (3) [......] there is [...] (4) [......] ... [...] (5) [......] Place (pl.) [...]! (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 164. Explaining Asakku (CT 53 952)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your] se[rvant PN]. Good hea[lth to the king, my lord! May] Nabû [and Marduk bless the king, my] lo[rd]. (6) Conce[rning the ... about which the king, my lord], wr[ote to me], saying, "May [they] wr[ite] ... [for me] — (10) Asakku [...] (11) power + sceptre [...] (12) Asakku [...]

SAA 16 156. Fragment Referring to Akkad (CT 53 972)

SAA 16 164. Explaining Asakku (CT 53 952)

SAA 16 167. Fragment of a Medical Report (CT 53 855)

SAA 16 180. (no title) (ABL 1399)

SAA 10 044. Timing a Journey of the King (ABL 1141+) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 259. Who to Come out Next? (ABL 0364) [from exorcists]

SAA 08 007. Evening Last of Mars at Month’s End (RMA 021) [planetary]

SAA 08 019. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 152) [lunar]

SAA 08 083. New Moon on 1st Day, Mercury Visible (RMA 055) [planetary, lunar]

SAA 08 126. New Moon on 30th Day (ABL 0819) [lunar]

SAA 08 138. (no title) (ABL 0824) [unclassifiable]

SAA 08 157. Morning First of Mercury (RMA 217) [planetary]

SAA 08 234. Hemerology for Ab 27-29 (CT 53 916) [calendrical]

SAA 08 307. Scorpius in Lunar Halo (RMA 108) [planetary]

SAA 08 334. Meteor (RMA 201) [occasional]

SAA 08 338. Morning Last of Venus in Kislev (RMA 210) [planetary]

SAA 08 372. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 017) [lunar]

SAA 08 381. Mercury in Sagittarius (RMA 227) [planetary]

SAA 08 387. Mars Stationary in Scorpius (RMA 033) [weather]

SAA 08 388. Predicting an Eclipse of the Moon (RMA 273) [eclipses]

SAA 08 399. Occultation of Virgo(?) (RMA 245) [planetary]

SAA 08 447. The Moon Will not Make an Eclipse (RMA 052) [eclipses]

SAA 08 454. Mercury Sighted in Pleiades (RMA 218) [planetary]

SAA 08 469. Eclipse of the Moon, Occultation of Jupiter (RMA 235A) [eclipses]

SAA 08 502. Planetary Omens, Prediction of Eclipses (RMA 272) [eclipses]

SAA 08 536. Last Visibility of Venus in Pleiades (RMA 205A) [planetary]

SAA 10 001. Enthroning a Substitute King (ABL 0332) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 002. The Substitute King Reveals a Conspiracy (ABL 0223) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 004. Substitute King Ascends Throne in Akkad (CT 53 206) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 005. Auspicious Days for Treaty Ceremonies (ABL 0384) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 006. Convening Scribes for Treaty Ceremonies (ABL 0386) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 007. Scholars to Enter the Treaty (ABL 0033) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 008. Omens from Retrograding Planets (ABL 0519) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 009. A Royal Funeral (ABL 0670) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 010. Earthquake in Nineveh (ABL 0034) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 011. Transferring Evil Omens to a Substitute (CT 53 593) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 012. Enthroning a Substitute King (ABL 0676) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 013. Royal Statues for Harran (ABL 0036) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 014. The Cella of Nusku (ABL 0673) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 015. Any Curses Written There? (ABL 0031) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 016. Blessings to the Queen Mother (ABL 0677) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 017. The Queen Mother’s Curse (CT 53 084) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 018. Display Ceremonies in Arbela (ABL 0035) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 019. Dates of the Festival of Tammuz (ABL 1097) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 022. (no title) (ABL 0675) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 023. Refuting a Sighting of Mercury (ABL 0037) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 024. An Incident During Bel’s Return to Babylon (ABL 0032) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 025. Taking Countermeasures after a Solar Eclipse (ABL 0674) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 026. If the Eclipse Takes Place, What Does it Mean? (ABL 0038) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 028. (no title) (ABL 0041) [from astrologers]