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~710 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

SAA 17

SAA 17 166. Selling Sinneans for Silver (CT 54 238)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) "[...] go and [...]! (3) [Do not s]ell the Sinneans for s[ilver]! You and [...] (5) [g]ather them! Monthly [...]" — (6) [...] what they said to the king [...] (7) [...] he had extended. From [...] (8) [N]N, the Uruk[ean ...] (9) [...] attac[ked ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17

SAA 17 169. Aššur-bel-taqqin Visited in Babylon (ABL 1067)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) not [......] (3) the king, my lord [......] (4) as [......] (5) settl[ed ......] (6) the deputy of [......] (7) the governor of [GN ...] (8) killed the people and destroyed [their houses]. (9) When the god [......], (10) he we[nt] to Babylon [...]. (r 1) Because Aššur-belu-taqq[in ...] (r 2) the governor said, "Go [... to] the king [...] (r 4) ask [......] (r 5) for the god (and) the kin[g ...] (r 6) will be sav[ed ...] (r 7) and the land [...] (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life

~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17

SAA 17 180. (no title) (CT 54 203)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) He kneels [...]. I am devoted to [the king]. (3) I am [indeb]ted [because of his...] (and) his favour. (4) And since (5) [... w]ith the soldiers (6) [... he] bent and (7) [...] to the king (8) I spoke [with him ...], and it turned out well. (9) [...] After we had waited [for ...], a report (10) [...] when our words (r 1) [...] left (r 2) [...] the soldiers (r 3) [...] were captured (r 4) [...] the agreements (r 5) [...] completed (r 6) [...] of the king entered (r 7) [...] were relieved. (r 8) May we hear [of the well-being of the k]ing, so we can give [... t]o the ki…

Daily Life

~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 17

SAA 17 185. Fragment Mentioning Marduk-šarrani (CT 54 240)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) [...] brought up [...] (r 3) [...] took [...] (r 4) [...] Marduk-šarra[ni ...] (r 5) [...] gave, in [...] (r 6) [Ma]rduk-šarrani by the command [...] (r 7) [...] brought out, with [...] (r 8) [...], "Instead of [...] (r 9) [... yo]u did, he/it will appe[ar ...] (r 10) [...] and what [...] (r 11) [...] you did [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 166. Selling Sinneans for Silver (CT 54 238)

SAA 17 169. Aššur-bel-taqqin Visited in Babylon (ABL 1067)

SAA 17 180. (no title) (CT 54 203)

SAA 17 185. Fragment Mentioning Marduk-šarrani (CT 54 240)

SAA 06 001. Mušallim-Issar Purchases Slaves (742-XI-26) (ADD 0075)

SAA 06 002. Musallim-Issar Purchases 5 Slaves (737-II-9) (ADD 0320)

SAA 06 003. Mušallim-Issar Buys a Slave (ADD 0492)

SAA 06 004. Mušallim-Issar Buys Slaves (ADD 0497)

SAA 06 005. Mušallim-Issar Buys a Servant (729-III-3) (ADD 0195)

SAA 06 006. Mušallim-Issar Buys 7 Slaves (713-III-3) (ADD 0248)

SAA 06 007. Mušallim-Issar Buys a Slave (ADD 0180)

SAA 06 008. Mušallim-Issar Buys Slaves (ADD 0480)

SAA 06 009. Mušallim-Issar Buys Slaves (ADD 0486)

SAA 06 010. Inurta-ila’i Buys Land (717-XI-16) (ADD 0391)

SAA 06 012. Inurta-ila’i Buys More Land (715)

SAA 06 013. Inurta-ila’i Sells the Land he Bought 7 Years Before (710) (ADD 0392)

SAA 06 015. Inurta-ila’i Buys Land from Uquwa and Ahu'a-eriba (ADD 0405)

SAA 06 016. Fragment of a Purchase Document of Inurta-ila'i (ADD 0518)

SAA 06 017. Aššur-šallim-ahhe Buys a Threshing Floor (747-II-4) (ADD 0412)

SAA 06 019. Šumu-lešir, Recruitment Officer, Buys an Estate (734-IX-26) (ADD 0415)

SAA 06 020. Fragment of a Legal Document of Šumu-lešir (ADD 0303+)

SAA 06 021. A Building Contract (734) (ADD 0090)

SAA 06 022. Muaddi Buys 12 Hectares of Land (729-X) (ADD 1176+)

SAA 06 024. A Fragmentary Sale of Land (723) (ADD 0395)

SAA 06 026. Zazi Loans 20 Minas of Silver (711-I-21) (ADD 0005)

SAA 06 027. Zazi Buys 23 Hectares of Land (ADD 0434)

SAA 06 028. Purchase of Land (710-I-28) (ADD 1164)

SAA 06 029. 5 Men Borrow Money against Land from Madayu (710-X-17) (ADD 1246)

SAA 06 030. Paršidu Sells an Estate (710-XII-15) (ADD 0416)

SAA 06 032. Gazilu Buys a Building Plot (707-VI-15) (ADD 0350)

SAA 06 033. Purchase of Land (706-X) (ADD 0484)

SAA 06 034. Šumma-ilani, Chariot Driver, Buys Three Slaves (709-V-20) (ADD 0234)

SAA 06 035. Restitution of Damages to Šumma-ilani (700) (ADD 0112)

SAA 06 036. Šumma-ilani Loans Silver for 50 Percent Interest (695-I-12) (ADD 0034)

SAA 06 037. Šumma-ilani Buys a Vineyard from Il-amar (694-VII-l) (ADD 0427)

SAA 06 038. Šumma-ilani Buys People from Il-amar (694?) (ADD 0508)

SAA 06 039. Šumma-ilani Buys Numerous Slaves from Bel-Harran-isse'a (694-I) (ADD 0239)

SAA 06 040. Šumma-ilani Buys 15 Slaves from Bel-Harran-isse'a ( 693-I) (ADD 0238)

SAA 06 041. Šumma-ilani Buys 7 Slaves from Bel-Harran-isse’a (693-I) (ADD 0240)

SAA 06 042. Šumma-ilani Buys a House (692-II-10) (ADD 0326)

SAA 06 043. Šumma-ilani Loans Three Minas of Silver (684-I-10) (ADD 0019)

SAA 06 044. Envelope of the Preceding Text (684) (ADD 0020)

SAA 06 045. Šumma-ilani Buys a Maid (682) (ADD 0222)

SAA 06 046. Note of 1,200 Litres of Oil Owed to Šumma-ilani (681-V-21) (ADD 0127)

SAA 06 048. Šumma-ilani Buys a Maid (680) (ADD 0212)

SAA 06 049. Duplicate of the Preceding Text (ADD 0226)

SAA 06 050. Šumma-ilani Buys 50 Hectares of Land and 9 People (ADD 0422)

SAA 06 051. Duplicate of the Preceding Text (ADD 0423)

SAA 06 052. Šumma-ilani Buys 13 People (ADD 0246)

SAA 06 053. Šumma-Ilani Buys Two Slaves (ADD 0236)