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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 103. Editorial Suggestions (CT 53 900) [from astrologers]

(1) To the ki[ng, my lord]: your servant [Akkullanu]. Good heal[th to the king], my lord! May [Nabû and Marduk] ble[ss] the k[ing, my lord]! (Break) (r 1) The king, my lord, should have a look; let them remove what is to be removed, and add what is to be added. (r 5) The king, my lord, would perhaps say: "Why did you not remind (me)?"

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 106. Kanunu Festival (ABL 0678) [from astrologers]

(1) [To] the king, my lord: yo[ur servant] Akkullanu. [Good] health [t]o the king, my lord! [May] Nabû and Marduk [bl]ess the king, my lord! (Break) (r 2) The kanūnu will be [in] the evening.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 107. Corruption in the Temple of Aššur (ABL 0429) [from astrologers]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Akkullanu. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (6) The golden plate which disappeared from the Aššur temple has been seen in the hands of the stonecutter Qurdî-Nergal. Now the gold was for his eyes (i.e., meant for him). I am going to question the scribe now. (r 1) Let the king write again, and let them question him. The king should not write to Ṭab-šar-Sin, (for) he has been bribed by him. Instead let them question him as well: "To whom have you given bribes? Make up for the gold!" (r.e. 12) The king should not…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 109. Omen of the Kingship of Esarhaddon (ABL 1216) [from astrologers]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] now [......] (2) [...] and dates [......] (3) [...] but his messenger [did] not [......] (4) [...] beyond the kingship o[f ......] (5) [...] completed according to his word [......] with the king [...] (6) [I told] him: "You will take over the kingship." Let the king create her [...]. (7) I am Bel-ušezib, your servant and your dog who fears you [...]. (8) Why [did the king my lord sum]mon prophets and prophetesses w[hen I disclosed] the many [th]ings I had heard in Nineveh, (while) [I, who] blocked the exorcist with my mouth and [we]nt to pay homage to the…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 115. Arrests and Interrogations (CT 54 170) [from astrologers]

(1) To the king of the lands, my lord: your servant Bel-uš[ezib]. [May] Bel, Nabû and Šamaš [bless] the king, [my] l[ord]! (3) (As) [I have] already once or twice [written] to the king, my lord, the men who [...] from [...], (5) their statement in Assyria [......] in Elam. (6) Ina-tešî-[eṭir ...] has been arrested. Nabû-naṣir, the pre[late ...] (Break) (r 2) Let him deliver [...] to us. (r 3) Let the archers assemble on the [...th] and take the oath [...]. (r 5) [......] (r 6) [...] Ina-tešî-eṭir [...] (r 7) [...]. Also, did he not speak with the king [...], saying: "He is of [...]?" (r.e. 9)…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 118. Appointment in Borsippa (CT 54 441) [from astrologers]

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] there is concerning them (3) [......] they are getting scared (4) [......] Let all the [...] be put in confinement; [let] those who [are] guilty [be punished], but let the lord of kings par[don] those whose guilt is ...; and [let ......], whoever they are. (7) [......] a prelate who is acceptable to him (8) [......] should be placed (9) [......] should go (10) [......] let them ... and bless the king. (11) [......] the king [...] his guilt (b.e. 12') (Break) (15) [.....] the exorcist [NN], son of [NN] (r 1) [...] did not [summ]on [... ...-ki]tti-luddin, [and…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 119. Saturn Near Moon (ABL 1183) [from astrologers]

(1) To the king of the lands, [my] lord: [your servant Bel-uš[ezib]. [May] Bel, Nabû and Šamaš [bless the king, my lord]! (3) If during your watch the moon [......]. (4) Saturn [......]. (5) If in the month of your watch the sun [......]. (6) If in the month of your watch the wind [......]. (7) If in the month of your watch in [......]. (8) If in the month of your watch [......]. (Break) (e. 1) [...] to do [......] (e. 2) [If] it is acceptable [to] the king, [......] to the king, [my lord].

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 120. Cow Gives Birth to Lion (CT 54 512) [from astrologers]

(Beginning destroyed or too fragmentary for translation) (11) When [...] appeared [...], I said to him: "If you [kill and] eat it, I shall notify the king." (r 2) [Now then] Sin-ereš has struck down the lion which the cow gave birth to and eaten it. None of his associates [knows about it]; he has killed the farmer and the scribe, saying: "Maybe [...] will give you on my behalf; [they may] testify for me in the presence of the king." (r 6) Now then the servants of Sin-ereš who saw it with their own eyes are standing by; let them testify and speak to the king. (r 8) [A ri]tual, be it [by] an exo…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 122. Watching the Sky (ABL 0591) [from astrologers]

(1) [To] the king, [my] lord: yo[ur servant] N[abû']a. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (6) Concerning the watch about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, we shall keep it and write (to the king).

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 126. New Moon on 30th Day (ABL 1156) [from astrologers]

(1) [To the king, my lord: yo]ur [servant Nabû'a]. May Nabû and [Marduk] bless the king, my lord! (6) We kept the watch on the 29th day; we saw the moon.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 127. The Fox in the Well (ABL 0142) [from astrologers]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû'a. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (7) On the 7th of Kislev (IX) a fox entered the Inner City, and fell into a well in the garden of the god Aššur. It was hauled up and killed.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 129. (no title) (ABL 0073) [from astrologers]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-šumu-iddina of Nineveh. [May Nabû] and Mar[duk] (Remainder lost)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 130. A Note to the Palace Scribe (ABL 0062) [from astrologers]

(1) To the scribe of the palace, my lord: your servant Nabû-šumu-iddina. [Good health to] my lord! May [Nabû] and Marduk, [Ištar] of Nineveh and [Ištar] of Arbela bless my lord! May they keep you in good health, and may you constantly be happy! (r 4) The palace and the inhabitants of Nineveh are well; may Bel and Nabû also grant health to you!

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 131. Darkness at Noon (ABL 0908) [from astrologers]

(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant] Nergal-šumu-iddina. The very best of [health] to the king, my lord! (5) The sun was [eclipsed on the 29]th, [in the m]iddle of the day. (8) [...] here (Remainder lost)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 136. (no title) (ABL 0982) [from astrologers]

(1) To the crown prince, my lord: your servant, the foreman of the collegium of ten (scribes) of Arbela. Good health t[o the crown prince, my lord]! [May] Nabû and Marduk [......] (Remainder lost)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 139. Clouds, no Moon (ABL 0829) [from astrologers]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Issar-nadin-apli, the foreman of the collegium of ten scribes of Arbela. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû], Marduk, and Ištar of Arbela bless the king, my lord! (12) We kept watch on the 29th day; the place of observation was cloudy, we did not see the moon. (r 6) Month of Shebat (XI), 1st day, eponym year of Bel-Harran-šadu'a (650) .

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 142. New Moon on 30th Day (ABL 1438) [from astrologers]

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Issar-nadin-apli], the forem[an of the collegium of ten] (scribes) of Arbela. Good health to the king, [my] lord! May Nabû, Marduk, and Ištar of Arbela bless the king, my lord! (11) We kept the watch on the 29th day; the moon was seen.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 143. We can either Teach Astronomy or do Corvee Work (ABL 0346) [from astrologers]

(1) To the king, our lord: your servants, the scribes of Kilizi. Good health to the king, our lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king! (8) We watched the moon; on the 14th day the moon and the sun saw each other. (This means) well-being. (r 1) May Nabû and Marduk bless the king. Because of the ilku-duty and the corvée work we cannot keep the watch of the king, and the pupils do not learn the scribal craft.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 144. Report on the Moon (ABL 1037) [from astrologers]

(1) [To the king, our lord]: your servants, the scribes of Kilizi. Good health to the king! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king! (7) [We] watch[ed] the moon [...] (Remainder lost)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 150. Lunar Observations (CT 53 293) [from astrologers]

(Too fragmentary for translation)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 153. Choosing a Day for a Visit (CT 53 768) [from astrologers]

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant] Nabû-ahhe-šallim. [Good heal]th [to the king], my lord! [May Nabû and Mar]duk [very grea]tly [bless the king], my lord. (Break) (r 2) [The moment] is good [for ent]ering [into the presence of the king], my [lord]. [If the king], my lord, [says, let] him enter, and may he (= the king) see [him prosper]!

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 154. Messenger of Bel Goes with the King (ABL 0324) [from astrologers]

(1) To the queen mother, my lady: your servant Aplaya. May Bel and Nabû bless the queen mother, my lady! (5) Now then I am daily praying to Nabû and Nanaya for the maintenance of the life and the extension of the days of the king of the lands, my lord, and of the queen mother, my lady. (r 3) The queen mother, my lady, can be of peaceful mind. A gracious angel (lit. messenger) of Bel and Nabû has gone with the king of the lands, my lord.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 155. A Tablet from the Time of Hammurapi (ABL 0255) [from astrologers]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ašaredu. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king of the lands, my lord! (5) The tablet which the king is using is [defe]ctive and not whole. Now then I have written and fetched from Babylon an ancient tablet made by King Hammurapi and an inscription from before King Hammurapi. (14) [Let] the king [...] the ritual according to [...] (Break) (r 2) From A[šaredu] the Youn[ger]. (r 4) Long [since] I [......]. They should believe me.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 156. Appeal to the King (ABL 0743) [from astrologers]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ašaredu. May Nabû and Marduk [bless the king of the lands, my lord]! (Break) (r 2) Having received [...], he stood upon a table and said: "He will die; appeal to the king." (r 5) They eat my bread, and I ...

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 157. Averting the Evil of an Eclipse (CT 54 221) [from astrologers]

(1) [To the king, my lord: yo]ur [servant] Ašar[edu]. May [Nabû and Marduk for ... many] years establish [......] give [......] to [......]! (6) [......] the lord of kings [...] (7) [......] year [...] (Break) (r 1) [......] sign [...] (r 2) [......] (r 3) [......] heart to your presence [...] (r 4) [......] I about it [...] (r 5) [......] will get scared [...] (r 6) [......] will ave[rt] the [...] of the eclipse. (r 7) [......] very [...] to the king. (r 8) Ma[y the lord of kings] be everlasting! (r 9) [From Ašar]edu.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 158. Years of Alulim (ABL 0796) [from astrologers]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aša[redu] the younger. (2) The moon will not make an eclipse; the king of the lands, my lord, can be happy. (4) May Bel and Nabû grant the years of Alu[lim to the king], my lord! (5) To whom [...] can I tell all the things [that the king, my lord], has given us? The king [......]. (8) Let them give me [.......] (9) to the king [......]

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 160. Twenty Able Scholars, Fit for Royal Service (CT 54 057+) [from astrologers]

(1) [To the ki]ng of the lands, the strong king, the king of the world, his lord: your servant Marduk-šapik-zeri, the dead body, the leprous skull, the constricted breath whom the king, my lord, raised up and appointed from among corpses. May I die as the substitute of the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the lord of kings, my lord! (6) I have now been kept in confinement for two years and, for fear of the king, my lord, though there have been good and bad portents for me to observe in the sky, I have not dared to report them to the king, my lord. (9) Now, however, afraid that it…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 161. Petition Concerning a Lawsuit (ABL 0928) [from astrologers]

(1) [To] the king, my lord: your [ser]vant Munnabitu. Good health to the king, my lord! [May] Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (5) Aššur-eṭir, the son of Ṣillaya, who informed the king claiming that Nabû-apla-iddin has killed his servants, is speaking to the king falsely and untruly. He has devised a cunning plan: "[...] of the king [...] (Break) (r 2) not [......] (r 3) where [......] (r 4) has not [...]. The [...]s who [info]rmed with [him] have got afraid. (r 6) Though the king has decided their case, nobody is giving them anything, and they are worried about their lives. (r 9) Now,…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 162. (no title) (CT 54 196) [from astrologers]

(1) [To the king of the world, my lord: your servant Na]bû-iqb[i. May Nabû and Marduk bless] the king of the world, [my lord]! (3) [Concerning] Erešu [..., about whom the king], my lord, [gave me] o[rders, ... he h]as entered [...], saying: "[...] (7) [......] Dari-[šarru] (8) [...... t]o the king, [my] lord (Rest destroyed)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 163. Petition Concerning Lost Property (CT 54 463) [from astrologers]

(1) To the king of the world, my lord: your servant Nabû-iqbi. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king of the world, my lord! (5) (While) I am here keeping the king my lord's watch, the commandant of Cutha, Aš[ar]edu, has given my father's house to a nayālu tenant and ousted my brothers from t[heir] home. (11) When my brother was approaching Cutha, at his feet which [......] to Cutha (Break) (r 1) [...] said to my [...]: "I hate the country in which your brother is living, along with you." (r 4) My legal adversary who took 50 minas of silver and a mina of gold from my father's house, has been…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 164. The Commandant is Robbing Me (CT 54 510) [from astrologers]

(1) [To the ki]ng of the wo[rld, my lord: your servant Nabû-iqbi. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king of the world, my lord]! (5) [......] (6) While [I am] keeping the king my lord's watch [here in Nineveh], the commandant of Cutha, Ašaredu, is giving my father's house to a nayālu tenant and turning [al]l my assets into his possession. (13) [x mi]nas of silver belonging to y[ou] (14) [......] of mine (15) [......] of the city [...] (Break) (r 1) ... [......] (r 2) He has seized Commagenean [......] in lieu of 15 m[inas ......]. (r 5) I speak t[o ......], but nobody [listens to me]. (r 6) [...]…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 165. Petition Concerning Lost Property (ABL 0228) [from astrologers]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nergal-eṭir. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (6) For 6 years I have been guarding Aššur-etel-šamê-erṣeti-muballissu, and Bel and Nabû have provided good health. (Break) (r 2) (By) Bel and Na[bû ...], your gods: the king, my lord, is merciful. Let the king send a bodyguard with me, so I may go and bring out my brother and retrieve my fortune. Let me go and come back quickly! (r 9) Was it not when I was living in his country, in the land of Yašubu, that the son of Ahu-leʾi ...? Why [......] on the servants? (e.…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 166. Merciful King (ABL 0499) [from astrologers]

(1) To the king of the lands, my lord: your servant Rašil. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (6) The king, my lord, has reared me from my childhood until the present day, and ten times has the king, my lord, taken my hand and saved my life from my enemies. (13) You are a merciful king. You have done good to all the four quarters of the earth and [placed] the plant of life in their nostrils. (r 4) Now, [...... are pl]otting (r 5) [......] (r 6) I am [......]. (r 8) May the king, [my lord, n]ot abandon me! May I not drift apart from the king, my lord!…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 167. Petition Concerning a Field (ABL 0500) [from astrologers]

(1) [To the c]rown prince, my lord: your servant Rašil. May Nabû [and Marduk] bless the crown prince, my lord! (4) Why is Aššur-na[tkil], the cohort commander of Adin, on his own hook dissolving a contract that the king, [my lord], has made? (8) Two horses (and) tenant farmers cultivated my field; I sent two of my apprentices there, but Aššur-natkil arrested them and threw them into prison. He has destroyed the barley [...], and they have put my apprentices too in [...]. (r 7) [...] a favour for me. If [it is acceptable] to [the king], these [......]. (r.e. 10) There is [...] (r 11) all [...]…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 169. Ṣillaya Does not Wish the Rebuilding of Babylon (ABL 0702) [from astrologers]

(1) The king appointed [Ṣillaya ...] with the sons of Eṭeru of the Sealand, and they have seized [...], saying: "It is the king's order: Give us [the ... which ...] gave to your fathers as a nishu payment!" (4) The Babylonians and the(ir) commandant Ubaru (said to them): "There is no such order of the king! Last year, in Calah, when you appealed to the king for the collection of old debts (incurred) while Babylon was still intact, the king lost his temper with you, (shouting): 'What is there in Babylon (to collect)? The city was in ruins, and I have resettled it and established its freedom!'…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 171. Teaching Astrology (ABL 0954) [from astrologers]

(1) [May] Nabû and Marduk [ble]ss the king, [my lord]! (3) Your servant [NN]. (4) [As] the king last year summoned [his scholars, he did not] summon me with [them], (so) I wrote to the palace: "The apprentices whom the king appointed in my charge have learned Enūma Anu Enlil; what is my fault that the king has not summoned me with his scholars?" (13) The king said: "Have no fear, I will summon you." But when I departed from there, up to now the king has not summoned me. (r 1) Now the king has summoned scribes great and small, but the king has not sum[moned] me, not with the [...] nor with [the…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 173. The Governor has Taken my Field (ABL 0421) [from diviners]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-šumu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (6) The father of the king, my lord, gave me 10 homers of cultivated land in Halahhu. For 14 years I had the usufruct of the land, and nobody disputed it with me. (But) now the governor of Barhalzi has come and mistreated the farmer, plundered his house and appropriated my land. (17) The king, my lord, knows that I am a poor man, that I keep the watch of the king, my lord, and am guilty of no negligence within the palace. Now I have been deprived of my field.…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 174. The Conqueror Goes to Egypt (ABL 0923) [from diviners]

(1) To the king, lord of kings, my lord, and Aššur, the highest [god], [who] by his holy and unchangeable command [... has ordered] a thousand years of life for the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-šumu-uṣur. (4) [May] Sin and Šamaš [attend to] the health of the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk [give] name and seed to the king, my lord! May the Lady of Nineveh and Ištar of Arbela guide [you] like a mother and sister! (7) Aššur, in a dream, called the grandfather of the king, my lord, a sage; the king, lord of kings, is an offspring of a sage and Adapa: you have surpassed the wisdom of the…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 175. Deciding about an Extispicy Report (ABL 0773) [from diviners]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-šumu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (7) Concerning the haruspex appointed to the service of Arbayu who last year made a report to the king, [my] lord, and said: "When A[rbayu] comes, [let them question him] and decide about [the re]port [concerning him]," (r 4) Arbayu is now here — let the king question [him] and decide about the report of his servant.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 176. A Moment’s Relief, Please (ABL 0181) [from diviners]

(1) To the king, our lord: your servants Marduk-šumu-uṣur, Naṣiru and Aqaraya. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, our lord! (8) We have rites to perform in the qirsu. Let the king, our lord, give an order to Sasî (that) they should let us go. Nobody will release us, and we cannot go out.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 177. Revising the Curriculum (ABL 0722) [from diviners]

(1) To the king, our lord: your servants Marduk-šumu-uṣur, Naṣiru and Tabnî. Good health to the king, our lord! [May] Aššur, Šamaš, [Bel] and Nabû [bl]ess the king, our lord! (8) (Too broken for translation) (15) The series should be rev[ised]. Let the king command: two 'long' tablets containing explanations of antiquated words should be removed, and two tablets of the haruspices' corpus should be put (instead). (r 6) Two rams should be sacrificed before Nabû and before Šamaš; Šamaš and [Na]bû [...] days [...] (Remainder lost)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 179. Will the Chief Eunuch Take over the Kingship? (ABL 0755+) [from diviners]

(1) [To the king of the lands, my lord]: your [servant] Kudurru. [May Aššur, Šamaš, Bel and Nabû bless] the king of the lands, my lord! (3) [Ever si]nce the day when the king my lord [dep]orted me, I have sat in confinement, praying to the king, my lord, [every day], (until) [Nabû-kill]anni the chief cupbearer sent [a cohort commander] to release me. (8) As I was walking [with him], he says to me: "You are an expert in [scrib]al lore? [NN] tells me [you] are an expert in scribal lore." (11) It was the month of Marchesvan (VIII) when Nabû-killanni fetched me, and I ended up standing in the…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 180. Give me a House! (ABL 1261) [from diviners]

(1) To the crown prince, my lord: your servant Naṣiru. May Nabû and Marduk bless the crown prince, my lord! I pray daily to Nabû, Šamaš and Marduk for the sake of the life of the crown prince, my lord! (8) Why am I dying for lack of means and of cold? Five days ago the king said, "Give Naṣiru a house," but nobody has given a house to me. (17) Let me remind the crown prince my lord about it, and let them give me the house which the king promised so that I may not die of cold. (r 6) May Šamaš and Marduk bless the crown prince, my lord! (r 9) May the crown prince my lord remind them about it, and…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 181. (no title) (ABL 0737) [from diviners]

(1) [To the king], my [lo]rd: [your servant T]abnî. [Good health to] the king, my lord! [May Nabû and Marduk bless] the king, my lord! May [Aššur] and Šamaš make your royal sceptre good [for Assyria]! [May ... subdue your enemies] beneath your feet! (Break) (r 2) The village managers bring [...]; we shall let [the king, my lord], hear [whatever] we have to report. [Now, wh]at is it that the king, my lord, [or]ders?

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 182. Petition to the Crown Prince (CT 53 139) [from diviners]

(1) [To the crown prince], my lord: [your servant Tabn]î. [Good health to the crown prince], my lord! May [Nabû and Marduk] bless the crown prince, my lord! (5) [From] his [chi]ldhood till his maturity, [my father] took [care of] the father of the crown prince. [Steadily] he stood in his presence; he [shared the ...] of his basket with the king, his lord; he e[xperienced] the [da]ys of misfortune with the king, his lord. (10) [The k]ing, our lord, [......] kindness [......]; he dre[ssed him] in purple [...] and ap[pointed him] the chief haruspex. Among the servants [of the king ...] and the…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 183. Extispicy on the Roof of the Temple of Marduk (ABL 1278) [from diviners]

(1) Concerning the hoopoe about which you said: "It has been sent as a message" — and concerning the temple of Marduk, we shall see a good month, and it (the ritual) should be performed; he does not know. (3) Elul (VI) is a good month. (4) Also, concerning the ritual of the haruspex, he does not know about the 2nd day; again, it is good. Let it be performed and let us be confident. (6) Also, if it is feasible, why don't the guards and Perhu keep watch there, on account of a matter like this? (r 1) Alternatively, if it is not good to let the men go to the roof of the temple at dawn, some…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 184. Extispicy Omens (CT 53 411) [from diviners]

(Beginning destroyed) (3) The 'base of the throne' was firm; [......]; (4) the base of the right-hand surface [of the 'finger' ...]; (5) the 'path' is present; ...[......] (6) the wide part of the left side of the 'finger' [......] (7) the wide part of the left side of the 'finger' ...[......] (8) [...] the 'pouch' ...[......] (Break) (r 3) [...] the 'station' [......] (r 4) ... the upper part [......] (r 5) and the lower part is elevated; [......] (r 6) is not twisted; the 'cap' is 'loose'; (r 7) As to what the king, my lord, sa[id]: "Did Nabû-nadin-šumi son of [NN] become clean?" — the pur[i…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 186. Blessings to the Crown Prince (ABL 0010) [from exorcists]

(1) To the crown prince of Assyria, my lord: your servant Adad-šumu-uṣur, who constantly blesses you. [Good heal]th to the crown prince [of the "Success]ion" [palace], my lord! (7) [May Aššur, Si]n, Šamaš, [Nabû and Marduk, and the great gods of heaven and earth bless the crown prince, my lord. (Break) (r 1) May they gi]ve [happin]ess [and heal]th [to the crown pri]nce [of the Succes]sion [Palace], my lord!

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 188. The Ghost of the Queen (ABL 0614) [from exorcists]

(Beginning destroyed or too fragmentary for translation) (r 1) [The crown prince] explained [it to] my [... as follows]: (r 3) "Aššur and Šamaš ordained me to be the crown prince of Assyria because of her (= the dead queen's) righteousness." (And) her ghost blesses him in the same degree as he has revered the ghost: "May his descendants rule over Assyria!" (r 9) Fear of the gods creates kindness, fear of the infernal gods returns life. Let the [king, my] lord, give the order (Remainder lost)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 189. Royal Insignia for the Substitute King (ABL 0653) [from exorcists]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Adad-šumu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (6) Concerning the substitute king of Akkad, the order should be given to enthrone (him). (9) Concerning the clothes of the king, my lord, and the garments for the statue of the substitute king, concerning the necklace [of go]ld, the sceptre and the throne, [... ba]th (Break) (r 1) We shall beg[in with ...] and enthrone (him) [...]. Now the order should be given, so we can ... and go. What is it that the king, my lord, commands?

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