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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 260. Barley for Captives (CT 53 096+)

(Beginning destroyed or too broken for translation) (r 2) Now Bel-i[qbi] (is telling me): "Bring me the barley I gave to your [...] and let me give it to the king's captives!" (r 8) Has the king my lord sent a messenger, and [has he s]een their houses and silos? They have weakened me, and no matter what is told them, they refuse to listen to me. (r 18) Aššur-ašared, a bea[rded] (courtier) [...] in the city of Ni[......]. (Break) (e. 1) [The container]s of water [......] have been finished [.....]

SAA 01 260. Barley for Captives (CT 53 096+)

SAA 01 261. (no title) (CT 53 863)

SAA 01 262. Išmanni-Aššur and Horses (CT 53 618)

SAA 01 263. Keeping an Eye on Harran and Halahhu (CT 53 419)

SAA 01 264. The Akitu Chapel of Isana (CT 53 214)

SAA 01 265. (no title) (CT 53 348)

SAA 05 001. No News is Good News (ABL 0200)

SAA 05 002. Attacks on Forts (ABL 0548)

SAA 05 003. Urarṭu Gets Ready for War (ABL 0424)

SAA 05 004. Floating Logs down the River (CT 53 210)

SAA 05 005. Bringing Soldiers into Eziat (CT 53 478)

SAA 05 006. Transporting Logs (ABL 0732)

SAA 05 007. Log Driving (CT 53 280)

SAA 05 008. Fragment Referring to Messengers and Timber (CT 53 631)

SAA 05 009. (no title) (CT 53 616)

SAA 05 010. (no title) (CT 53 708)

SAA 05 011. An Urarṭian Governor in Muṣaṣir (ABL 1083)

SAA 05 012. Fragment Referring to Military Operations and Spies (ABL 1043)

SAA 05 013. (no title)

SAA 05 014. Chaldeans in Bit-Zamani (ABL 1193)

SAA 05 015. Building a Town, a Fort and a Palace (CT 53 065)

SAA 05 016. Exempt Land Provides no Straw (ABL 0201)

SAA 05 017. Work on a Bull Colossus and Stone (CT 53 386+)

SAA 05 018. (no title) (CT 53 335)

SAA 05 019. Rendezvous (CT 53 625)

SAA 05 020. (no title) (CT 53 264)

SAA 05 021. Tension on the Urarṭian Border (ABL 0506)

SAA 05 022. News from the Urarṭian Border (CT 53 584)

SAA 05 023. (no title) (ABL 0508)

SAA 05 024. People from a Mountain Town (ABL 0509)

SAA 05 025. Felling Trees in Šubria (ABL 0507)

SAA 05 026. No Water in the River (CT 53 213)

SAA 05 027. Pulling up Fruit Tree Saplings (ABL 0510)

SAA 05 028. Red Wool for the King (ABL 0431)

SAA 05 029. Forwarding Hewn Stone Objects (ABL 0952)

SAA 05 030. (no title) (CT 53 328)

SAA 05 031. Argisti Puts Pressure on Hu-Tešub of Šubria (ABL 0139+)

SAA 05 032. Soldiers Captured by the Šubrians (ABL 0138)

SAA 05 033. Cutting Timber in Urarṭian Territory (ABL 0705)

SAA 05 034. Problems in Cutting Timber in Šubria (CT 53 095)

SAA 05 035. The King of Šubria Refuses to Extradite Deserters (CT 53 160)

SAA 05 036. Joint Sacrifices (CT 53 163)

SAA 05 037. Defense Against Accusations (CT 53 101)

SAA 05 038. A Visit by Duri-Adad and a Royal Delegate (ABL 0703)

SAA 05 039. Fragment Concerning Tree Trunks (CT 53 726)

SAA 05 040. A Šubrian Emissary on His Way to the King (CT 53 004)

SAA 05 041. (no title) (CT 53 697)

SAA 05 042. (no title) (CT 53 424)

SAA 05 043. Fetching Beams (CT 53 283)

SAA 05 044. Troops in Hubuškia (CT 53 054)