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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 154. Fragment on Allegations (ABL 0787)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-alik-pani. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to what Bel-iddina said in the presence of the king, my lord: "The [...]s [...] to the depu[ty ...]," (7) he [......] (8) I [......] (Break) (r 2) whether the [...s res]pect [their] government and are devoted to it ... (r 5) Let me come and speak with this man in the king my lord's presence.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 155. Fragment Concerning a Royal Order (ABL 0788)

(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Aššur-alik-pan[i]. Good health to the king, [my] lord! (4) On the 5th day Aššur-bel-[...] came [to my presence] and communicated [us] the or[der] which the king, [my] lo[rd], gav[e] him about [...]: (10) "[......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 156. Inspecting Deportees (ABL 0988+)

(1) [To the king, our l]ord: [yo]ur [servan]ts [Aššur-a]lik-pani and [Nerg]al-šarrani. Good health to the k[ing, our lord]! (6) As to what the king, [our lord], wrote to us: "When the gov[ernor] arrives, [...] th[e]re with the capti[ves]" — (12) [NN] arrived in Šu[...] on the 6th; we have [now] inspec[ted] the captiv[es] and are herewith writing to the king, [our lord]. (r 1) The people are ve[ry] we[ak]; weather has eaten up [their] loo[ks] and the mountains have crushed them. They are coming ague-stricken. (r 8) [The ki]ng, our lord, should know (this).

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 157. (no title) (CT 53 470)

(1) [T]o [the king, our lord: your serv]ants [Aššur-alik-pani and] Nergal-ša[rrani]. Good [health to the king, our lord]! (5) The king having s[ent us] for good relations [and peace] to Bit-A[bdadani], (8) [we stayed] two days in [... but no]body [...ed] with [us] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 158. Fragment of a Military Report (ABL 1359)

(1) To the king, [our] lo[rd]: your servants [Aššur-alik-pani] and Nergal-ša[rrani]. Good health t[o the king, our lord]! (5) As to the tr[oops] about [wh]om the king, [our] lord, [wrote us, no] news of them [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 159. Fragment Concerning a Royal Utterance (ABL 0785)

(1) [To] the king, [my] lo[rd: your servant] Aššur-alik-[pani. Good] health to the king, [my lord]! (4) [When] the king, my lord, [se]nt me [to the ho]use of the palace her[ald, the king], my [lo]rd, said [to me]: (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 160. Guarding the Camp (CT 53 914)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] from [...] (3) [......] Later, the w[ork] (4) [...... o]f the forts [...]. (5) We en[tered sa]fely, and are [encam]ped [...]. The guard [is strong]. (7) [What orders] does [the king my l]ord, sen[d me]? (8) [...] the wall of the camp [...]. (9) [...I] know that the king, [my] l[ord ...] (10) [...] on leather [...] (11) [...] the palace herald [...] (12) the palace herald and we [...], (13) [... fi]nished [...] (14) [...] sa[y ...] (15) [The gu]ard of the c[amp is strong]; (16) the king, [my lord, can be glad]. (17) [...] the king, my lord, [...] (18) [...] th…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 161. (no title) (ABL 0783)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-alik-pani. Good health to the king, m[y] lord! (4) As to what the king, [my] lo[rd], wr[ote] me: "The [...]ean who [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 162. Zaba-iqiša Joins the Camp of Rusa (ABL 0441)

(1) [T]o the king, [my] l[ord]: your [ser]vant Upa[q-Šamaš]. Good health to the ki[ng, my lord]! (4) The magnates departed from Yeri on the 20th of [Tam]muz (IV) and went to Fort Adad-remanni; Ea-Šarru-ibni went with them. I am in Yeri, [keepin]g watch over Zaba-iqiša, as the king, my lord, [told] me. (14) As to the news [of] Zaba-iqiša, [a mes]senger [of] the Hubuškian has come and told the sartinnu: "He has been made to depart, and he is on his way [t]o Rusa." (r 4) It is a substantiated rumor; [I have he]ard it [reported] like this ma[ny] times. I am keeping an eye on [him] now.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 163. Settling a Complaint by the Augurs (ABL 0410)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Upaq-Šamaš. Good health to the king, my lord! (5) As to the guard with the augurs, about whom the king, my lord, wrote me: "He should be tried in your presence, and he must give back whatever he took from the augurs" — (r 1) I have carried out a thorough investigation; he has taken nothing from them, [[though they complained about him]]. (r 7) Now, I have kept the reserve guard in their service, as the king, my lord, commanded; the other one has gone back to his garrison.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 164. King of Urarṭu Facing Battle with Sargon (ABL 0515)

(1) [To] the king, my lord: your servant Bel-iddina. (3) As to the news of the Urarṭian, a messenger of the Andian and a messenger of the Zikirtean have gone to Waisi and told him: "The king of Assyria is upon us." (12) The day he saw the messengers he set out to Zikirtu, he himself with his troops. (r 3) The Hubuškian too went with him, for five stages. (Then) he turned back and ordered his magnates: "Organize your troops, I shall array myself against the Assyrian king." (r 11) This is from [in]formers; (the part) concerning the arraying is from informers.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 165. King of Uraṭu Sacrificing on a Campaign (ABL 1298+)

(1) To the king, my [lord]: your servant B[el]-iddina. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the news of the Urarṭian, he set out [on the ... d]ay and was making sacrifices in the city of A[... on the ...th] wi[th his magnates], (when) a me[ssage from] the Hubuškian [came] to him: (11) "[...]...[......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 166. Revolt in Urarṭu (ABL 1325)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] has captured [...] in the moat of the town Š[u...], and is bringing cap[tives] from various places into it. (r 1) Furthermore, the city Kar-siparri has revolted against him, and his commander-in-chief is engaged in [bat]tle [the]re. (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 167. Military Movements in Urarṭu (CT 53 615)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] the Urarṭian has go[ne] (2) [......] have assem[bled] (3) [...... in] Waisi [...] (4) [......] in the presence of the king, [my] lord, (5) [......] Wais[i ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 168. Report on the Urarṭian Camp (ABL 1081)

(1) To the vizier, my lord: your servant Adâ. Good health to the Vizier, my lord! (5) As regards the news [of the Urarṭi]an about which my lord [wrote m]e, in [......] (Break) (r 4) On the night of [... he pla]ced [...]s within it; he is encamped in ..., within Uluaza; I have written to the vizier, my lord, where he intends to go. (e. 1) I have written [all that I have heard ...] (e. 2) I have written [......].

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 169. King of Zikirtu as Horse Trader (ABL 0205)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Issar-šumu-iqiša. (3) The emissaries of the Zikirtean (king) are now coming; the messengers of the Urarṭian who had gone to the [Zi]kirtean are coming with them as captives. (8) I have had money brought up and deposited in the stronghold, (relying) on the word of the Zikirtean, who said: "I shall sell you the horses in Paššate." (13) Now let it be impressed upon the emissaries, as the emissaries are trying hard to back out of their word, claiming: "We have not heard about (such a promise) by our lord." (r 4) The king should ask the second emissary; he kno…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 170. Appointing an Attendant to a Eunuch (CT 53 204)

(1) [To the king, my lord: y]our [servant] Di[nanu. Good] health to the k[ing, my lord]! (4) [As to what the ki]ng, my lord, [wro]te me last y[ear], the eunu[ch about whom] the king, my lord, said: "[Appoint ...] to his service!" — Išme-ilu [is now] in [his] service. (9) When [......] (Break) (r 4) [the Bu]susean(s) [...] (r 5) [... o]f Bi[rate] (r 6) [...] enter [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 171. Arrival of Foreign Princes with Horse Tribute (ABL 0466)

(1) Yala[...], the crown prince of And[ia], is coming t[o ...], accompanied by the em[issary] Nergal-belu-uṣur. (6) 16 red horses; 13 irginu horses; 14 black horses; 1 Haršean horse; 1 tuanu horse; 6 mares; 5 mules; in all 51 horses from the crown prince of Andia. (r 4) Abat-šarri-uṣur, the Mannean emissary, is coming with them. I asked him: "Is the audience gift with you?" (r 11) He said: "[......] to [......]; (r.e. 13) "what[ever ...] ...[...]."

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 172. Nabu-ereš under Surveillance (ABL 0411)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Abat-šarri-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the Chaldean Nabû-ereš about whom the king, my lord, wrote me: "He should be watched secretly" — (9) the very moment the king, my lord, wrote me, I sent (word), and they have been watching him secretly. (r 1) Now then he has set out and is on his way, going to the Palace to greet (the king), as he says.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 173. Report on an Urarṭian Defeat (CT 53 099)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [about which] my [lo]rd [inquired, they previously informed me] as follows: (3) "Their king [and his magnates] have been [utterly] defeated on (their) expedition; [x] of his magna[tes] have been killed." (7) I did [no]t have more detailed information, and (thus) did not wr[ite] t[o] my [lo]rd how it happened. (11) Now they have e[ntered] my country from [...] and [are ...ing] the forts [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 174. The Defeat of the King of Urarṭu (CT 53 583)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] of [...] (2) [When] the (king) of Urarṭu [w]ent [against the Cimmerians, a]ll [his governors and his troops] were kil[led; n]ot [one] has returned [from there]. (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 175. (no title) (CT 53 621)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) kill[ed ......] (4) says [......] (5) in the [......] (6) opposite [......] (7) as far as [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 176. Military Movements in the Northeast (CT 53 133)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) Ass[yria ......] (4) one [......] (5) to And[ia ......] (6) to Assyria [......] (7) [will be] completed [......] (8) the road to [......] (9) I shall go [......] (10) Whoever [lays] hands [on ......] (11) I shall cut [...]; at the same time [...] (12) the king of Assyria aga[inst ......] (13) the pass of Sua [......] (14) which the Shepherd [......] (15) [t]hese [......] (Break) (Reverse too broken for translation) (e. 1) [When] I came [to ...], they brought the criminals and thieves of [...] away [from the p]ass. Truly, [...]; I did not trespass [up]on Urarṭian terri…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 177. Military Movements in the Urarṭian Camp (CT 53 122)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... I have hea]rd that he has gone to [...]. (2) As to [......] the Andian [...], (4) [the ... o]f the Urarṭian [...] (5) has descended [to ... and ...ed] the [citi]es [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 178. Fragment of a Report on Urarṭu (CT 53 124)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... I said]: "100 (2) [......]ed (3) [......] placed (4) [......] day (5) [...... be]ams (6) [......] his messenger (Break) (10) [...] I [...]. (11) [By the go]ds of the kin[g, my lord], (r 1) [......] 1,000 Itu'eans (r 2) [...... Ṭ]urušpâ (r 3) [will] call [... to account]. (r 4) I have sent [my messenger to ...]; (r 5) [having g]one [...], he [sent] back [...], saying: (r 6) "The king of Urarṭu has written [to] his [governors]: (r 7) "Your [troops] should go and [...]." (r 9) The Urarṭian [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 179. Purge in an Urarṭian Province (ABL 1295)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Ever since the king of Urarṭu] came [...], the country has been in a state of alarm. He has taken the governor with him to Ṭuruš[pâ]; he has been discharged. (r 5) The deputy and the village manager have been discharged [as well]. The mighty of the land have been raging among themselves [...], saying: (r 9) "Why, [wh]en you [...], (r 10) [...] the overseer of [......]" (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 180. Troubles in Urarṭu (CT 53 799)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... the mount]ain [...] (2) [......] the gov[ernors] (3) [......] after [the king] (4) [... ar]e co[ming] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 181. News of Urarṭu (CT 53 586)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king], my [lo]rd! (4) [As to the news of] the [Ur]arṭian [about which the king, my lord, wr]ote me, (6) [NN], the e[un]uch [whom] I sent [to ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 182. Fragment of a Military Report (CT 53 891)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king, my] lord! (4) [As to the Urarṭ]ians [about whom the king, my lord], wrote me: "[Whatev]er is the ne[ws about th]em?" — (8) [...] who asked [......]. (9) He is a eunuch [...] (10) who in their presence [......] (Break) (r 1) their [...] changed [...] for us, [and we took] our replacement from it. [They are] guar[ding him/them] now. (r 5) How [should] we [proceed]? It is a cohort formed by the king, [my] lo[rd]; if it suits the king, [my lord], [let them ...] like [...]; (r.e. 11) [oth]erwise [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 183. Sending People to Palace (CT 53 519)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] upon (it) (2) [... royal body]guard (3) [...] eunuch (4) [...] Urarṭu (5) [...] the royal house (6) [...]... (r 1) [... t]heir [...]. (r 2) [I am herew]ith [sen]ding them [to the Pa]lace.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 184. Urarṭian Subjects Submit to Assyria (CT 53 445)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) Later he went and [assembled] the m[en]; 50 of them we[re] killed. [He proclaimed]: (4) "Y[ou] are subjects of the king, my lord; [y]ou are no more subjects of the U[rarṭian]!" (6) They submitted [......] (r 1) [...] stro[ng ......] (r 2) [......] (r 3) [...] 2,000 [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 185. Fragment of a Report on Urarṭu (CT 53 789)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] as regards (3) [...... the Ura]rṭian (4) [......] the town Ušti (5) [...] barley rations (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 186. Exchanging Messengers (CT 53 407)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...-er]eš, a [...], [and ...]ayu, a subordinate of [NN, have co]me to me. The king kn[ows that they are] distant [...]. (6) [I have now sent] m[y messenger] to [him]; as soon as he returns [t]o me, [I shall immediately w]rite to the king, [my lord]. (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 187. Military Operations in Muṣaṣir (CT 53 427)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... Ur]zana [...] (2) [...] the fort[s ...] (3) [... w]e capture; in the ci[ty ...] (4) [... t]o the river [...] (5) [...] opposite hi[m ...] (6) even [Rus]a against [...] (7) [... they pl]aced him [...] (8) [...] they are [...] (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 188. Fragment Referring to Zikirtu (CT 53 272)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) [...] re[quested a fi]eld [...] (4) [He did not g]ive him [...] (5) [... ab]out Zik[irtu], (6) [gav]e him [...] and sen[t him to me]. (7) [...] m[y] messenger [...] (8) I asked h[im about the Urarṭ]ian, and he informed me [as follows]: (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 189. (no title) (CT 53 912)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [t]o g[o out ......] (2) [in] my [mou]th [......] (3) [N]ow, the king of Z[ikirtu] (4) [...] a team [of horses] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 190. Arrested by the Governor (CT 53 194)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [I] sent him [with] Aššur-šarrani [to the ...] on the border [of] his father's household; the governor arrested [him]. (r 6) [N]ow Adâ [has ...ed] Baziya, the s[on of] the Ukk[ean] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 192. The Hubuškian has Arrived (CT 53 415)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) "The (ruler) of [...] has writ[ten to me]: 'The Hu[buškian] has arr[ived] in [...].'" (6) On the 14th day, [I] se[nt Šulmu-beli], (my) deputy, t[o ...]. (Rest uninscribed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 193. Fragment Mentioning Šulmu-beli (CT 53 261)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] his [...] who [......] (3) [......] Šulmu-beli [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 194. Emissaries from Labdudu (ABL 0936)

(1) [To the king], my [lo]rd: [your servant Mannu-k]i-Arbail. [Good health to the k]ing, my lord! (4) [......] Hubuškia (5) [......] we have departed (Break) (r 2) ... [......]; perhaps they [will o]bey us as regards [...]. (r 4) The Lab[d]ud[eans are coming] up and getting here; which way should we take to [meet] the emissaries? Now, should they come up [to ...], or [...]? (r 9) [Let the king send a messenger] to come and [tell] us what the orders are.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 195. Messenger from Hubuškia (CT 53 581)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Pe]rhaps the [emissaries] of Hubu[škia] will co[me wi]th me (4) [...] from/with [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 196. A Letter from Hubuškia (CT 53 409)

(Beginning destroyed) (5) [...] of the house of Tu[...], (6) [wh]en his son f[led], (7) [... U]rmakinn[u ...] (8) [did not] come [...] (9) [...] Iau-'a[...] (10) [No]w he and [...] (11) [At]â-idri [had an au]dience [with me] (13) [... the mo]untain from Hub[uškia] (14) [...] Hubuš[kia ...] (15) [...] on [...] (Break) (r 2) "There is one [...]; (r 3) "he is Bel-qatua [...]. (r 4) Now, muc[h ...] (r 5) opposite them [...] (r 6) [...] the hands of the king [...]. (r 7) [As to what I said t]o the king, [my] lo[rd]: "Ever sinc[e the king, my lord, sent me t]o Hubuš[kia], they have [...]ed me in [..…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 197. (no title) (CT 53 485)

(Beginning destroyed) (6) [...] Marduk-[......] (7) [from] there [......] (8) Inurta-ku[......] (9) show[ed ......] (10) [......] (11) The kallāpu messenger [......] (r 1) [...]ed his work quota [...] (r 2) Let [the king, my lord,] ask the kallāpu messenger [...] whether in [...] (r 4) to Harmas[aeans ......] (r 5) Ha[rg]aeans to [......] (r 6) When you have taken coun[sel ......] (r 7) kill him [......] (r 8) to my son [......] (r 9) my house [......] (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 198. On the Road Again (CT 53 533)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) I have [now] set out [from] Dur-Ša[maš to where] the king, my lord, sent me.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 199. Time to Set Out for a Campaign (ABL 0311)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Šarru-emuranni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Why did you set out early without waiting for the governor of Arrapha?" — (8) for the governor of Arrapha, the road in question is very slow. He sets out from Zaban, and it takes him three days to get there, while I can make a round-trip to Parsua going this way. (13) For this very reason I went up to the fort first. Last year, too, I and he [...] accordingly [...] (Break) (r 1) [...] Shall I not leave [the h]orses [and free men] in [the fo]rt, but ta[ke]…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 200. Sending Boys to War (ABL 0312)

(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant Šarru-emuranni. Good health to the king, [my lord]! (4) As to what the king, my lord, wro[te me]: "Orga[nize] your army and be on the alert! If [feasible], take the road to Hirite by [...]" — (8) it is not at all feasible! The terrain is difficult; it lies between the mountains, the waters are constricted and the current is strong, not fit for using either wineskins or keleks. The king, lord, knows that the men cannot swim. (14) The troops are assembled, and I am going up to Sumbi, making a detour to [...], [then descend] to Bit-Hamban [......] (Break)…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 201. (no title) (ABL 0321)

(1) [To] the king, m[y] lord: your [servant] Šarru-emuranni. [Good he]alth to the king, [my] lord! (4) [The govern]or of Arz[uhina ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 202. Horses for the King (ABL 0310)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Šarru-emuranni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to what the king, my lord, wrote me: "If horses of such size fall into your hands, get them and send them to me!" — (9) Kumesaean merchants have reviewed (their stock and) together [...] (Break) (r 1) my lord [......]. (r 2) I waited f[or them], but since they did not come to m[e], I sent the servants of the king, my lord, to terrorize Kibatki, and they put people to the sword. After this act of terror on Kibatki, they got afraid and wrote to me, and I imposed a deadline upon them. (r 17) If they co…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 203. When the King Established the Debt Remission (ABL 0387)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Šarru-emuranni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the wine about which the king, my lord, wrote me: "Set aside 200 homers for the garrison!" — I have set aside as much of it as the king, my lord, wrote. (10) As to Kubaba-satar about whom the king, my lord, wrote me: "Speak nicely with him!" — (14) my [mo]uth is closed. [As the ki]ng, my lord, [wr]ote me, [I shall speak nic]ely [with him ......] (Break) (r 3) [He] will st[ay in] my [pre]sence. (r 4) I have now se[nt] (word), and I shall find an interpreter in [...], acquire him for the king, my…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 204. Sending a Message to Mannea (CT 53 056)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Šarru-emuranni. Good health to the king, my lord]! (4) [The forts and the land of the king, my lord, are well]. (6) [As to those] words which the king, my lord, sent [us] through [Nabû-ahu-uṣur], the royal bodygu[ard]: "Send in this way to the son of Inṣabri" — (12) when Nabû-ahu-uṣur arrived, on that very same d[a]y Šamaš-ukin, a trustworthy and chosen [man] of the fort commander, able in words — (r 1) we implanted the very words that the king, my lord, sent us, in the mouth of (this) messenger of the fort commander; he left on the 4th day and went to I…

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