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~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 156. Letter of the Palace Overseer to His Sons (ABL 1125)

(1) A tablet of the pala[ce] overseer to [my] sons Inda[biya] and Uraš[...]: (5) Why haven't I heard any news of you for as many days as I am, and why haven't I sent a messenger [with ... ] to you? (10) [N]ow the[n] I have sent my messenger to you. (r 4) Send [me n]ow a report of youself and your health in his hands!

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 158. Fragment Relating to the Šamaš-šumu-ukin War (CT 54 161)

(Beginning destroyed) (2') We will [... Šamaš-šumu]-ukin [...], (3') [...] another [ki]ng [......]. (4') He [...] to [......] (5') [...] of Nabu-deni-epuš and [NN] (6') [...] and the levy of 20 soldiers [......] (7') [...] ... [......] (8') [...] Babylon [......] (9') [...] messages [......] (10) [...] to the magnates of/who [......] — (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 159. Adini Is a Castrate (ABL 1443)

(Beginning destroyed) (2') who came with him, should be arrested until I come into the presence of the king, my lord. (4') And no[w] he is provokingly saying, “Adini is a (castrated) choir boy,” and, “the king replaced my fetter at your (pl.) expense.” He is also speaking like this: “Adini — how (well) does the king know him?” (r 1) The king should rescue him from my hands! (r 2) 500 sheep and ewes of my cousin Ṣubû [...] (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 160. Report on Elam and the City Garrison (CT 54 006)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] did not co[me with] me. (3) [My lord s]hould know [...] I am not lazy. (5) [...] until now [wit]h the horses [of] Assyria. (7) The messenger(s) [whom] I sent [t]o my lord, having encircled the whole [cit]y, stood with me, and they listen to everything I’m telling them. (14) When Nabû-šumu-iqiša, the chief of trade, returned from Elam, a person possessed by a demon [appeared] in the land, saying: “[The Elamites] have attacked!” (r 3) The torc-owners were frightened. But when I sent [... to] Elam, there was nothing [to fi]nd out [in] Elam. You may stand still. (r…

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 161. (no title) (CT 54 543)

(1) Good health t[o my brother]! (2) Come, and until [...] (3) bring that silver [...] (rest (about 20 lines) broken away) (beginning broken away) (r 2) saying, “[......] (r 3) he will send them to Kudurru and [NN ...]. (r 5) And letters [...] (r 6) you put down, and [...] (r.e. 1) Dutan[u ......]

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 055. Elam's Ungratefulness (ABL 1260)

(1) The king's word to Ambap[pi] and the Rašias old and young: I am well; you can be glad. (5) From the beginning I have rendered favours to Elam, but they have not returned my favours. I protected their refugees from kings to noblemen, gave them bread and water and sent them (back) to their country, but they held back the messengers whom I had sent to greet them,neglected returning my servant who had sinned against me, gave the writing-board of my gods to the hands of [that] servant who had sinned against me, protected h[is ....], and placed him in heaven. (r 3) Now, [when I w]rote to…

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 056. Teumman Defeated at Bit-Imbî (CT 54 567)

(Beginning destroyed) (1') [N]ow then ... they have split up Elam. The chief eunuch has seized Bit-Imbî, Sikdê the commander of archers, brother of Ummanaldasu, his sons have been killed, and their heads have been brought before me. (8') The wife of Teumman, king of Elam, and his sons have been taken to me, and 11,000 soldiers have been killed at Bit-Im[b]î. (12') When I sent Šamaš-da’’i[nan-ni ...] to Sam’una, the sheikhs of Sam’una, Lahiru, Dibirina, Dummuqu, Nugu’, Huwaya and Bab-duri, these sheikhs who had raised hands and whose hands I had grasped, [infli]cted a massacre in Šulaya and [pl…

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 064. Congratulations on the Battle of Bit-Bunakki (CT 53 908)

(1) [The king's word to] Tammari[tu]: I [am well]; you [can be] glad. (3) I have heard [what Aššur] and my gods have done;) they met with a [figh]t [where they] went, and inflicted a massacre in Bit-Bunakka. (8) Also, those cities which they destroyed, (10) [......] (11) [......] placed (12) [......] I rejoiced (13) [......] the gods (14) [......] (15) my [......] (r 1) [...]. I also heard [that the god]s have assisted you to defeat the Dinšarreans in my name, and I rejoiced. (r 6) God (himself) [with] his bow fought this whole [fi]ght that took place [in Pa]rsua, [beca]use my name is upon you…

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 072. Doing a Favour to the [Elders of Elam] (CT 53 968)

Beginning destroyed (1') [... who] s[inned] against my treaty; [I did not] ordain [them to die]. But y[ou …] (3') [...I] have not d[one a favour for] you [...] (4') a favour for you (pl.) [......] (5') From th[is] day on [you will ...] (6') and you will see [......] (7') I rejoi[ce]d [......] (8') seed [......] (9') in y[our] (pl.) presence [......] (10') do not [ ...] (11') I[f ......] (12') not [......] (13') and [......] (four lines broken away) (r 1) [sa]ying: "Re[port ......] (r 2) [w]hom they assign[ed ......] (r 3) and Elam [......] (r 4) came to p[ass] by my hands [...] (r 5) mutually…

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 090. My Protégés Are Exempt (CT 54 469)

(Beginning destroyed) (4') [......] their [...] status. (5') [...] I will consolidate their [privil]eged status, and [...]. (6') You, who are my protégés, will be exempt [by order of ...], my god. (8') [As to what] you wrote, “The men (9') [of NN] and the offspring of Dummuqu (10') [... h]ave returned there,” you (11') [...] the house of D[ummu]qu (12') [...] ... [...] (rest broken away) (beginning broken away) (r 1') [......] ... (r 2') [...... W]hen you said, (r 3') “I will give [the ...]s to the king,” (r 4') [......] when (r 5') [......] your fixed-time messenger (r 6f') [......] I have…

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 092. Arrest These Men! (CT 54 582)

(Beginning destroyed) (1') [D]N-nada, Ibnâ, Barik-ilu son of Marduk, Nergal-ipuš son of Nur-ili, Arit-abini son of Mušezib-ilu, Kudurru son of Ša-Nabû-šû, Mušezib-ilu, Ṭabihu, [servant of the] major-domo, [Na]bû-gamil son of Nabû-ušallim, [Mar]duk son of Kidin-Ea, Nabû-eriba son of Ayakki-ibni, in total, 11 (men): (r 5) arrest these men — not one of them may be missing — and [pla]ce them in his custody. [He should ta]ke them into my presence. (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 093. King's Word to the People of Kar-Nergal and Bit-Dakkuri (CT 54 586)

(beginning broken away) (1') [The king’s word to NN], to [...], the people of Kar-Nergal [...] and Bit-Da[kkuri], old and young, every one [of my servants: I am well], you can be [glad]. (6') You [......] (7') [...] yourselv[es ...] (8') [...] Akkadians [...] (9') [...] ... [......] (rest broken away) (beginning broken away) (r 1') [......] ... [...] (r 2') [...] one boy [servant (and) ...] (r 3') [... were at]tacked, thereby [......] (r 4') They are [de]ad [......]. (r 5') May the foxes not [......]! (r 6') Now righten [......], (r 7') uproot [......] (r 8') [h]orse[s ......] (r 9') [...] ...…

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 098. I Look Forward to Their Defeat (ABL 1253)

(Beginning destroyed) (1') [...]s to [......] (2') [...] the circumference [......] (3') [...] them ...[......] (4') [...] my corn until [......] (5') you have placed [...]. Now [......] (6') [...] I’m wa[iting] for their defeat [......] (7') [...] And he must no he[ar ......] (r 1) [... t]o the da[y ......] (r 2) [... u]pon [...... ...] (r 3) [...] ... [...... ...] (r 4) [...] the top of [......] (r 5) [...] ... [......] *ABL 1253 (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 099. Fragment Referring to the Nabayateans (CT 54 571)

(Beginning destroyed) (3') [...... s]inned (4') [......] placed (5') [... the Nabat]eans (6') [... w]rote (pl.) to you (7') [...... t]heir [...] (8') [...... re]turned [...]. (9') [As to (...) what you wro]te (10') [......] ... (11') [...... as]ked (12') [......] (13') [......] ... (14') [......] Ninurta (15') [......] you (16') [...... cur]ses (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 100. Advising the Kings of Assyria and Elam (CT 54 569)

(Beginning destroyed) (1') [......] servants (2') [......] when/if (3') [......] does not know [whether] they are [in] Assyria, and [the ...] of the king of Babylon [......] does not know whether they are [in Ela]m. (8') [...... t]ogether (9') [......] that with us (10') [...... you d]id (11') [......] (b.e. 16') [..... to G]N (r 1) [... I sen]t them (r 2) [... g]oes [...], oxen (r 3) [...] ... good sense (r 4) [... are sa]ying, ”[...] has advised [the king of] Assyria,” [and ... are sa]ying, ”he has advised [the king of Ela]m.” (r 8) [...] their [del]iberations (r 9) [... Now i]f you (r 10) […

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 151. The Archers Sent by the King Have not Arrived (CT 54 589)

(Beginning destroyed) (2') the king [......] (3') opened [and ......] (4') did not go [......] (5') to Zabban [......] (6') ... [......] (Break) (r 2) [...] the archers [whom the king, my lord, s]ent, have not a[rrived ...] (r 4) And the dais [...] (r 5) which is behind [...], (r 6) those with the king of Babylo[n ...] (r 7) Bit-A[m]ukani messa[ge ...] (Break) (l.e. 1) [...] Natan, the brother o[f NN] (l.e. 2) [...] who [...]

Daily Life·Economy

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Ashurbanipal 084

Links a lunar eclipse, divine omens, and the Elamite king's physical affliction — paralyzed lip, diminished eye — to justify Ashurbanipal's campaign: a rare royal text weaving extispicy logic directly into annalistic narrative.

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 14 107. A Court Decision on Behalf of Aššur-šallim (*638-IV) (ADD 0163)

Lawsuit of Aššur-šallim with Ṣalmu-aḫḫē concerning Šulmu-ēreš, the servant of Aššur-šallim, about which they litigated. They brought (the case) before Šēp-šarri, the sartinnu (chief judge). The sartinnu imposed 1½ minas of silver. Ṣalmu-aḫḫē gave 1 mina of silver to Aššur-šallim. There is peace between them. (Whoever) breaks (this agreement) — Aššur (and) Šamaš shall be his adversary at law; he shall give 10 minas of silver. Aššur is his adversary at law. Month of Du'ūzu (IV), eponym year of Aššur-gimilli-terre (638*). Witness Libbusu. Witness Nabû-aḫu-uṣur. Witness Ubru-Nabû, (and) Lā-qē…

SAA 21 156. Letter of the Palace Overseer to His Sons (ABL 1125)

SAA 21 158. Fragment Relating to the Šamaš-šumu-ukin War (CT 54 161)

SAA 21 159. Adini Is a Castrate (ABL 1443)

SAA 21 160. Report on Elam and the City Garrison (CT 54 006)

SAA 21 161. (no title) (CT 54 543)

SAA 21 055. Elam's Ungratefulness (ABL 1260)

SAA 21 056. Teumman Defeated at Bit-Imbî (CT 54 567)

SAA 21 064. Congratulations on the Battle of Bit-Bunakki (CT 53 908)

SAA 21 072. Doing a Favour to the [Elders of Elam] (CT 53 968)

SAA 21 090. My Protégés Are Exempt (CT 54 469)

SAA 21 092. Arrest These Men! (CT 54 582)

SAA 21 093. King's Word to the People of Kar-Nergal and Bit-Dakkuri (CT 54 586)

SAA 21 098. I Look Forward to Their Defeat (ABL 1253)

SAA 21 099. Fragment Referring to the Nabayateans (CT 54 571)

SAA 21 100. Advising the Kings of Assyria and Elam (CT 54 569)

SAA 21 151. The Archers Sent by the King Have not Arrived (CT 54 589)

Ashurbanipal 084

SAA 14 107. A Court Decision on Behalf of Aššur-šallim (*638-IV) (ADD 0163)

SAA 14 001. Milki-nuri Buys the Village of Nabu-šezib (668-VI-19) (ADD 0472)

SAA 14 002. Milki-nuri Buys the Village of Bahaya (666-XII-19) (ADD 0627)

SAA 14 003. Milki-nuri Buys Ten Slaves (ADD 0727)

SAA 14 004. Milki-nuri Buys Five Slaves (ADD 0287)

SAA 14 005. Milki-nuri Buys Six Slaves (ADD 0316)

SAA 14 006. Milki-nuri Buys Land and People (ADD 0452)

SAA 14 007. Milki-nuri Buys [...] (ADD 0494)

SAA 14 008. Zarpi, Manageress, Buys a Woman (668-V-27) (ADD 0208)

SAA 14 009. Manageress of the Central City Buys a Slave (668-I-22) (ADD 0190)

SAA 14 011. The Lady Sinqi-Issar Receives a Slave Woman Instead of Silver (654-II-14) (ADD 0076)

SAA 14 012. Manageress Buys Two Slaves (ADD 0267)

SAA 14 013. Manageress of Assur Buys a Slave (650) (ADD 0206)

SAA 14 014. Manageress of Assur Buys a Woman (ADD 0209)

SAA 14 015. Court Decision on Behalf of Ninuayu, the King’s Eunuch (*641-VII-13) (ADD 0105)

SAA 14 016. Ninuayu Buys Slaves (*639-X-18) (ADD 0250)

SAA 14 017. Ninuayu Buys a Woman (*633-II-14) (ADD 0214)

SAA 14 018. Ninuayu Buys a Slave (ADD 0182)

SAA 14 019. Ninuayu Buys Two Slaves (ADD 0249)

SAA 14 020. Ninuayu Buys Three Slaves (ADD 0254)

SAA 14 021. Ninuayu Buys Slaves (ADD 0260)

SAA 14 022. Ninuayu Buys Land and People (ADD 0505)

SAA 14 023. Bel-duri Lends Barley and an Ox (658-VI-18) (ADD 0152)

SAA 14 024. Luqu, Cohort Commander of the Crown Prince, Buys Women (659-II) (ADD 0233)

SAA 14 025. Luqu Lends Silver (*648) (ADD 0111)

SAA 14 026. Luqu Lends Ten Shekels of Silver (*645-VI-5) (ADD 0004)

SAA 14 027. Purchase of a Vacant Lot (*640) (ADD 0358+)

SAA 14 029. Kiṣir-Aššur Buys a Woman (*636-XI-3) (ADD 0207)

SAA 14 030. Kiṣir-Aššur Lends 16 Shekels of Silver (*635-I-11) (ADD 0001)

SAA 14 031. Kiṣir-Aššur Lends Eight Shekels of Silver (*623-VII-21) (ADD 0023)

SAA 14 032. Kiṣir-Aššur Lends Straw (*618-I-15) (ADD 0151)

SAA 14 033. Kiṣir-Aššur Lends One Mina 30 Shekels of Silver (ADD 0080)

SAA 14 034. Kakkullanu Buys a Woman as a Wife for His Servant (*630-II-20) (ADD 0308)