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Page 11 / 21

~685 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 2

SAA 02 012. Extract from a Treaty of Sin-šarru-iškun (AfO 13 T14)

(1) If you should sin against this treaty of Sin-šarru-iškun, king of Assyria, your lord, and his sons and grandsons, (6) may Nergal, the perfect lord, (pour out) your blood into ditches and ravines.

Law·Religion & Myth

~685 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 2

SAA 02 015. Tell Tayinat Version of Esarhaddon’s Succession Treaty (JCS 64 091)

(i_T_1) Seal of the god Aššur, king of the gods, lord of the lands — [not to be altered]; seal of the great ruler, father of the gods — not to be disputed. (1_T_i_1) The treaty of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, with the governor of Kunalia, with the deputy, the major-domo, the scribes, the chariot drivers, the third men, the village managers, the information officers, the prefects, the cohort commanders, the charioteers, the cavalrymen, the exempt, the outriders, the specialists, the shi[eld bearers (?)], the craftsmen, (and) with [all] the men [of his…

Law·Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 1026

(1) [... son of] Sennacherib, king of Assyria.

Law·Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 1029

(1) [... E]sarhaddon, king of the world, king of [Assyria, son of Sennache]rib, king of Assyria, descendant of Sargon (II), king of Assyria.

Law·Religion & Myth

~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 02 012. Extract from a Treaty of Sin-šarru-iškun (AfO 13 T14)

SAA 02 015. Tell Tayinat Version of Esarhaddon’s Succession Treaty (JCS 64 091)

Esarhaddon 1026

Esarhaddon 1029

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)

SAA 14 035. Kakkullanu Buys an Outbuilding Adjoining His House (*630-V-22) (ADD 0349)

SAA 14 036. Kakkullanu Buys a Vineyard and Two Persons in Irbu (*630-XI-17) (ADD 0446)

SAA 14 037. Kakkullanu Buys a Woman as a Wife for His Servant (*630) (ADD 0309)

SAA 14 038. Kakkullanu Buys a Woman for His Servant (*629-I-19) (ADD 0711)

SAA 14 039. Kakkullanu Buys a Man in Exchange for a Woman (*625-II-20) (ADD 0318)

SAA 14 040. Kakkullanu Buys His Neighbour’s House in Nineveh (*625-III-17) (ADD 0325)

SAA 14 041. Kakkullanu Leases 20 Hectares of Field in Qurubi (*625-X-3) (ADD 0623)

SAA 14 042. Kakkullanu Buys 20 Hectares of Land in Abi-ila’i (*625-XI-13) (ADD 0414)

SAA 14 043. Kakkullanu Buys Land (*624-II-15) (ADD 0400)

SAA 14 045. Kakkullanu Leases More Land in Bit-abi-ila’i (*623-X-7) (ADD 0621)

SAA 14 046. Kakkullanu Buys a Vineyard Next to His Garden in Appuni (*623-XI-6) (ADD 0361)

SAA 14 047. Kakkullanu Buys a House in Nineveh (*617-II-10) (ADD 0327)

SAA 14 048. Kakkullanu Buys a Woman (ADD 0211)