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Page 1100 / 1221

~730 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

SAA 19

SAA 19 201. Refusing to Return the Booty (CTN 5 p. 55)

(1) Your [servant] Ahu-ila'i: I would gladly die for my lord! Say to the king, my lord: (3) The guard of Esaggil and Babylon is very strong. (5) (Z)ariqu and Mar-Biti set out (in procession) on the fourth day, saying: "Hail to the Ba[by]l[oni]ans and [Bo]rsippe[ans ...] (Break) (r 1) [...]... wit[h ......] (r 2) [x] Babylonians [..., say]ing: "Hamanu and [NN shou]ld go and (they should return) [what] they have t[a]ken booty. [But they] refu[sed] (to return the booty), saying: "If you plunder ...[...]. T[he Ba]bylonians plunder a man from me (like one), who plunders a shadow in the open…

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~730 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 19

SAA 19 206. (no title) (CTN 5 p. 311)

(1) To the k[in]g, [m]y lord: your servant QIzalayu. Good [he]alth to the [kin]g, m[y] lord! (4) Concerning what the [ki]ng, [my] lo[rd, wrote] to me: "[......] (Break) (14) [...]... I have sent [......], he will bring [......]. Thereaf[ter] the magnates went [...] (18) I and Sada-[... ......]. (r 1) Concerning the [...s] about whom the king, [my lord], wr[ot]e to me. [(They are)] in Sam’al. (r 4) As to the Isam[az]eans, [I have ...] as the king [wrot]e to me. They will return [...]. (Break) (r 12) [who s]et up for[ts] in your country and [...] there. He has not yet set out .......

SAA 19 201. Refusing to Return the Booty (CTN 5 p. 55)

SAA 19 206. (no title) (CTN 5 p. 311)

SAA 19 207. Executing the King's Orders (CTN 5 p. 286)

SAA 19 210. Appointing King's Men (CTN 5 p. 281)

SAA 19 211. Grain Store for Barley (CTN 5 p. 233)

SAA 19 213. Criminals of the House of Nupari (CTN 5 p. 221)

SAA 19 214. (no title) (CTN 5 p. 236)

SAA 19 215. Banquet (CTN 5 p. 236)

SAA 19 217. Herald and Apprentice (CTN 5 p. 254)

SAA 19 218. Items for the King’s Entourage (CTN 5 p. 256)

SAA 19 219. Fragment Concerning Business (CTN 5 p. 258)

SAA 19 222. Fort without a Wine Cellar (CTN 5 p. 269)

SAA 19 224. Booty of Food (CTN 5 p. 275)

SAA 19 228. Regular Offerings (CTN 5 p. 307)

SAA 19 229. Men in Great Numbers (CTN 5 p. 292)

SAA 15 042. Feeding Hittite Deportees (ABL 1082)

SAA 15 072. Adda-rami and Horses (CT 53 606)

SAA 15 105. Horses and Recruitment Officers of Calah (ABL 0127)

SAA 01 002. Dealings with Arpad (CT 53 502)

SAA 01 003. The Wife of the Treasurer (CT 53 463)

SAA 01 004. On Shirking the King’s Work (CT 53 834)

SAA 01 005. These Nabateans are Yours (ABL 0305)

SAA 01 006. (no title) (ABL 0298)

SAA 01 007. The Gods of Muṣaṣir (CT 53 340)

SAA 01 008. Urarṭian Governor Defects to Assyria (CT 53 229)

SAA 01 009. Ullusunu on His Guard (CT 53 589)

SAA 01 010. Urarṭian Emissaries Meet Captives (ABL 0306+)

SAA 01 011. Building a Private Army (ABL 0304)

SAA 01 012. The Story of Bel-nuri the Amiable (ABL 1042)

SAA 01 013. Pitching Camp on the Elamite Border (CT 53 076)

SAA 01 014. Campaigning in Ellipi (CT 53 823)

SAA 01 015. Bring Your Tribute! (CT 53 311)

SAA 01 016. Ašpabara Appointed King of Ellipi (ABL 1469)

SAA 01 017. Contacts With Elam (CT 53 642)

SAA 01 018. Military Moves in Babylonia (ABL 1292)

SAA 01 019. Dealing With the Puqudu (ABL 1328)

SAA 01 020. Cattle for Troops (CT 53 636)

SAA 01 021. The Widows of Fallen Soldiers (CT 53 128)

SAA 01 022. Summoning the Cavalry (CT 53 136)

SAA 01 023. Catching Runaway Servants (CT 53 185)

SAA 01 024. Summoning Holders of Government Property (CT 53 245)

SAA 01 025. Brick Masons and the Bull Colossi of Dur-Šarruken (ABL 1423+)

SAA 01 027. Give Straw or Die!

SAA 01 029. The King of Urarṭu on the Offensive (ABL 0198+)

SAA 01 030. The King Of Urarṭu Defeated by the Cimmerians (ABL 1079)

SAA 01 031. More on the Cimmerian Defeat (ABL 0197)

SAA 01 033. Tribute of Commagene (ABL 0196)

SAA 01 034. Distributing Tribute and Audience Gifts (ABL 0568)

SAA 01 035. The Case of Nabu-mušallim (ABL 0730)

SAA 01 036. Floods in Central Assyria (ABL 0731)