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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 373. (no title) (CT 53 198)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [about which the king, my] lo[rd, wrote] to [me]: "Why [did you] send those [...]?" — I am now dispatching a letter. (9) Nabû-bal[liṭ the] wine [mast]er (Rest destroyed)

SAA 15 373. (no title) (CT 53 198)

SAA 15 375. (no title) (CT 53 258)

SAA 15 376. (no title) (CT 53 303)

SAA 15 377. (no title) (CT 53 318)

SAA 15 378. (no title) (CT 53 543)

SAA 15 380. (no title) (CT 53 561)

SAA 15 381. (no title) (CT 53 574)

SAA 15 382. (no title) (CT 53 592)

SAA 15 383. (no title) (CT 53 602)

SAA 15 384. (no title) (CT 53 710)

SAA 15 385. (no title) (CT 53 743)

SAA 15 386. (no title) (CT 53 805)

SAA 15 387. (no title)

SAA 15 388. (no title)

SAA 15 390. (no title)

SAA 01 001. Midas Of Phrygia Seeks Detente (NL 039)

SAA 01 026. Straw and Reeds for Dur-Šarruken (NL 032)

SAA 01 032. Urarṭu After the Cimmerian Rout (NL 046)

SAA 01 049. Mustering the Chariotry of the Magnates (CT 53 112)

SAA 01 063. Towing Logs to Nineveh (CT 53 156)

SAA 01 104. Killing Locusts (GPA 240)

SAA 01 110. Report on a Festival and on Bull Colossi (NL 016)

SAA 01 121. Building a Bath (GPA 241)

SAA 01 167. On Bull Colossi (GPA 245)

SAA 01 171. Reclaiming Runaway Servants (NL 018)

SAA 01 172. Raising Food and Fodder from Desert Towns (NL 088)

SAA 01 175. Arabs Attack a Column of Booty (NL 019)

SAA 01 176. Turning in Taxes and Organizing the Province (NL 020)

SAA 01 220. The Corn Tax of the Samarians (ABL 1201)

SAA 01 228. On the Chief Confectioner (to the Governor of Calah) (GPA 230)

SAA 01 244. An Ambush on the Hill of Kawkab (ABL 1263)

SAA 05 074. Mule Express not Available (NL 062)

SAA 05 091. Revolt against the King of Urarṭu (ABL 0144)

SAA 05 100. Smugglers on the Assyrian Border (TCL 9 67)

SAA 05 101. Fragment of a List of Valuables

SAA 05 144. Cimmerians and the Urarṭian King (GPA 243)

SAA 05 150. Curbing a Slave Trader (CT 53 059)

SAA 05 191. (no title) (GPA 244)

SAA 05 213. A Case Concerning a Town (ABL 1407)

SAA 05 214. Envelope of the Previous Letter (ABL 1407A)

SAA 05 215. The Troops of Mazamua (NL 089)

SAA 05 292. Building the City Wall of Dur-Šarruken (GPA 242)

SAA 15 017. I have no Scribe (ABL 0151)

SAA 15 041. Building Houses for Deportees (CT 53 158)

SAA 15 084. Receiving Tribute Horses; Constructing Kar-Šarrukin (NL 042)

SAA 15 178. Merodach-Baladan is in Babylon, Bit-Dakkuri is well

SAA 15 218. Chaldean Informer Captured in Larak; Priest Brings Leftovers (ABL 0763+)

SAA 15 275. Fragment of a Royal Letter Mentioning Nabu-belu-ka’’in (CT 53 975)

SAA 15 389. (no title)

SAA 15 391. (no title)