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~730 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 19

SAA 19 085. “What Are the King my Lord’s Orders?” (CTN 5 p. 48)

(1) To the king, [m]y lord: your servant Aššur-šallimanni. Good health to the kin[g], my lord! (4) As to the order that the king, my lord, gave me: "Go, [let] them [occ]upy the fort." (7) The king, my lord (Break) (r 2) "Bring me [......], or I will immediately go to the Palace." (r 5) What are the king my lord's orders?

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SAA 19 085. “What Are the King my Lord’s Orders?” (CTN 5 p. 48)

SAA 19 087. Power Struggles between Chaldean Leaders (CTN 5 p. 25)

SAA 19 088. Dredging a River (CTN 5 p. 261)

SAA 19 089. Land Dispute between High Officials (CTN 5 p. 208)

SAA 19 091. Receiving Horses and the Tribute of Kišesim (CTN 5 p. 297)

SAA 19 092. Speaking with Witnesses in Apinunu (CTN 5 p. 118)

SAA 19 093. Fragment Mentioning Şil-Bel (CTN 5 p. 318)

SAA 19 095. The City of the Mazamuans (CTN 5 p. 146)

SAA 19 097. Appointment of a Vice Governor (CTN 5 p. 259)

SAA 19 098. Peace Negotiations with the Babylonians (CTN 5 p. 19)

SAA 19 099. Answer by the Babylonians (CTN 5 p. 74)

SAA 19 100. Troop Movements in Babylonia (CTN 5 p. 26)

SAA 19 105. The Prefect is not Holding Back Any People (CTN 5 p. 206)

SAA 19 109. Barley from Babylonian Cities (CTN 5 p. 33)

SAA 19 112. “Should We Detain the Boats?” (CTN 5 p. 32)

SAA 19 113. Killing Locusts (CTN 5 p. 199)

SAA 19 114. Theft in the Palace (CTN 5 p. 232)

SAA 19 115. Fragment Mentioning Boats, Barley and Houses (CTN 5 p. 296)

SAA 19 116. Fragment Referring to Boats and River Transport (CTN 5 p. 243)

SAA 19 122. Merodach-Baladan’s Barley and Boats (CTN 5 p. 17)

SAA 19 123. Revetment from Materials in the Trunk (CTN 5 p. 95)

SAA 19 125. Babylonia in Turmoil (CTN 5 p. 22)

SAA 19 126. Yadi'-il - an Emissary of Mukin-zeri (CTN 5 p. 64)

SAA 19 127. Elamite King and the Men of Mukin-zeri (CTN 5 p. 56)

SAA 19 128. Barley Rations from the Household of Salamu (CTN 5 p. 66)

SAA 19 130. Threatened by Mukin-zeri (CTN 5 p. 61)

SAA 19 131. Messengers of the Sons of Mukin-zeri Moving to Puqudu (CTN 5 p. 57)

SAA 19 132. Babylonians Arrested (CTN 5 p. 82)

SAA 19 133. Treaty with the Son of Yakin (CTN 5 p. 14)

SAA 19 135. “How Could These People Be Wrenched away from the King, My Lord?” (CTN 5 p. 51)

SAA 19 138. Mukin-zeri Instigating Babylonians (CTN 5 p. 18)

SAA 19 139. Leftovers from Nippur for the King’s Good Health (CTN 5 p. 91)

SAA 19 140. News to The Delegate of Elam: Rebels Defeated (CTN 5 p. 58)

SAA 19 143. I Shall Keep my Watch (CTN 5 p. 253)

SAA 19 144. Family Affairs (CTN 5 p. 234)

SAA 19 146. Reinforcements in Bab-bitqi (CTN 5 p. 85)

SAA 19 147. Sedition in Dilbat (CTN 5 p. 70 and p. 276)

SAA 19 149. Take Over the Kingship! (CTN 5 p. 12)

SAA 19 150. Fragment Referring to Babylonians (CTN 5 p. 67)

SAA 19 151. Marduk has Set out before New Year (CTN 5 p. 60)

SAA 19 152. Midas of Phrygia Seeks Detente (CTN 5 p. 188; SAA 01 001)

SAA 19 153. Straw and Reeds for Dur-Šarruken (CTN 5 p. 213; SAA 01 026)

SAA 19 154. Specialists Reviving the Land (CTN 5 p. 239)

SAA 19 157. Urarṭu After the Cimmerian Rout (CTN 5 p. 125; SAA 01 032)

SAA 19 159. Report on a Festival and on Bull Colossi (CTN 5 p. 219; SAA 01 110)

SAA 19 160. A Team of Egyptian Horses (CTN 5 p. 317)

SAA 19 161. Mule Express not Available (CTN 5 p. 103; SAA 05 074)

SAA 19 162. Problems in Maintaining the Express Service (CTN 5 p. 263)

SAA 19 163. Bringing Money into the New Palace (CTN 5 p. 227)

SAA 19 165. Aššur-nirka-da’’in in Trouble (CTN 5 p. 289)