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~700 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 12

SAA 12 004. Fragment of a Text Similar to Nos. 1-3 (KAV 116)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) adjoining the road [......] (2) Total: an estate of 10 hectar[es of field ......] (3) An estate in Kapr[a... ......] (4) adjoining the field of Ra ...[......] (5) An estate of 8 hectares of field, adjoining the fi[eld of ......] (6) adjoining the field of Ahu-[......] (7) son of Nabû-lada of [......] (8) an estate of 300 (hectares) of field, a house, an orcha[rd] of 5 hectares [......] (9) adjoining the town of Bab-burti of the house of the te[am] commander [......] (r 1) adjoining the town of Bit-ili of the house [of ......] (r 2) adjoining the orchard of Iq[bi-... .…

Law·Economy

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 12

SAA 12 005. Fragment of a Text Similar to No. 1 (NARGD 50)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [may] Aššur, [the great] lo[rd, establish ...... by his command]. (Blank space) (r 2) Whoever [takes away from Aššur] any o[f the towns that I have given to Aššur, may] Aššur, the gre[at] lord, [cast a furiously angry eye upon him]. Do not [remove any of the towns of Aššur, (but) add to the towns of Aššur. Aššur, the great lord, will hear your prayer]. (r 5) [He shall not give these] towns, [fields, houses and orchards to any other governor, he shall give them (only) to the governor of the temple of Aššur. The king will punish the one who gives them to another gover…

Law·Economy

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 12

SAA 12 028. Part of Preceding Text (ADD 0741b)

(Beginning destroyed) (31) [......]...[......] (32) [......] 20 hectares (of field) in the village of [NN; ......] (33) [......], 1 house in Nineveh, [......] (34) [......] Sambuk..., [......] (35) [......] Hatter Town, [......] (36) [......; NN], farmer, 4 person[s; ......] (37) [......; NN], shepherd, [......] (Rest destroyed)

Law·Economy

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 12

SAA 12 069. Decree of Expenditures for Various Ceremonies in the Aššur Temple (NARGD 42)

(1) Adad-nerari (III), [representative of Enlil], overseer, son of Šamši-Adad (V), [representative of Enlil], overseer, son of Shalmaneser (III), [representative of Enlil], likewise overseer. (4) When Adad-nerari (III), king of Assyria, instituted [the expenditures] of oil and honey for the temple of Aššur and the sanctuaries of [... fo]r Shebat (XI) and for Tishri (VII) and for five days of intercalary Adar (XIIa), and entrusted them to Šamaš-naṣir, the treasurer of Aššur — (Blank seal space) (7) The expenditures for the pandugāni ceremony of the king: The confectioner takes 8 litres of…

Law·Economy

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 11

SAA 11 024. Harvest Record (SAAB 06 03)

(1) From on the 2nd of Nisan (I): (2) 133 sheaves — Nabû-[...] (3) 32 sheaves — Nuraya (4) 60 sheaves — Šumaya (5) 112 sheaves — Urda-Na[bû] (6) 73 sheaves — Ahu-lešir (7) 58 sheaves — Mullissu-iddina (8) 24 sheaves — Qite... (9) 4 sheaves — Nanî (10) 12 sheaves — Ami[...] (r 1) 2 sheaves — Aplaya (r 2) 3 sheaves — Šulmu-šarri (r 3) 1 sheaf — entrance supervisor (r 4) 1 sheaf — Ubru-Nabû, attendant of teams. (r 5) 1 bale — Bite' (r 6) From on the 6th of Nisan (I): Ahi-pada, cohort commander of ... — 3 bales. (r 8) 16th day: Hurea, Ahi-pada — 4 bales. Total: 8 bales. (r 10) Total: 515 sheaves (…

Economy

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Gilgamesh Tablet XI.svg

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Between 1845 and 1851 CE, Sir Austen Henry Layard uncovered the cuneiform library of King Assurbanipal in Nineveh. These texts, most of which dated to the 7th century…

Economy·Daily Life

~695 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 3

Sennacherib 212

(1) The Seal of Destinies [by which] (the god) Aššur, king of the gods, seals (the destinies of) the Igīgū and Anunnakū gods, the heavens, the netherworld, and man[kind]. (6) Whatever he seals cannot be changed. Whoever (tries to) change (what he seals), may (the god) Aššur, king of the gods, (and) the goddess Mullissu, together with their children, kill him with their mighty weapons. (11) I am Sennacherib, king of [As]syria, the ruler who reveres you. (13) Whoever erases (my) [inscr]ibed name (or) alters this Seal of Destinies belonging to you, erase his name (and) his seed from the land.

Economy

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 3

SAA 03 009. Psalm in Praise of Uruk (SAAB 01 40)

(1) Uruk; I love ditto, I love Eanna, my nuptial chamber! (2) Ditto; I love (its) ziggurat, house of my pleasure! (3) Ditto; I love Babylon, my father's house! (4) Ditto; I love Esaggil, house of my veiling! (5) Ditto; I love Ehiligar, house of my joy! (6) Ditto; I love Borsippa, house of my kingship! (7) Ditto; I love Ezida, along with our Nabû! (8) Ditto; I love Šapazzu, along with Bel-ṣarbi! (9) Ditto; I love Cutha, along with Nergal! (10) Ditto; I love Der, along with Ištaran! (11) Ditto; I love Kiš and Ehursagkalamma! (12) Ditto; I love Sippar, along with Šamaš! (13) Ditto; I love the…

SAA 12 004. Fragment of a Text Similar to Nos. 1-3 (KAV 116)

SAA 12 005. Fragment of a Text Similar to No. 1 (NARGD 50)

SAA 12 028. Part of Preceding Text (ADD 0741b)

SAA 12 069. Decree of Expenditures for Various Ceremonies in the Aššur Temple (NARGD 42)

SAA 11 024. Harvest Record (SAAB 06 03)

Gilgamesh Tablet XI.svg

Sennacherib 212

SAA 03 009. Psalm in Praise of Uruk (SAAB 01 40)

SAA 03 015. Elegy in Memory of a Woman (BA 2 634)

SAA 03 018. Epic of Sargon II

SAA 03 019. Assurbanipal Epic (Geers B 19)

SAA 03 021. Assurbanipal’s Wars in Elam (ABL 1462)

SAA 03 022. Paean to Assurbanipal after the Conquest of Elam

SAA 03 023. Epical Text Mourning the Death of a King (CT 54 513)

SAA 03 024. Fragment of a Royal Epic(?) (CT 53 404)

SAA 03 025. Letters to Assurbanipal from his Son (AfO 18 382)

SAA 03 026. A Petition to Assurbanipal (ABL 1455)

SAA 03 027. Fragment of a Letter Praising Assurbanipal

SAA 03 028. Fragment of an Adulatory Letter to a King

SAA 03 029. Warning to Bel-eṭir

SAA 03 030. Magic against Bel-eṭir

SAA 03 031. Defeat of Teumman and the Annexation of Elam (IAsb pl.45)

SAA 03 033. The Sin of Sargon

SAA 03 042. Fragment of Aššur’s Response to a Royal Letter (JAOS 103, 148)

SAA 03 043. Fragment of the Same Text as No. 42

SAA 03 044. Aššur’s Response to Assurbanipal’s Report on the Šamaš-šumu-ukin War (CT 35 13ff)

SAA 03 045. Aššur’s Response to Assurbanipal’s Report on the Elamite Wars (CT 35 26)

SAA 03 051. Your Slanderous Lips

SAA 03 052. Unidentified Literary Fragment

SAA 20 002. Rituals on Shebat 18-22 (Babyloniaca 01, 206-207)

SAA 20 004. Rituals on [Shebat 22?] (Geers B 157)

SAA 20 005. Rituals on Shebat 23 (RIAA 308)

SAA 20 006. Rituals on [Shebat 23?] (RIAA 315)

SAA 20 007. Royal Coronation Ritual (KAR 135 + KAR 137 + KAR 216)

SAA 20 008. Brazier Offerings to Aššur (AsT 33)

SAA 20 012. Calendar of Psalms and Lamentations in the Aššur Temple (AJSL 42, 110)

SAA 20 014. Text Similar to No. 13

SAA 20 018. Victory and Lion-Hunt Ritual (AsT 39)

SAA 20 022. Bath of Šarrat-nipha (ABL 0864)

SAA 20 023. Fragment of a Ritual (CT 53, 941)

SAA 20 024. Ritual of Tukulti-Ninurta for the Lady-of-the-Mountain (BBR pl. 60 1879-07-08, 0132)

SAA 20 025. Ritual of Tukulti-Ninurta for the Lady-of-the-River (BA 05, 689 + BBR pl. 61)

SAA 20 028. Fragment of a Ritual for Singer (BBR pl. 65)

SAA 20 029. Initiation into the Secrets of Ištar of Heaven (KAR 139)

SAA 20 033. Protocol for the Royal Dinner (MVAG 41 60f)

SAA 20 034. Burial of a Queen (ZA 045, 042-046)

SAA 20 036. Fragment Relating to Rituals in Assur (CT 53, 330)

SAA 20 040. Takultu for Assurbanipal (3 R 66)

SAA 20 046. Fragment of a Takultu Text (Takultu 9)

SAA 20 047. Fragment of a Takultu Text (ABL 1413)