All tablets.

SAA 17 175. May the King Send Troops, so We Can Enter Marad (CT 54 073)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) When [... P]N sent us a messenger [..., saying, "C]ome and en[ter] the city," (6) [...] here are few (7) [...] and we fear the king. (8) May my lord say [in the presence of the kin]g, and if it [is agree]able to [the king, let him send] us armed forces so [we can en]ter Marad. (11) My lord knows that the [...]s which the king gave [are ...] (13) May my lord say [t]o the king and [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 176. Report on the King of Elam (CT 54 171)

(1) [Your servant NN]: I would gladly di[e for the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord]: (2) [......] "The king of Ela[m] (3) [has writt]en [to ...], saying: 'The crimes [...] (4) [... has t]old you; on the road [...] (5) [......] has exceeded Der [...] (6) [......] Do we know the Aramean(s)? [...] (7) [......] my [...] wrote you [...] (8) [......] the Gambu[lu ...] (9) [......] I will give for you [...] (10) [......] there is no [...] (11) [...... s]ent [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 177. Contacting the Vizier (CT 54 186)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) [...] ... [to/with/against] us (4) [... agai]nst the Assyrian(s) (5) [...] he hears. Concerning [...] (6) [... the ...]s of Marduk-šarru-uṣur [...] (7) [...] he sent (word) and took away [...] (8) [...] ... the land Irreja (9) [... who] were brought to me, whose names I wrote down and (whom) I sent to [the vizier], my lord, (r 1) [...] they are [...], and he is held before him. (r 2) [(I swear) by the gods] of the vizier, my lord, that before [...] brought peace to me, for three years [...] I was mute and [did not write] to the king, my lord. [Now] I have [written]…

SAA 17 178. (no title) (CT 54 194)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... the Elam]ite(s) [...] (3) [...], saying: "[...] (4) [...] to Marduk-[...] (5) [...] to his presence [...] (6) [... Na]bû-šuma-išku[n ...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 179. (no title) (CT 54 199)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... ] well-being [...] (3) [... the k]ing, our lord [...] (4) [...] our [br]other [...] (5) [... the k]ing, our lord [...] (6) [...] house [...] (7) [...] ... [...] (8) [...] which/of [...] (9) [...] ... [...] (10) [... fro]m the day [...] (11) [...] the watch [...] (Break) (r 2) [...] wha[t ...] (r 3) [...] ... [...] (r 4) [... he s]aid: "[...] (r 5) [...] Do not [...] a messenger [...]! (r 6) He (is) [in G]N; to seize [..] (r 7) [...] When we did [...] (r 8) [...] we fetched [...] (r 9) [... w]ith him [...] (r 10) [...] I waited [...] (r 11) [...] to [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 180. (no title) (CT 54 203)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) He kneels [...]. I am devoted to [the king]. (3) I am [indeb]ted [because of his...] (and) his favour. (4) And since (5) [... w]ith the soldiers (6) [... he] bent and (7) [...] to the king (8) I spoke [with him ...], and it turned out well. (9) [...] After we had waited [for ...], a report (10) [...] when our words (r 1) [...] left (r 2) [...] the soldiers (r 3) [...] were captured (r 4) [...] the agreements (r 5) [...] completed (r 6) [...] of the king entered (r 7) [...] were relieved. (r 8) May we hear [of the well-being of the k]ing, so we can give [... t]o the king. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 181. Free Passage for the son of Yakin (CT 54 211)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) "Why do you let the [son of] Ya[kin] go to [GN] and sl[eep] (there)?" (4) [I swear] to the king, my lord: "[...] (6) much [...] (7) heard [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 182. (no title) (CT 54 216)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) "When [... went] before Lanšê [...] (4) [...] "he will do my [...] and to [...] (5) [...] before [...] the middle night watch [...] (6) [...] repeate[d ...] (7) [...] to [...] spoke [...], (8) [...] before [... i]n the king's palace [...] (9) [...] my foundation [...] (10) [...] "for [N]N [...] (11) [...] "I am a servant of the king [...] (12) [...] accordingly [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 183. Fragment Mentioning Tilmun and Urarṭu (to the Crown Prince) (CT 54 217)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) Za[badu ...] (3) knowingly [...] (4) "Kurr[ala'u ...] (5) what canvas [...] (6) the plundered of the land [...] (7) that you have [...] to (all) the lands (8) the lands of ... [...] (9) Tilmun, the land [...], (10) the Ura[rṭean ...] (11) said [...] (Break) (r 2) he seizes ... [...] (r 3) the governor of [...] (r 4) he let consume, [...] (r 5) a bad piece of advice [...] (r 6) and the gov[ernor ...] (r 7) I have seen [...] (r 8) After they had tak[en ...] (r 9) the crown prince, [my] lord, [...] (r 10) and fumigants [...] (r 11) all for [...] (r 12) before [...] (r 13) as [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 184. Fragment Mentioning Tyrians (CT 54 225)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) my messenger to Tyre [...] (r 3) [...] should I have changed my mind? (r 4) The king, my lord, [...] (r 5) my two sons hither [...] (r 6) [of whom] I spoke to the king, my lord, [...] (r 7) [...]...[...] (r 8) [...] the kin[g ...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 185. Fragment Mentioning Marduk-šarrani (CT 54 240)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) [...] brought up [...] (r 3) [...] took [...] (r 4) [...] Marduk-šarra[ni ...] (r 5) [...] gave, in [...] (r 6) [Ma]rduk-šarrani by the command [...] (r 7) [...] brought out, with [...] (r 8) [...], "Instead of [...] (r 9) [... yo]u did, he/it will appe[ar ...] (r 10) [...] and what [...] (r 11) [...] you did [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 186. Fragment Mentioning Merodach-Baladan (CT 54 247)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) [...] Merodach-Bal[adan ...] (4) [......] who opposite [...] (5) [...] "You are meek [...]" (6) [...] I am meek. The lord of king[s ...] (7) [...] all lands (8) [... that ...] he had written, ... [...] (9) [... the ro]be of a [...] (10) [...] the towns [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 187. (no title) (CT 54 248)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] all ... [...] (3) [...] the towns of the fortress of [Yakin] (4) [...] concerning all not [...] (5) [Perhaps the king], my lord, will say: "[...] 1,000 of yo[ur] men [...]" (7) [...] man[y ...] (8) [...] of the king, my lord, [...]

SAA 17 188. (no title) (CT 54 256)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) [...]anni, the so[n of NN] (4) [... sa]id to him [...] (5) [...] I said [...] (6) [... be]fore me: "[...]" (7) [...] Lanšê [...] (8) [...] and after [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 189. Fragment Referring to a Carrier Pigeon (CT 54 270)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [May ... my lord not] forsake us, [may he ...] us! (3) The house which my lord [...], may he hold (it) back! (4) The bird [which] they sent [t]o the king, [may my lord not] eat it! (7) I have fastened [...] (Break) (r 2) [......] comes out (r 3) [...] I have no prebend, (r 4) I have [no (...)] boat. (r 5) I am but [...], (r 6) [may ... my lord not] forsake me! (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 190. Seed-Grain and Barley for the Fortress (CT 54 272)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] the king (2) [......] Nabû the journey (3) [......] they remained. (4) [......] as the king (5) [......] ease of doing (6) [...... o]f seed (7) [......] to the fortress (8) [......] barley (9) [......] of [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 191. Fragment Mentioning Zabaya (CT 54 274)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] placed ...[...] (3) [...] Zabay[a ...] (4) [...] his messenger [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 192. Fragment Mentioning Kalbi-Uku and Lanše (CT 54 279)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [As for Kalbi]-Ukû, his watch [is strong]. (2) [...] the watch which I ke[ep] for the king [...] (3) [...] he attacked, not [...] (4) [... him]self [...] (5) [...] do! ... [...] (6) [...] just as Lan[šê ...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 193. Battle at Bit-Bunakki (CT 54 338)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... a]ssemble (3) [...] and a defea[t] (4) [... Bit]-Bunakki (5) [...] and the towns (6) [...] have plundered (7) [...] the[ir ...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 194. Fragment Mentioning Bit-Yakin (CT 54 342)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) Now then they are in [...] (3) The ne[ws ...] (4) of Bit-Ya[kin ...] (5) I have as[ked ...] (6) They have fini[shed ...] (7) saying, "[...] (Break) (r 1) have [...] (r 2) after u[s ...] (r 3) in the shadow [...] (r 4) of the king, (my) lo[rd, ...] (r 5) and [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 195. Taking Captives (CT 54 349)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] legal case [...] (2) [...] I arrested and gave [...] to the [...] official (3) [...] 2 dependents [...] (4) [...] his [know]ledge early in the morning ... [...] (5) [... to] the bodyguard and to [...] (6) [...] I gave to Redi-ilu [...] (7) [... the ca]ptives of the Lit[amu] (8) [...] I am [in] N[u]nak (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 196. Fragment Mentioning Merodach-Baladan (CT 54 375)

(1) [Your servant NN: I would gladly die for the king, m]y [lord! S]ay to the ki[ng, my lord]: (5) [x] men with 3 ho[rses] have [...]ed [...]. (7) [Th]ey are [...] m[en of] Merodach-Bal[adan ...]. (9) On the 24[th] day [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 198. Fragment Mentioning Merodach-Baladan (CT 54 405)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... Aššur]-belu-taqqin (3) [...] kept guard (4) [...] the swordsman (5) [...] to the šandabakku (6) [...] entered and (7) [...] with him (8) [...] to Merodach-Baladan (9) [...] with the ey[es ...] (Break) (r 2) [... d]o and go! (r 3) [...] tell him (r 4) [...] that (r 5) [...] saved me (r 6) [...] lead up (r 7) [... i]n Der (r 8) [...] purse (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 199. Fragment Mentioning Esaggil and Merodach-Baladan (CT 54 447)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) [...] ... in [...] (4) [...] as he he[ld back ...] (5) [...] Bel-le'ann[i ...] (6) [...] Qibi-Be[l ...] (7) [...] their [...] (8) [... the pe]ople are con[fident ...] (9) [...] their [...] (10) [...] their [...] (11) [... w]ent out [...] (12) [... f]ro[m ...] (Break) (r 1) [...] wen[t ...] (r 2) [...] merchant [...] (r 3) [...] jeweller [...] (r 4) [...] Esaggil [...] (r 5) [...] he will take o[f ...] (r 6) [... will g]o up and [...] the gate o[f ...] (r 7) [...] against me not [...] (r 8) [...] Now then the arche[rs ...] (r 9) [...] Merodach-Balada[n...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 200. Fragment Mentioning Merodach-Baladan (CT 54 449)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] ... Na[bû-...] (2) [...] which for Hudi-[...] (3) [...] Nabû-ahhe-erib[a...] (4) [...] Nabû-eṭir son of Nab[û-...] (5) [... Mar]duk-iddina and the [...] (6) [... Da]bibi and [...] (7) [... Meroda]ch-Baladan [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 201. Fragment Mentioning Merodach-Baladan and Dur-Ladini (CT 54 451)

(obverse completely destroyed) (1) [...] and at Der greatly [...]. (r 1) [...] And when they removed our writing-boards, they brought (them) to Merodach-Baladan. (r 3) And they themselves have verily destroy[ed] (them) on the shore. (r 4) They lie [encamped] at Dur-Ladini. (r 5) [...] in their battle equipment (r 6) [...] they do not eat bread (r 7) [...] they have contracted [...], have not rested. (r 8) [The warriors of the ki]ng, my lord, have pains in their legs. (r 9) [...] they are building [...] (r 10) [...] their eyes have become dark (r 11) [...] and the decision (r 12) [...... May ...] come and (r 13) [......] you said to me (r 14) [......] and (r 15) [...... the ki]ng (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 202. Fragment Mentioning Merodach-Baladan (CT 54 452)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) from Bit-[...] (3) as far as Bab-[Marrat ...] (4) and the king has not [...] (5) Bit-Zabi[di ...] (6) Merodach-Bal[adan ...] (7) the king had [......] (8) of Bit-Ša[k...] (Break) SPACER (r 2) to [...] (r 3) of silver [...] (r 4) of the tra[cks ...] (r 5) and [...] (r 6) they confirm [...] (r 7) of the king [...] (r 8) before [...] (r 9) a[s ...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 203. Reporting to the King (CT 54 485)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...], but he did not speak with [us]. May the king do as he sees best. (4) We are now on our way (there); we shall without delay (lit. 'without staying overnight') find out what news there is [and quickly] write [t]o the king, [our] lo[rd]. (r 5) (As to) the order [which the king] g[ave us, under the pro]tection of the go[d(s) ...]. (r 7) [...] the Ba[bylonian(s) ...] (r 8) [t]o the city Ši[...] (r 9) [a]s w[e ...] (r 10) [t]o [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 204. News of Elam (CT 54 551)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) We have se[nt ... to the king], our [lo]rd. [The king, our lord] may do [as he sees be]st. [......] (4) [......] 2 eunuchs [......] (5) [......] with these men [......] (6) [......] messengers, lords [......] (7) [......] News of Elam: [...] (8) [......]s from Ela[m ...] (9) [......] the Ru['ueans ......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 205. Fragment Mentioning Humbe (CT 54 565)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] and [...] with him [...] (3) [...] brings up [...] and [...] (4) [...] from the beginni[ng ...] (5) [...] to darkness [...] (6) [... H]umbê of [Bit-Zualza] (7) [...] you did not cheat [...] (8) [...] treaty wi[th ...] (9) [...] tribute (payment)s [...] (10) [...] land [...] (11) [......] (12) [......] in the presen[ce ... (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 206. Greetings (CT 54 592)

(1) Tablet of [NN] to Nabû-šu[ma-iškun]. I am herewith sending my tablet as a gre[eting to my lord]. (4) [I heard] the news of [my] lord and became very glad. (6) [...] in your place (7) and for his servant [...] (8) Has not Enlil in an effus[ive way ...] (9) whom the king, your lord, not [...] (10) [...] daily [...] (11) [...] and [...] (Break) (r 1) of his lord, until [...].

SAA 17 207. (no title)

(1) Your [servant NN: I would gladly die] for [the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord]: (3) ...[......] (4) to [......] (Break) (r 1) soldiers [......] (r 2) to [......]

Enlil-naṣir I 1

(1) Enlil-[nāṣir (I), vice]-regent of the god [Aššur, son of] Puzur-Aš[šur (III), (who was) also vice]-regent of the god Aššur, (5) for his life and the well-being of his city, [built] the towers of [..., which] Išme-Dagān (I), vice-[regent of the god Aššur, son of Šamšī]-Adad (I), vice-[regent of the god Aššur],

Enlil-naṣir I 1002

(1’) I deposited my [clay cone (therein)]. (2’) [(When) a fu]ture [ruler] builds [that wall] wh[en it becomes dilapidated], the gods Aššur and [Adad] will (then) listen to [his prayers. May he retur]n [my clay cone] to its place.

Ititi 1

(1) Ititi, the overseer, son of Ininlaba, dedicated (this stone plaque) from the booty of Gasur (Nuzi) to the goddess Ištar.

Naram-Sin 01add

(i 1) Narām-Sîn, vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Puzur-Aššur (II), vice-regent of the god Aššur.

Ṣilulu 1

(1) (The god) Aššur is the king, Ṣilulu is the vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, the son of Dakiki, (and) the herald of the city Aššur.

Son of Urdanum 2001

(1') [...] in [...] for the life [of] Urdān[um], his father, his (own) life, the life [of his] brothers, and the life [of] his children, an oven that brightens

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

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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 BCE, were brought back to the Bri

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Zarriqum 2001 / Amar-Suena 2001

(1) For the life of Amar-Suena, the strong man, the king of Ur, and the king of the four quarters (of the world), (and) for his own life, Zarriqum, the governor of (the city) Aššur, his (Amar-Suena’s) servant, built the temple of the goddess Bēlet-ekallim.

Sennacherib 001

Opens Sennacherib's royal titulary with its fullest ideological formula — just king, pious shepherd, warrior — anchoring Assyrian kingship theology at the moment he inherited Sargon II's contested throne.

Sennacherib 002

A royal annals inscription of Sennacherib (~695 BCE) that opens with the king's full titulary and theological mandate from Aššur, attesting the standard Neo-Assyrian idiom by which military campaigns were framed as divine commission.

Sennacherib 003

One of Sennacherib's earliest royal inscriptions, this text records his accession-era military campaigns and the full titulary — pious shepherd, guardian of truth, virile warrior — through which Assyrian kings performed legitimate sovereignty before god and subject alike.

Sennacherib 004

One of Sennacherib's campaign annals, preserving his titulary and the theological claim that Aššur personally granted him unrivalled sovereignty — a template for legitimising Assyrian imperial conquest.

Sennacherib 005

Preserves Sennacherib's standard titulary — 'king of the four quarters,' 'perfect man, virile warrior' — and a dynastic renovation curse, documenting the formulaic language Assyrian kings used to legitimise rule and bind successors.

Sennacherib 007

Documents Sennacherib's physical remaking of Nineveh — widened streets, a limestone-paved chariot bridge — grounding his self-glorifying inscriptions in datable urban-infrastructure works ca. 695 BCE.

Sennacherib 008

One of Sennacherib's royal campaign inscriptions, recording the ideological formula — pious shepherd, champion of the weak, warrior of Aššur — through which Neo-Assyrian kings legitimised conquest as divine mandate.

Sennacherib 009

(1) [Sennacherib, great king, strong king, king of Assyria, unrivalled king, pious] shepherd [who reveres the great gods, guardian of truth who loves justice, renders assistance], goes to the aid of the weak, (and) [strives after good deeds, perfect man, virile warrior, foremost of all rul]ers, the bridle that controls the in[submissive, (and) the one who strikes enemies with lightning]: (4) [The god Aššur, the great mountain, granted to me unrivalled sovereignty and made my weapons greater] than (those of) all who sit on (royal) daises. (5) [At the beginning of my kingship, I brought about…

Sennacherib 010

A royal titulary inscription of Sennacherib (~695 BCE) attesting his role as fashioner of cult statues for Aššur, Anu, Sîn, Šamaš, and Adad — direct evidence of the king's ritual responsibility for divine image-making in Assyria.

Sennacherib 011

One of Sennacherib's royal titulary inscriptions, attesting his claim to have personally fashioned cult statues for Aššur, Anu, Sîn, Šamaš, and five other deities — linking military kingship to ritual restoration of the Assyrian pantheon.