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Page 126 / 134

~660 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 21

SAA 21 093. King's Word to the People of Kar-Nergal and Bit-Dakkuri (CT 54 586)

(beginning broken away) (1') [The king’s word to NN], to [...], the people of Kar-Nergal [...] and Bit-Da[kkuri], old and young, every one [of my servants: I am well], you can be [glad]. (6') You [......] (7') [...] yourselv[es ...] (8') [...] Akkadians [...] (9') [...] ... [......] (rest broken away) (beginning broken away) (r 1') [......] ... [...] (r 2') [...] one boy [servant (and) ...] (r 3') [... were at]tacked, thereby [......] (r 4') They are [de]ad [......]. (r 5') May the foxes not [......]! (r 6') Now righten [......], (r 7') uproot [......] (r 8') [h]orse[s ......] (r 9') [...] ...…

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 098. I Look Forward to Their Defeat (ABL 1253)

(Beginning destroyed) (1') [...]s to [......] (2') [...] the circumference [......] (3') [...] them ...[......] (4') [...] my corn until [......] (5') you have placed [...]. Now [......] (6') [...] I’m wa[iting] for their defeat [......] (7') [...] And he must no he[ar ......] (r 1) [... t]o the da[y ......] (r 2) [... u]pon [...... ...] (r 3) [...] ... [...... ...] (r 4) [...] the top of [......] (r 5) [...] ... [......] *ABL 1253 (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 099. Fragment Referring to the Nabayateans (CT 54 571)

(Beginning destroyed) (3') [...... s]inned (4') [......] placed (5') [... the Nabat]eans (6') [... w]rote (pl.) to you (7') [...... t]heir [...] (8') [...... re]turned [...]. (9') [As to (...) what you wro]te (10') [......] ... (11') [...... as]ked (12') [......] (13') [......] ... (14') [......] Ninurta (15') [......] you (16') [...... cur]ses (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 100. Advising the Kings of Assyria and Elam (CT 54 569)

(Beginning destroyed) (1') [......] servants (2') [......] when/if (3') [......] does not know [whether] they are [in] Assyria, and [the ...] of the king of Babylon [......] does not know whether they are [in Ela]m. (8') [...... t]ogether (9') [......] that with us (10') [...... you d]id (11') [......] (b.e. 16') [..... to G]N (r 1) [... I sen]t them (r 2) [... g]oes [...], oxen (r 3) [...] ... good sense (r 4) [... are sa]ying, ”[...] has advised [the king of] Assyria,” [and ... are sa]ying, ”he has advised [the king of Ela]m.” (r 8) [...] their [del]iberations (r 9) [... Now i]f you (r 10) […

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 151. The Archers Sent by the King Have not Arrived (CT 54 589)

(Beginning destroyed) (2') the king [......] (3') opened [and ......] (4') did not go [......] (5') to Zabban [......] (6') ... [......] (Break) (r 2) [...] the archers [whom the king, my lord, s]ent, have not a[rrived ...] (r 4) And the dais [...] (r 5) which is behind [...], (r 6) those with the king of Babylo[n ...] (r 7) Bit-A[m]ukani messa[ge ...] (Break) (l.e. 1) [...] Natan, the brother o[f NN] (l.e. 2) [...] who [...]

Daily Life·Economy

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Ashurbanipal 084

Links a lunar eclipse, divine omens, and the Elamite king's physical affliction — paralyzed lip, diminished eye — to justify Ashurbanipal's campaign: a rare royal text weaving extispicy logic directly into annalistic narrative.

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 14 107. A Court Decision on Behalf of Aššur-šallim (*638-IV) (ADD 0163)

Lawsuit of Aššur-šallim with Ṣalmu-aḫḫē concerning Šulmu-ēreš, the servant of Aššur-šallim, about which they litigated. They brought (the case) before Šēp-šarri, the sartinnu (chief judge). The sartinnu imposed 1½ minas of silver. Ṣalmu-aḫḫē gave 1 mina of silver to Aššur-šallim. There is peace between them. (Whoever) breaks (this agreement) — Aššur (and) Šamaš shall be his adversary at law; he shall give 10 minas of silver. Aššur is his adversary at law. Month of Du'ūzu (IV), eponym year of Aššur-gimilli-terre (638*). Witness Libbusu. Witness Nabû-aḫu-uṣur. Witness Ubru-Nabû, (and) Lā-qē…

SAA 21 093. King's Word to the People of Kar-Nergal and Bit-Dakkuri (CT 54 586)

SAA 21 098. I Look Forward to Their Defeat (ABL 1253)

SAA 21 099. Fragment Referring to the Nabayateans (CT 54 571)

SAA 21 100. Advising the Kings of Assyria and Elam (CT 54 569)

SAA 21 151. The Archers Sent by the King Have not Arrived (CT 54 589)

Ashurbanipal 084

SAA 14 107. A Court Decision on Behalf of Aššur-šallim (*638-IV) (ADD 0163)

SAA 14 001. Milki-nuri Buys the Village of Nabu-šezib (668-VI-19) (ADD 0472)

SAA 14 002. Milki-nuri Buys the Village of Bahaya (666-XII-19) (ADD 0627)

SAA 14 003. Milki-nuri Buys Ten Slaves (ADD 0727)

SAA 14 004. Milki-nuri Buys Five Slaves (ADD 0287)

SAA 14 005. Milki-nuri Buys Six Slaves (ADD 0316)

SAA 14 006. Milki-nuri Buys Land and People (ADD 0452)

SAA 14 007. Milki-nuri Buys [...] (ADD 0494)

SAA 14 008. Zarpi, Manageress, Buys a Woman (668-V-27) (ADD 0208)

SAA 14 009. Manageress of the Central City Buys a Slave (668-I-22) (ADD 0190)

SAA 14 011. The Lady Sinqi-Issar Receives a Slave Woman Instead of Silver (654-II-14) (ADD 0076)

SAA 14 012. Manageress Buys Two Slaves (ADD 0267)

SAA 14 013. Manageress of Assur Buys a Slave (650) (ADD 0206)

SAA 14 014. Manageress of Assur Buys a Woman (ADD 0209)

SAA 14 015. Court Decision on Behalf of Ninuayu, the King’s Eunuch (*641-VII-13) (ADD 0105)

SAA 14 016. Ninuayu Buys Slaves (*639-X-18) (ADD 0250)

SAA 14 017. Ninuayu Buys a Woman (*633-II-14) (ADD 0214)

SAA 14 018. Ninuayu Buys a Slave (ADD 0182)

SAA 14 019. Ninuayu Buys Two Slaves (ADD 0249)

SAA 14 020. Ninuayu Buys Three Slaves (ADD 0254)

SAA 14 021. Ninuayu Buys Slaves (ADD 0260)

SAA 14 022. Ninuayu Buys Land and People (ADD 0505)

SAA 14 023. Bel-duri Lends Barley and an Ox (658-VI-18) (ADD 0152)

SAA 14 024. Luqu, Cohort Commander of the Crown Prince, Buys Women (659-II) (ADD 0233)

SAA 14 025. Luqu Lends Silver (*648) (ADD 0111)

SAA 14 026. Luqu Lends Ten Shekels of Silver (*645-VI-5) (ADD 0004)

SAA 14 027. Purchase of a Vacant Lot (*640) (ADD 0358+)

SAA 14 029. Kiṣir-Aššur Buys a Woman (*636-XI-3) (ADD 0207)

SAA 14 030. Kiṣir-Aššur Lends 16 Shekels of Silver (*635-I-11) (ADD 0001)

SAA 14 031. Kiṣir-Aššur Lends Eight Shekels of Silver (*623-VII-21) (ADD 0023)

SAA 14 032. Kiṣir-Aššur Lends Straw (*618-I-15) (ADD 0151)

SAA 14 033. Kiṣir-Aššur Lends One Mina 30 Shekels of Silver (ADD 0080)

SAA 14 034. Kakkullanu Buys a Woman as a Wife for His Servant (*630-II-20) (ADD 0308)

SAA 14 035. Kakkullanu Buys an Outbuilding Adjoining His House (*630-V-22) (ADD 0349)

SAA 14 036. Kakkullanu Buys a Vineyard and Two Persons in Irbu (*630-XI-17) (ADD 0446)

SAA 14 037. Kakkullanu Buys a Woman as a Wife for His Servant (*630) (ADD 0309)

SAA 14 038. Kakkullanu Buys a Woman for His Servant (*629-I-19) (ADD 0711)

SAA 14 039. Kakkullanu Buys a Man in Exchange for a Woman (*625-II-20) (ADD 0318)

SAA 14 040. Kakkullanu Buys His Neighbour’s House in Nineveh (*625-III-17) (ADD 0325)

SAA 14 041. Kakkullanu Leases 20 Hectares of Field in Qurubi (*625-X-3) (ADD 0623)

SAA 14 042. Kakkullanu Buys 20 Hectares of Land in Abi-ila’i (*625-XI-13) (ADD 0414)

SAA 14 045. Kakkullanu Leases More Land in Bit-abi-ila’i (*623-X-7) (ADD 0621)

SAA 14 046. Kakkullanu Buys a Vineyard Next to His Garden in Appuni (*623-XI-6) (ADD 0361)

SAA 14 047. Kakkullanu Buys a House in Nineveh (*617-II-10) (ADD 0327)