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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 156. (no title) (ABL 1064)

(1) [To the king], my [lord]: your servant Pan-Aššur-[lamur. Good] health to the king, [my] lord! (3) [As to what] the king my lord wrote to me: "[The day] you see this [lett]er of mine, [...... (Break) (r.e. 2) Later I [...] (my) chariot [......] about the food [......] I/they have left [......].

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~715 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 1

SAA 01 157. (no title) (CT 53 525)

(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant Pan]-Aššur-lam[ur. Good heal]th to [the king, my lord]! (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 158. Gold and Silver Objects Sent to the King (CT 53 001)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Sin-a[šared]. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) 1 big golden box, 1 golden plate, 3 crests of white silver, 1 box of gold scraps, 2 golden goblets, 4 firewood containers (with) golden (weighing) stones, 1 ... overlaid with gold, 1 bronze washing bowl, silver tableware, 1 box containing 153 silver bowls, 1 box (with) 25 bowls of ... silver and 26 silver ...; (r 1) 1 lion's head (rhyton) of silver, [...... (r 2) (Break) (r 6) 1 golden [......], 1 [......], [...] golden [...... (r 7) (Break) (r 12) ... I have just] sent [to] the king, my lord.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 159. Reclaiming Investments in Dur-Šarruken (ABL 1442)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Salmanu-[...]. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The king my lord told [me]: "Nobody will pay back your loans until the work on Dur-Šarruken is finished!" — (9) (Now) they have ref[unded] to the merchants (loans on) the portion of Dur-Šarruken that has been constructed, but nobody [has reminded] (the king) about me; 570 minas of silver with [my seal] and due this year have not been repaid as yet. (16) When the king, my lord, sold gold and pre[cious stones] on my account, I told the king, my lord, that my father was much in debt to Har[...], Huziru…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 160. Collecting Barley for Palace Consumption (ABL 0843)

(1) [To the king, my lord]: yo[ur servant] Tariba-Issar. [Good he]alth to the king, my lord! (4) [I] stood [alongside] the king's road, [in fron]t of the gardens, but the king did not pay attention to me, speaking as he was with Raṣappai. I went to the city of Adian and spoke with the rab mūgi officer, but nobody came to greet me so I became scared. (r 4) Now, I have collected 500 homers (= 100,000 litres) of barley in the city of Kilizi, and would like to deliver it. If the king my lord commands: "Collect barley for three palaces," I will collect it in Adian and Arbela as well. (e. 1) The bar…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 161. Collecting Barley (CT 53 461)

(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant] Tariba-Issar. [Good health] to the king, [my lord]! (Break) (r 1) Now, what (orders) does the king, my lord, send? Let me go [to pile] up [the bar]ley I have collected, [until] my word [has arri]ved ......].

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 162. A Letter from the Recruitment Officers (ABL 1036)

(1) [To the kin]g of (all) lands, our lord: [your servants] the recruitment officers [responsible for horse]s. Good health [to the king], ou[r lord]! (4) As to what the king our lord [wrote to us]: "Man[y ......" (Break) (r 4) ......] our [work ......] what[ever ...] it be [... we shall not be ne]gligent, the watch [... will be st]rict.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 163. Guarding a Bull Colossus (ABL 1417)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [I se]nt [...] to the [...], saying: "[As regards ...], you are not free but shall arrange [......]. [Give] men to your official; one of the magnate[s] should quickly go with them and [keep] guard over the other bull colossus instead of the one which has been put in place. (r 3) And the bull coloss[i] which are in [... (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 164. Master Builders to Work on a Bull Colossus (CT 53 465)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant .... Good health] to [the king, my lord! (4) [As to the] master-buil[ders] about whom the king my lord [wrote to me]: "Let them come and work with the magnates [...]! Perhaps [...] they can change [... into] a bull colossus" — (10) I have right now [sent the master-builders] to the king, my lord. Perhaps [the magnates] will [say in] the Palace: "[...... (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 165. Master Builders at Work (ABL 0955)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) As to the work [on ... about which I wrote] to the king, [my] lord, I have gathered the master-builders who [...], and made them take up the first [cornerstone]. They go from the Gate of Šamaš to the no[rth] and then make a turn here. After they have finished these two directions, they will go and lay the limestone wherever we give it. (11) Perhaps the magnates will say in the Palace: "They have deprived us of master-builders." As [I wro]te to the king, my lord, the limestone sla[bs ...... (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 166. On Bull Colossi (CT 53 451)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant ... Good health to the king, my lord! (4) [As to what] the king, [my lord wr]ote to m[e: "After you] have fin[ished] the bull col[ossi, do your] work ......] work [...... (Break) (r 1) ......] I shall load up and bring in the [...]. (SPACER)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 168. On Dur-Šarruken (CT 53 506)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 3) ...] loaded [...] brought [... to the king] my lord [to] Dur-Šarruken.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 169. Counting Broken [...] (CT 53 644)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) of the ci[ty ......] (3) we have c[ounted ......] (4) there are 10 [......] (5) and the rest [......] (r 1) If the king, my lo[rd commands], (r 2) the bro[ken ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 170. Distributing Barley to the Magnates (CT 53 333)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [On the 12th and 13]th I delivered the (barley) of the governor [of ...] in the city of Issete, [on the 14th], 15th and 16th, [that of the gov]ernor of Arbela in [...]-Adad. (6) [On the 17th and] 18th [I delivered] the (barley) of the Palace Herald [in the town of ...]appi on [this] side of the city of Baqar; on the 19th and 20th [I delivered that of the governor of Ar]zuhina [......] Šamaš-belu-(uṣur) [...... (Five untranslatable lines) (r 2) [On the 21st and 22nd] I delivered [that] of the Chief of Granaries [in ...; on the 23rd] I delivered [that of] the governor…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 173. A Report on the State of the Province (ABL 0224)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Adda-hati. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) My [guard] is in excellent condition, the who[le dist]rict of [Hamath] is well. [The king], my [lord], can be glad. (9) We have not heard anything s[pecific] about the [Ara]bs si[nce the king], my lord, [went] to [...]; all is well.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 174. A Report on the State of the Province (ABL 0225)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Adda-hati. Good health to the [king, my lord]! (4) [My gua]rd is in excellent condition, the whole district of Hamath is well. The king, my lord, can be glad. (11) We have not heard [anything specific about the Arabs si]nce the king, [my lord, went to] Assyria; all is well.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 177. Organizing a Post Station (ABL 0414)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Bel-liqbi. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The town of Hēsa, a road station of mine, lacks people; the postmaster and the commander of the recruits are there alone and cannot attend to it (properly). Now, let me get together 30 families and place them there. There are men of Nabû-ṣalla the prefect living in Hēsa, a cohort of craftsmen; let him move them out, settle them in the town of Argite, and give them fields and gardens. (17) If it is acceptable to the king, my lord, let them send a letter to Nabû-uṣalla the prefect, and let me appoint Ia'iru…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 178. Report on the Arabs (ABL 0953)

(1) [To the king, my lord]: your ser[vant Bel-liqbi]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! The king's land and dis[trict] are well. (6) Arabs have en[tered] into the interior (of the province), but the rains have arrived [...] and they are coming and going. (12) The ... [...] who entered the city of [...... (Break) (r 3) I [keep watch] over the desert; the watch is [as strict as possible].

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 179. No Iron to the Arabs! (CT 53 010)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Bel-liqbi. Good health to the ki]ing, [my lord]! The k[ing's land and d]istrict [are well]. (5) [The Ar]abs are settled on the other side of the [H]adina river; they come [...] ... and go, everything is [fine]. (8) I have driven the farmer(s) and gardener(s) [of Ammi]li'ti son of Amiri [out of] my towns and torn down a [...] of sheep he had constructed. Now, he came to me saying: "Why have you expelled my subjects? I shall write to the Palace!" I proposed a bargain, saying: "Your subjects molested my subjects. But since you are the king's servant, I…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 180. Ammili’ti at Riblah (CT 53 199)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) ......] the son of [......] 200 m[en ...] of Tarṣ[i-...] a kin[sman of ...] are indeed [...] at the foot of [Mt. ...]; stranglers [......] in Mt. Nipur. (10) Ammili'ti [...] is encamped outside the city of Rablâ, pestilence-stricken. He came to see me and I [asked him]: "Did [...] really come from [......? Let ...] come to me, I shall not place [...] in it." (r 7) What the king [......] a messenger [...... (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 181. Guarding the Grain Depots of Chariot Troops (ABL 1070)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Bel-liqbi]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! The watch of the des[ert is strict]; the king, my lord, can be [pleased]. (6) The king my lord ordered [me to] give bread to the chariot troops. Now, (when) [PN] came, I told him [...] but he said: "The king has given orders to me and I will take two [month's worth] of each (provision)." I did not agree to give it to him, so he went and opened a silo in one of my villages, brought in his measurers and poured out [x] sound men's worth of (grain). (15) I went and remonstrated him, saying: "Why did you self-…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 182. Hands Off My Granaries! (CT 53 888)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) Right now [......] perhaps [......] the fodder which [...... he]re. (5) [......] is demanding the food of the chariot troops saying: "You will give food [......]!" The king [my lord knows that we reaped our] s[own fields] together and st[ored] (the yield) in the villages. Mine is on [...] side, and they do not a[gree to give away] (any of) theirs, saying: "[You will] not [touch] our harvest." (13) Whether [......] or not [......]. When [......], 700 (homers) of [......] they reaped [......] their sown fields. (r 5) I do want to [feed] the king my lord's hors[es], but…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 183. Carchemish Under Assyrian Yoke (ABL 1287)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant ...]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! (3) As to these people, [the king's] subjects, about whom the king my lord wrote to me, none of them are their servants. The king, my lord, should question these people who came: not a single man among them is a farmer, they are their litigants and creditors, relatives of the (king) of Carchemish. They will write down their report and communicate it to the Palace. (12) Now, people have got afraid at the king their lord's ilku duty [and grumbled]: "Why are they [persecuting] us month after month?" They keep…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 184. The Eunuchs of Aššur-ila’i (ABL 0322)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Adad-ibni. [Good health] to the king, my lord. (4) [As to] the eunuchs [of] the household of Aššur-ilai [about whom the king] wrote to me: "[Let them br]ing them here!" — (8) I have just sent to the palace with a kallapu messenger [a total of four] eunuchs: [Urda]-Issar, a cupbearer; Ṣilli-Šamaš, a confectioner; Bel-deni-amur, a cook; and [P]atamû, a eunuch. (r 5) Let the king my lord question them. They are subjects of the city of Til-Barsip.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 185. An Issue from the City of Nampigi (ABL 0323)

(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant] Adad-ibni. [Good health t]o the king, my lord. (4) [As to what] the king, my lord, wrote to me: "The chief masons and ...] men from the city of Nampigi [in] the Qipanu land [have come] to me saying: 'The chief [......' (Rest destroyed or too fragmentary for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 186. On the Way to the Palace (CT 53 491)

(1) To the king, my lord: your [serva]nt Inurta-il[ai]. (Break) (r 1) ......] have cr[ossed] the river on [the ...th] of Nisan and [left] for the Palace to greet (the king).

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 187. Tributaries on the Way to the Palace (CT 53 907)

(Beginning destroyed) (5) [x eld]ers accompanied by [x] mul[es], [x do]nkeys and [PN], the son of the (royal) delegate; (Break with traces of numbers and personal names) (r 1) Five [...] 30 [...... have set out] from Til-Barsip on [the ...th of Nisan], crossed the river and left for [the Palace] to greet (the king).

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 188. Festival of the Moon God (ABL 0134)

(1) [To the king], my [lord: your servant Na[bû-pašir. [Good health to the ki]ng, my lord! [May Sin and] Nikkal bless [the kin]g, my lord! (7) On the 17th of [... Sin] came out and entered the akitu chapel. The sacrifices of the king my lord having been performed successfully, (r 1) Sin returned, entered his temple, took his seat in peace and blessed the king, my lord.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 189. The Priest of Nerab in Harran (ABL 1227+)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-pašir. Go]od he[alth to the king, my lord]! May Sin [and Nikkal] bless the king, my lord! (7) Se'-gabbari, the priest of Nerab, a servant of the king, together with Nur-S[in] the prefect and Dadi-ibni, a servant of the governor of A[rpa]d [......] fro[m M]elid [...... (Break) (r 1) Let them accept and assign [... where] the king my lord [a]sked, and let him go to his duty and invoke blessings upon the king my lord before Sin and Nikkal.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 190. Settling a Dispute (ABL 0131)

(1) [To the ki]ng, my lord: yo[ur servant] Nabû-pašir. Good health to the king, my lord! May Sin and Nikkal bless the king, my lord! (6) (As to) the cousin(s) of Giri-Dadi, the city-ruler of Til-Turi, who petitioned the king, my lord, and about whom the king my lord wrote to me: "Give them back whatever Giri-Dadi has taken from them" — (15) I gave it back to them. (Now) Se'-lukidi, a cousin of Giri-[Dadi] has came [and said to me]: (Break) (r 2) "[......] Let them come and pluck out the [...] of Ta[bal], lest the king should return from Dur-Iakin and deport us; Giri-Dadi spoke nonsense, becaus…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 191. Dadi-suri Denounces His Father (ABL 0132)

(1) To the Vizier, my lord: your servant Nabû-pašir. Good health to the Vizier, my lord! May Sin and Nikkal bless the Vizier, my lord! (7) Dadi-suri son of Ra'sunu, from Til-Barsip, came to me in Harran and said to me: "Gabbi-amur said that Ra'sunu [......" (Break) (r 2) Two days later he came (again), saying: "I accused my father wrongly." (r 6) I have now arrested him and put him in irons, and am detaining his father in my presence. Let my lord write to me what the Vizier my lord commands. My lord should ask Remanni-Adad the recruitment officer; he heard his statement.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 192. Oil for the Governor of Dur-Šarruken (CT 53 020)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-pašir. Good health to the king, my lord! May Sin and Nikkal bless the king, my lord! (6) [As to] what the king, my lord, [wrote to m]e: "Give 200 homers of oil [i]n Til-Barsip to Kiṣir-Aššur, governor of Dur- Šarruken," — [I set asi]de 200 homers of oil and delivered it. (13) I have now written the oil consumption and the oil remaining on a writing-board and am herewith sending it to the king, my lord.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 193. Distributing Cloaks to Soldiers (ABL 0642)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-pašir. Good health to the king, my lord! May Sin and Nikkal bless the king, my lord!] (6) [As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me]: "Give [cloaks to the men of] Arbai and Šamaš-ilai!" — (10) just as the king, my lord, wrote to me, I have sent 200 cloaks to the At[...eans] who are in the city of [...], and given 200 cloaks to the men of Epâ who are in Til-Barsip; [all together I have g]iven out 400 cloaks. (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 194. The Royal Corps and Deportees at Harran (ABL 1073)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [Ever] since I [came ...], a runaway [......] Nani (and) A[...], the cupbearer [of ...], the son of the father-in-law of [...]. I have made them enter the [royal] corps [...] of Harran on account of the [missing] cavalry[men]. Let the king enquire and investigate (the matter), and let them return the men to the royal corps. (14) As to the people of Nani about whom the king my lord wrote to me: "Give any of his people back to him!" — (18) The day he was deported, the Commander-in-Chief and Zeru- ibni called him and questioned him, saying: "Perhaps there is still some…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 195. Reviewing Deportees (ABL 0701)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-pašir. Good health to the king, my lord! May Sin and Nikkal [bless] the king, my lord! (6) As to [the king my lo]rd's command: "Review t[hese] persons whom the Commander-in-Chief b[rought forth] and ex[tract] men [from their mid]st" — (10) I [sec]retly [ask]ed and questioned the el[der]s [of] Tarqunani, saying: "Did the chief [......] from where you came forth?" They (replied): "[......] the city of Tas [from which] we ca[me ......]" (r 1) Nobody has died or escaped since I reviewed them. [Thanks to] the gods of the king, my lord, able-bodied men…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 196. On Captives (CT 53 208)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant] N[abû-pašir]. Goo[d health to the ki[ng, my lord]! May Sin and Nikkal bless the king, my lord! (7) As to the [capt]ives [whom the king], my lo[rd, sent] to me, [...] to the captiv[es of the king], my lord [...... (Break) (r 1) Let the king, my lord, write to me what the [king] commands.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 197. On Fugitives (CT 53 839)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... about whom] the king, my lord, sa[id]: "Let [......] with them and [...] the refugees!" — (4) they do not agree to [......]. When the men [...... (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 198. (no title) (CT 53 262)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-pašir. Good health to the king, my lord! May Sin] and N[ikkal bless] the king, my lord! (6) [As t]o that shepherd [about whom I wrote] to the king, my lord], he is now pres[ent ...... (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 199. (no title) (CT 53 734)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) ......] I have s[ent ...] to [the king, my lord]. (3) As to the [...] official of Šarru-[...] about whom the king [my lord] wrote [to me]: "Why has he not come?" I am right now sending him to the king, my lord.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 200. (no title) (ABL 0135)

(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant] Nabû-pašir. [Good health] to the king, my lord! [May Sin and Nikka]l bless the king, my lord! (6) [......] of the king, my lord [...... (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 201. Building the Town of Duru (ABL 1223)

(1) To [the king, my lord]: your servant N[abû-pašir]. Good health to the king, my lord! May Sin and Nikkal bless the king, my lord! May Adad and Buru bless the king, my lord! (8) I have finished the city of Duru. The ... has been plastered; ......; I have installed the drain-pipes [...... (Rest broken away)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 202. Measurements of Doorposts (ABL 0130)

(1) [To] the king, my lord: your [servant] Nabû-pašir. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! The land of the king my lord is well. (7) The following are the measurements of the beams (for) the doo[rs]: (9) One beam: length 26 royal cubits (13 m), width one cubit (0,5 m), thickness one bone (32 cm); (13) One beam: length [2]1 royal cubits [...... (Break) (r 2) [Four] beams: length [x] cubits, width [one] cubit, thickness [one] cubit; (r 6) [two] beams: length [x] cubits, width [one] cubit, thickness one cubit; (r 9) [x] beams: length [x] cubits, width…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 203. Measurements of Doors (ABL 0457)

(1) Height[ 1]3 cubits (6,5 m), width four cubits (2 m): the main building. (2) Height [x cubits], width four cubits: the small building. (3) Height [x cubits], width three cubits and a span: four double(-door)s; (4) Height [x cubits] and a span, width three cubits: two ditto; (5) [In all eight] double-doors. (6) Heig[ht x cubits], (width) three cubits and a span: one single (door); (7) [Height x cubits], width three cubits: 12 ditto; (8) [Height x cubits], width three cubits: 15 ...; (r 1) [In all 28] single doors. (r 2) [Total 36] doors.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 204. Tracking a Ninevite Scribe (ABL 0706+)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Zeru-ibni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to Erra-gamil, the Ninevite scribe about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: "He is there; summon him, get hold of him and send him to [the revi]ew!" — (10) I summoned him, and thoroughly questioned Nabû-šumu-uṣur and the scribes from Nemed-Ištar and Laqê, servants of the king my lord, (who told me): (r 1) "He came two years ago, got a position with Ilai-Bel, and worked for a year on his behalf. Last year, while Ilai-Bel still was alive, a tracker came and took him away. They deported him to the Land be…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 205. The Best Chariot-Fighters in Town (ABL 0154)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Zeru-ibni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to Marduk-eriba about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, if I have put Marduk-eriba in irons, let them release his shackles and put them on my own feet! If not, let them pull the tongue out of the throat of the man who lied to the king, my lord! (11) The brother of Marduk-eriba serves as a palace chariot fighter, and he himself has been with me as a recruit. The deputy of the rab-mūgi officer transferred his elder brother to Arrapha because of [...], and last year he took Marduk-eriba as a…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 206. Sending Borers to the King (ABL 0155)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Zeru-ibni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the (stone) borers about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, I have just sent five borers to the king, my lord. (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 207. (no title) (ABL 0156)

(1) [To the king, my] lord: yo[ur servant] Zeru-ibni. [Good h]ealth to the king, my lord! (4) The king, my lord, knows that ... [...... (Break) (r 2) ...] about whom/which the king my lord wr[ote to me], Zarî has just left [for] the king, my lord. Let the king, my lord, ask [him].

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 208. A Visit to Hindanu (CT 53 094)

(1) To [the king, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good health to the king, my [lord]. May Adad and Buru bless the king, my lord! (6) Having left the king my lord's presence on the 23rd of Iyyar (II), I entered the city of Hindana on the 30th. Hindana is well, the land of Suhu is well, the forts of the king my lord are well. The king, my lord, can be [glad]. (Break) (r 2) ...] did not s[ay ...] like t[his ...] (r 4) On the 3rd of [Sivan] (III) I left Hindana on my chariot and drove off. May Nabû-dur-makie not succeed in ousting me from the king my lord's presence!

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 209. (no title) (CT 53 090)

(1) [To the king, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! May Adad and Buru bless [the king], my lord! (6) On the 10th Dadâ [bro]ught me a sealed order of the king [my lo]rd concerning the news of [...... Ad]ad-ir[i ...... (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 210. Measuring the Patti-Illil Canal (ABL 0621+)

(1) To the king, [our lord]: Your servants [Nabû-pašir] and Nabû-dur-ma[kie]. Good health to [the king, our lord]! May Sin and N[ikkal] bless the king, our lord! (4) As to the ditch about which the king wrote to us, we made a start on the ditch on the 10th, and on the 8th, as soon as we had got the men organized, we started measuring the Patti-Illil canal. As soon as we have found out its measurements and where it is easy and where difficult (to navigate), we shall write again to the king, my lord. (r 6) Right now Nabû-bel-šumate of Birat is going to appeal to the king about Galṣabri, a town o…

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