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~675 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 16

SAA 16 148. Deserters from Mannea Sent to the Crown Prince (ABL 0434)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-ušallim. Good health to the king, my lord! May Aššur, Šamaš, Bel, Nabû, Nergal, Laṣ, Išum, Adad and Ber, (and) the great gods of heaven and earth bless the king, my lord, the crown prince of Assyria and the crown prince of Babylon a thousand times very greatly. (9) As to the garrisons appointed to the fortresses of Urarṭu, Mannea, Media (and) Hubuškia, about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: (13) "Give them orders and make it very clear to them that they must not be negligent in their guard duty. Moreover, let them pay attention to the deserters…

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 156. Fragment Referring to Akkad (CT 53 972)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... the land of] Akkad [...] (3) [......] there is [...] (4) [......] ... [...] (5) [......] Place (pl.) [...]! (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 164. Explaining Asakku (CT 53 952)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your] se[rvant PN]. Good hea[lth to the king, my lord! May] Nabû [and Marduk bless the king, my] lo[rd]. (6) Conce[rning the ... about which the king, my lord], wr[ote to me], saying, "May [they] wr[ite] ... [for me] — (10) Asakku [...] (11) power + sceptre [...] (12) Asakku [...]

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 180. (no title) (ABL 1399)

(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant Marduk-bani-[...]. Good health to the king, [my] lo[rd]! May Nabû (and) Marduk bless the king m[y lord]. (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 118 / CDLI Seals 006507

(Inscription_A 1) Property of the god Marduk, <<...>> seal of the god Adad of Esagil. (Inscription_B 1) To the god Marduk, great lord, his lord: Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, presented (this object) for the sake of his life.

Economy

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 08 001. Thunder in Ab, King Ill (RMA 257) [weather]

1. In the month of Ab (month V), Adad raised his voice: the sky was darkened, the heaven rained down, lightning flashed, / waters were withheld in the spring(s). / 1. When Adad cried out on a cloudless day, / it is the 'daummattu'-omen: ditto. Famine will be in the land. / Regarding the unfavorable body[-omen]: / the king, my lord, should not speak from his heart [about this], / illness — that year is it. / As many of the people as are sick — / all [will have] well-being. / It will turn around, and the king, my lord — / he who fears the gods, / day and night the gods will pray for him / …

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 10 044. Timing a Journey of the King (ABL 1141+) [from astrologers]

[To the king, our lord:] [your servants Balasî] [and Nabû-ahhe-eriba.] [Good health] to the king, [our lord]! [May Nabû and] Marduk bless the king, our lord! Concerning the going to the city of [...] about which the king, our lord, wrote to us: if it is good for the king, in Bit-anni(?), in the month Tašritu (VII), to go [there] — or else let the king say: 'No, [... ...]' — as he has said: this month is a long-lasting road (journey) — let it be given up! Let the king go in the month of 'Entering' (Arahsamna, VIII): let him kiss the ground, let them perform the sacrifices.

Daily Life·Economy

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 10 206. Prayers and Rituals against Retrograding Mars (ABL 1401) [from exorcists]

[Nabû and M]arduk [to the king,] my lord, [may they bl]ess. [Concerning] Mars, [about which the king, my lord,] wrote to me — [the king, my lord,] does not know [that as/when ...] ... those [...] [...] [in] the constellation of the Furrow (Virgo) it goes; [the flight of] locusts [...] [...] carries [radi]ance; [... evil of] Subartu; [... th]ese we ward off. [Its namburbi-ritual and] lifted-hand prayers [before Mar]s [...] regularly [we perform.] [As for sin,] there is none. May the heart [of the king, m]y lord [be well ...]

Daily Life·Economy

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 10 259. Who to Come out Next? (ABL 0364) [from exorcists]

To the king, our lord: your servants Adad-šuma-uṣur and Marduk-šākin-šumi. May there be well-being for the king, our lord. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, our lord. Concerning the people about whom the king, our lord, wrote to us — saying: 'Is it not you who have [held] them back?' — those who have already come out to report to us, and the others who have not yet performed [their duties]: let them come out tomorrow and let them perform [them]. The king, our lord, knows which ones have performed [their duties] and which ones have not performed [them]. As for us — what do we know of this?…

SAA 16 148. Deserters from Mannea Sent to the Crown Prince (ABL 0434)

SAA 16 156. Fragment Referring to Akkad (CT 53 972)

SAA 16 164. Explaining Asakku (CT 53 952)

SAA 16 180. (no title) (ABL 1399)

Esarhaddon 118 / CDLI Seals 006507

SAA 08 001. Thunder in Ab, King Ill (RMA 257) [weather]

SAA 10 044. Timing a Journey of the King (ABL 1141+) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 206. Prayers and Rituals against Retrograding Mars (ABL 1401) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 259. Who to Come out Next? (ABL 0364) [from exorcists]

SAA 08 002. Venus and Mercury Setting (RMA 109) [planetary]

SAA 08 003. Eclipse of the Sun (RMA 274B) [eclipses]

SAA 08 004. Eclipse of the Moon in the Morning (RMA 271) [eclipses]

SAA 08 005. Evening Last of Venus (RMA 206) [planetary]

SAA 08 006. Jupiter and Cancer in Lunar Halo (RMA 093) [planetary]

SAA 08 007. Evening Last of Mars at Month’s End (RMA 021) [planetary]

SAA 08 008. Earthquakes in Adar and Nisan (RMA 264) [weather]

SAA 08 009. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 031) [lunar]

SAA 08 010. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 007) [lunar]

SAA 08 011. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 074) [lunar]

SAA 08 013. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 081) [lunar]

SAA 08 014. New Moon on 28th Day (RMA 058) [lunar]

SAA 08 015. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 128) [lunar]

SAA 08 016. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 129) [lunar]

SAA 08 017. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136O) [lunar]

SAA 08 018. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 136P) [lunar]

SAA 08 019. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 152) [lunar]

SAA 08 020. Cancer in Lunar Halo [planetary]

SAA 08 021. Full Moon on 14th Day (LAS 350) [lunar]

SAA 08 023. Full Moon on 15th Day (RMA 159) [lunar]

SAA 08 024. Full Moon on 15th Day (RMA 157D) [lunar]

SAA 08 025. Full Moon on 16th Day (RMA 168) [lunar]

SAA 08 026. A Sign from Sunrise Concerning Elam (RMA 277L) [solar]

SAA 08 027. Rising of Venus (RMA 247) [planetary]

SAA 08 028. (no title) (RMA 021A) [unclassifiable]

SAA 08 030. Occultation of Old Man Star (RMA 244) [planetary]

SAA 08 031. Thunder in Ab [weather]

SAA 08 032. Thunder at Month’s End (RMA 255) [weather]

SAA 08 033. Thunder in Tišri (RMA 259) [weather]

SAA 08 034. Fog in Intercalary Adar (RMA 252E) [weather]

SAA 08 035. Red Glow (RMA 275) [occasional]

SAA 08 036. Earthquake in Šebat (RMA 267) [weather]

SAA 08 037. Earthquake in Tebet (RMA 266) [weather]

SAA 08 038. Hemerology for the 1st of Nisan [calendrical]

SAA 08 039. Saturn Stationery in Cancer (RMA 244C) [planetary]

SAA 08 040. Saturn and Regulus in Lunar Halo (RMA 180) [planetary]

SAA 08 041. Mars, Saturn and Regulus in Lunar Halo (RMA 098) [planetary]

SAA 08 042. The Moon Will not Make an Eclipse in Elul (RMA 271A) [eclipses]

SAA 08 043. Thunder in Ab (RMA 258) [weather]

SAA 08 044. Solar Halo (RMA 179) [solar]

SAA 08 045. Mars Stationary in Leo (RMA 237) [planetary]