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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 300. Fragment Referring to a Bull Colossus (CT 53 268)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) I will d[o and fin]ish [......]. (4) T[his bull] colossus [concerning which] the king, [my] lo[rd, wro]te me (Break) (r 3) they are [at h]ome. (r 4) [As to what the ki]ng, my lord, wr[ote me] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 05 300. Fragment Referring to a Bull Colossus (CT 53 268)

SAA 15 001. Ru’uaean Eunuch Returned from Damascus; the City Wall of Meturna (ABL 0158)

SAA 15 002. Dangerous Boat Trip; King Approaching Uruk (ABL 1056)

SAA 15 003. Cavalry of Nibe (ABL 0159)

SAA 15 004. Physicians for the King; Inscriptions for a Temple in Der (ABL 0157)

SAA 15 005. We Did not See the Moon (ABL 0162)

SAA 15 006. Claiming Reward for Good News of Rain (ABL 0707)

SAA 15 007. Servants of Bel-ahhe-eriba Appeal to the King (ABL 0708)

SAA 15 008. The People and Goods of Nabu-ahhe-iddina (ABL 0163)

SAA 15 009. The Palace Manager of Arrapha and Writing-Boards (ABL 0160)

SAA 15 010. Distributing Barley Rations (CT 53 481)

SAA 15 011. Providing for Bel-iqiša (ABL 0161)

SAA 15 012. Escorting Captives to [Dur]-Šarrukin (ABL 0552)

SAA 15 013. Captives (ABL 0164)

SAA 15 014. Itu’eans Working in Dur-Šarrukin (ABL 0711)

SAA 15 015. Exempting the Recruits of the Chief Eunuch (ABL 0709)

SAA 15 016. Entering Deportees into Fortified Places in Arrapha (ABL 0443)

SAA 15 018. Captives in Arrapha (CT 53 217)

SAA 15 019. Bought Slaves and Captives (CT 53 202)

SAA 15 020. Fragment Concerning Mule Express in the Province of Arrapha (CT 53 503)

SAA 15 021. Partitioning Fields in Arrapha (CT 53 887)

SAA 15 022. Fragment Mentioning Arrapha (CT 53 251)

SAA 15 023. Hailstorm (CT 53 902)

SAA 15 024. Dispute over Ownership of Towns and Lands (ABL 0168)

SAA 15 025. Attending to an Expedition of 3,000 Men in Zabban (CT 53 019)

SAA 15 026. Harvesting in Dur-Bel-ila’i and Lubda (ABL 1191)

SAA 15 027. Keeping Watch in Lubda (ABL 0810)

SAA 15 028. Imposing a Peace Treaty near Lubda (CT 53 166)

SAA 15 029. Fragment Referring to Mountains (CT 53 356)

SAA 15 030. The Son of Yakin is in Babylon; I Cannot March to Meturna (ABL 0455)

SAA 15 031. Fragment Referring to the Son of Yakin (CT 53 596)

SAA 15 032. Merodach-Baladan’s Envoys Meet the Elamite King’s Brother-in-Law (ABL 1453+)

SAA 15 033. News of Borsippa, Sippar, Elam and the Son of Yakin (ABL 1003)

SAA 15 034. A Bodyguard Sends the Magnates Off (ABL 0598)

SAA 15 035. Letter to Nabu-iqiša; King’s Magnates in Ellipi (ABL 0169)

SAA 15 036. Letter of Naṣibi to Nabu-iqiša (ABL 0170)

SAA 15 037. Shipping Tribute Oxen and Sheep from Der (CT 53 092)

SAA 15 038. An Attack in the Reed Thicket (CT 53 322)

SAA 15 039. The Scholar in my Service (ABL 0172)

SAA 15 040. Deporting People from Babylonia (ABL 0712)

SAA 15 043. Retaliation for Deserters (CT 53 630)

SAA 15 044. Fragment Mentioning a Hundred Chariots (CT 53 554)

SAA 15 045. Reviewing Implements in Bab-bitqi (ABL 1312)

SAA 15 046. (no title) (CT 53 689)

SAA 15 047. (no title) (CT 53 790)

SAA 15 048. Tabaleans on a Military Campaign (CT 53 039)

SAA 15 049. Giving Out Land (CT 53 287)

SAA 15 050. Cultivating Fields for Kar-Šamaš (CT 53 479)

SAA 15 051. Fragment Mentioning Naṣib-ilu (CT 53 571)

SAA 15 052. Fragment Mentioning Naṣib-ilu (CT 53 806)