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~675 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 4

SAA 04 078. Will Chief Eunuch Ša-Nabu-šu Break the Siege of Ṣiṣṣirtu? [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Disregard that the oracle] query has become ju[mbled in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant].[Let them be taken out and put aside]! (r 2) [I ask you, Š]amaš, gre[at] lord, [whether Esarhaddon, king of As]syria, should send Ša-[Nabû-š]û, the chief eunuch, with an a[rmy, (as great) as he wishes, aga]inst the enemy [tro]ops which have now set up camp against the city Ṣiṣṣir[tu, a fortress of] Harhar, (r 6) [(and whether) these will, be it by ..., or in] their fear, or by their own deliberations, abandon [that city Ṣiṣṣi]rtu [...] and go elsewhere. (r 9) Be…

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 087. Fragment Similar to No. 84 (AGS 069) [military and political]

(1) [Šamaš, great lord], give me a fi[rm positive answer to what I am asking you]! (2) [Should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, strive and plan]? Should he, with his troops and camp, [an army as great as he wi]shes, take the road, and go [to the district where he] wishes? Will he [......] reach that district? (6) Will [......] his [provisions] be put in place for him and will a guide direct him? (7) [Will Esarhaddon, king of] Assyria, and his troops and camp, [escape], be saved, save themselves, extricate themselves [from ..., from] a native enemy garrison, or from [any] fierce enemy? (10) [Will…

SAA 04 078. Will Chief Eunuch Ša-Nabu-šu Break the Siege of Ṣiṣṣirtu? [military and political]

SAA 04 087. Fragment Similar to No. 84 (AGS 069) [military and political]

SAA 04 091. Fragment Similar to No. 90 (AGS 083) [military and political]

SAA 04 101. Should NN be Sent to Lay Siege to and Conquer the City ...? (PRT 011) [military and political]

SAA 04 105. Should the Assyrian Army Go against a City Named on Papyrus? (AGS 113) [military and political]

SAA 04 106. Fragment Similar to No. 105 (AGS 096) [military and political]

SAA 04 118. Fragment of a Military Query (PRT 040) [military and political]

SAA 04 121. Fragment of a Military Query (AGS 073) [military and political]

SAA 04 124. Should Esarhaddon Send NN to ...? (AGS 044) [military and political]

SAA 04 125. Fragment of a Military(?) Query (PRT 068) [military and political]

SAA 04 128. Fragment of a Military(?) Query (PRT 082) [military and political]

SAA 04 132. Will a Plan Written on Papyrus Succeed? (AGS 095+) [military and political]

SAA 04 140. Fragment Similar to No. 139 (AGS 078) [military and political]

SAA 04 142. Will Anyone Make a Rebellion against Prince Assurbanipal? (PRT 044) [military and political]

SAA 04 149. Should Esarhaddon Appoint Sin-nadin-apli as Crown Prince? (AGS 107) [appointment]

SAA 04 157. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (AGS 119) [appointment]

SAA 04 175. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (PRT 051) [appointment]

SAA 04 176. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (PRT 048) [appointment]

SAA 04 178. Should Prince Assurbanipal Appoint NN to an Office? (PRT 053) [appointment]

SAA 04 189. Fragment Similar to No. 188 (PRT 091) [medical]

SAA 04 190. Will the Queen Mother’s Illness Pass? (AGS 101+) [medical]

SAA 04 199. Fragment Similar to No. 187 (PRT 061) [medical]

SAA 04 213. Fragment of a Query (PRT 094) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 223. Fragment of a Query (PRT 098) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 235. Fragment of a Query (PRT 080) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 238. Fragment of a Query (AGS 053) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 239. Fragment of a Query (PRT 066) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 244. Fragment of a Query (PRT 096) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 245. Fragment of a Query (PRT 097) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 257. Fragment of a Query (PRT 086) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 259. Fragment of a Query (PRT 087) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 264. Should the Statue of Marduk be Loaded onto a Boat? (AGS 104) [cultic]

SAA 04 265. Query Similar to No. 264 (AGS 105+) [cultic]

SAA 04 266. Should Assurbanipal Appoint NN as Priest of Marduk? (AGS 106) [appointment]

SAA 04 267. Will Chief Eunuch Recover Fortresses Lost to Manneans? (AGS 150) [military and political]

SAA 04 269. Query Concerning Ahseri, King of Mannea (AGS 024) [military and political]

SAA 04 275. Should Assurbanipal Admit NN to his Entourage? (AGS 114) [appointment]

SAA 04 287. Should the Assyrian Army Wage War against Šamaš-šumu-ukin? (PRT 118) [military and political]

SAA 04 288. Will the Assyrian Army Prevail over Šamaš-šumu-ukin’s? (PRT 126) [military and political]

SAA 04 290. Will Šamaš-šumu-ukin Flee Babylon if Assyrians Take Sippar? (PRT 139) [military and political]

SAA 04 305. Should Assurbanipal Appoint Šarru-kenu to an Office? (PRT 124) [appointment]

SAA 04 335. Fragment Similar to No. 333 (PRT 125) [unclassifiable]

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]