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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 340. Fragment Concerning Sheep (CT 53 549)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] one person [...] (3) [The king, my lord], knows that my sheep (4) [...] have gone up [to ...]s (5) [...] their vanguard (6) [...] are coming down (7) [... the] officials (8) [......] me (Rest destroyed)

SAA 15 340. Fragment Concerning Sheep (CT 53 549)

SAA 15 341. Inspecting the Fort and Clearing Canals (CT 53 228)

SAA 15 342. Coming for the Work Assignment (CT 53 431)

SAA 15 343. (no title)

SAA 15 344. Why Do You not Glaze Bricks? (CT 53 476)

SAA 15 345. What are You Doing? (CT 53 395)

SAA 15 346. Doing the Work (ABL 1441)

SAA 15 347. Fragment Concerning a Wall etc. (CT 53 640)

SAA 15 348. Limestone and Master Builders (CT 53 239)

SAA 15 349. Fragment Concerning Master Builders (CT 53 911)

SAA 15 350. Watch Over Houses Neglected (CT 53 291)

SAA 15 351. A Search Effort (ABL 0996)

SAA 15 352. Difficult Terrain (CT 53 338)

SAA 15 353. Tracks on the Riverside (CT 53 203)

SAA 15 354. Battle on the Riverside (CT 53 358)

SAA 15 355. Report on a Battle (CT 53 360)

SAA 15 356. The Magnates Have Set Out (CT 53 181)

SAA 15 357. (no title) (CT 53 231)

SAA 15 358. Fragment Mentioning Heralds and Jugs of Wine (CT 53 355)

SAA 15 359. Wine for the Daughter of [NN] and her Escort (CT 53 443)

SAA 15 360. Visit by Two Ladies

SAA 15 361. Gifts from a Lady (CT 53 439)

SAA 15 362. Entering Copper Objects into the Treasury (CT 53 534)

SAA 15 363. Talents of Lapis Lazuli (ABL 1300)

SAA 15 364. Corn Taxes Collected but Deficits not Supplied (CT 53 416)

SAA 15 365. Let them Give me Troops (ABL 1188)

SAA 15 366. Gathering Troops (CT 53 368)

SAA 15 367. Giving away Elite Troops (CT 53 067)

SAA 15 368. Ropes for the Cohort Commander (CT 53 345)

SAA 15 369. Who Chased Away the Bodyguard? (CT 53 453)

SAA 15 370. A Terrible Letter (CT 53 086)

SAA 15 371. Fragment of a Private Letter (CT 53 611)

SAA 15 372. Fragment Mentioning a Golden Seal (CT 53 179)

SAA 15 373. (no title) (CT 53 198)

SAA 15 375. (no title) (CT 53 258)

SAA 15 376. (no title) (CT 53 303)

SAA 15 377. (no title) (CT 53 318)

SAA 15 378. (no title) (CT 53 543)

SAA 15 380. (no title) (CT 53 561)

SAA 15 381. (no title) (CT 53 574)

SAA 15 382. (no title) (CT 53 592)

SAA 15 383. (no title) (CT 53 602)

SAA 15 384. (no title) (CT 53 710)

SAA 15 385. (no title) (CT 53 743)

SAA 15 386. (no title) (CT 53 805)

SAA 15 387. (no title)

SAA 15 388. (no title)

SAA 15 390. (no title)

SAA 01 001. Midas Of Phrygia Seeks Detente (NL 039)

SAA 01 026. Straw and Reeds for Dur-Šarruken (NL 032)