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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 267. Fragment Referring to Bit-Amukani and Bit-Zabidaya (CT 53 497)

(1) [To the kin]g, [my lord: yo]ur [servant NN. Go]od health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) The Bit-Amu[kaneans] about whom the king, my lord, wrote [to his servant]: "Let them drag [......]" — (8) [fr]om her[e ......] (9) [t]o the brothers [......] (10) [th]ey hoist[ed ......] (11) [th]ey are comin[g ......] (Break) (r 1) [...] the town [GN ...] (r 2) [...] 70 hectares [......] (r 3) [o]f Bit-Za[bidaya ......] (r 4) any myrtle [......] (r 5) have [no]t given to me [......] (r 6) [I shall] sue them. Let them [......] (r 7) [and g]ive to me [......]

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 268. Assyrians and Tabaleans Sold for Money in Sadiru (ABL 0602)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] s[ervants] of the king, my [lo]rd, both Assyrians and Tabaleans who have been sold here for money — (even) those who brought (only) 4 or 5 shekels have been sold — (9) I have brought forth (a total of) 180 'souls,' Assyrian and Tabalean, from the villages and from Sadiru, and am herewith sending them in charge of my messenger to the ki[ng, my lord].

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 269. Unwanted Guests in Sadiru (CT 53 410)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) they have brought [their ...] into Sadiru. (3) I have [no]w asked them: "Why are [...] staying [in] Sadiru?" (4) They said: "[We have m]ade peace [...]. Since [we have given] our word to [the king ......]" (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 270. Fragment Concerning a Prebend (CT 53 627)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [...] La[...] (r 2) [has s]eized [......] (r 3) [......] his face [...] Eṭiru (r 4) saying, "Why does Bel-iddina stand [...]?" (r 5) Now t[hen I am] no[t giving] the prebend to anybody until the king, my lord, comes to [...] and settles the matter between [us].

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 271. Fragment Referring to Battles in Qirbit (CT 53 842)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......]... the m[en] (3) [......] we [...] (4) [...... we] kil[l]ed him (5) [......] we returned their [...] (6) [......] their [...] and their equipment (7) [......] they [le]ft (8) [......] of Qirbit (Break) (r 1) [......] in [...] (r 2) [......] six caval[rymen] (r 3) [......] thirty she-ca[mel]s (r 4) [...... a]re setting out (r 5) [...... no]w then [...] (r 6) [......]... (r 7) [......] six priests of theirs (r 8) [......] there (r 9) [......] ... (r 10) [......] cuts (r 11) [......] the king, my lord (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 272. Fragment Mentioning Karkarhundir (CT 53 833)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) Now then [......] to [...] (2) in the middle of the land of Sik[ris ...] (3) We departed from there [......] (4) We entered [...]. Paukku [...] (5) was brought to meet us [...] (6) He was running, saying: "[...] (7) of Karkar[hundir] (Break) (r 3) wooden wall [......] (r 4) what[(ever) ......] (r 5) we appointed [......] (r 6) afr[aid ......]

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 273. (no title) (CT 53 711)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... o]f the t[own ...] (2) [...... the town] Ugar-Nabû (3) [......]... the king (4) [......] himself a [...]-man (5) [......] to the land of Ak[kad] (Remainder too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 274. Fragment of a Royal Letter Referring to Nabu-belu-ka’’in (ABL 1187)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... Aši]pâ to [...] (3) [...] an exempt [...] (4) [...]s and men [...] (5) [...-rap]a' the [...] (6) [... to] decide [...] (7) [...] work [...] (8) [...] you do not [...] (9) [... Na]bû-belu-k[a''in ...] (10) [...] water [...] (11) [... Y]ou kno[w that ...]

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 276. Fragment of a Royal Letter Referring to Der (CT 53 879)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... o]f the king (2) [...] you did not send [... to] his lord (3) [... when] he entered [my presence] (4) [...] they d[o ... i]n Der (5) [......] ... [...] (6) [......] he wrot[e] (7) [......] as i[f] (8) [...... he c]ame (9) [...... wh]en you sa[id] (10) [...] there is [... in the Pa]lace (11) [did I not s]end [...] to you? (12) [... who/which] goes [...] (13) [...... wh]en you sa[id] (14) [......] whom (Break) (r 2) [......] king [...] (r 3) [......]... (r 4) [... c]ame [...]. When we were staying [......] (r 6) [......] they returned (r 7) [......] with reference…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 277. Fragment of a Royal Letter Referring to Inciting (CT 53 761)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] which I [......] (2) [...] the chief merchant ... (3) [...] who incites his equal (4) [...] you [...] this matter (5) [...] is not [...] for me and my Palace (Remainder too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 278. Fragment of a Royal Letter (CT 53 778)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] not [...] upon it (3) [...] governors [...] (4) [...] I fetched [...]. As to (5) [...] did I not tell you [yo]ur [...]? (6) [...] I discharged [yo]ur [...] (7) [... m]any [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 279. Silver from Camels (CT 53 450)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] until the doors (2) [......] you bring forth the letters (3) [......] of Bel-Harran-belu-uṣur (4) [......] he [esc]aped [...... in f]ear. (5) And the silver from the camel[s which] he spoke about [...... and] which [...]ed him fears, send it likewise [... to M]arduk! (9) [I have s]ent [...; ...] to [him] with Marduk-iddin[a] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 280. Providing Samarians with Work in Dur-Šarrukin (ABL 1065)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [As to ... concerning which the king], my lo[rd], wrote to me: "[Provi]de [all the Sam]arians [in] your charge (with work) in Dur-Šarrukin" — I subsequently [sent (word) to] the sheikhs, [say]ing: "Collect [all] the carpenters and potters; let them come and [direc]t the deportees [who are in D]ur-Šarrukin," but they did not agree to send them. (11) [Sure]ly, [should I have sen]t [...] letters to the sheikhs, saying: "[If indeed you do not se]nd me craftsmen to work [for] me, [al]l [the people who are] here [......] upon you, [...] upon [...]," [they would have]…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 281. Fragment Mentioning a Sheikh and Dur-Šarrukin (CT 53 741)

(Beginning destroyed) (4) I shall not cut off my visits (lit., 'foot') [to Dur-Š]arrukin. (6) [Let me] measure [...] (7) [...] his presence (r 1) [... Concerning the s]heikh [about whom the king, my lord], told me: "[O]n the day [when ... go]es [to Du]r-Šarrukin (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 282. Report on Work Done (CT 53 467)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) in [......] (2) of the [......] (3) [......] (4) "the [......] (5) "I did not [......] (6) to [......] (7) the king, my lord, [......] (8) When [PN ......] (9) produc[es .......] (10) the work [......] (Break) (r 3) which we [......] (r 4) 12 cu[bits ......] (r 5) today [......] (r 6) another [......] (r 7) the ground [......] (r 8) On the 3rd day [......] (r 9) we se[t to work ......] (r 10) the work [......]

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 283. Bull Colossi for Palace Gates (CT 53 363)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) [One bull c]olossus at the gate [...] (4) [the house] of the king before the stone [...] (5) [... is] about to be finished. (6) [One b]ull colossus at the gate [...] (7) [... wi]th the corridor is f[inished]. (8) [... he]wn [...]s, (and) the bull col[ossus] (9) [...] which is before the royal residence [...] (10) [One bull co]lossus [of] the house [...] (11) [......] one at [...] (12) [...... are] now [finished]. (13) [The bull co]lossus o]f the house [...] (14) [...] is [n]ot fin[ished ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 284. Smuggling in Kumme (CT 53 464)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] I asked (2) [......] to Assyria (3) [......] are transporting (4) [......] Ubru-Nabû (5) [... about which] the king, my lord, w[rote to me] (6) [......] which to [...] (7) [......] (8) [......] (9) [...... gu]ard [...] (10) [......] of the k[ing] (11) [......] not [...] (r 1) [......] I ...[...] (r 2) [......] Kum[me] (r 3) [......] did not pas[s] (r 4) [......] to Si[...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 285. Fragment Concerning a Deserter in Urzuhina (CT 53 524)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] desert[ed ...] (2) [...] Urzuhina [...] (3) [...] with the magnates to [...] (4) [...] Now [he] ran away from [...], ca[me here, and as]cended [to ...], saying: "The ch[ief ...] (7) [Ya]sumu the [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 286. Harvest in the Land of Hau (CT 53 341)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... t]o the kin[g, my lord] (3) [......] and [...] (4) [......] the harvest [...] (5) [......] is good. The land of Ha[u ...] (6) [......] their harvest [...] (7) [...... th]is alone [...] (8) [......] alongside the mountain [...] (9) [......] has been done. The front agai[nst ...] (10) [......] everybody [is] in [his ...] (11) [...] the whole land of [H]au is ...[...] (12) [The k]ing, my lord, [can] be glad. [...] (13) [...]-iddina has collected [...] (14) [...] ..., millet, k[udimmu salt] (15) [...] they will join [...] (16) [......], saying: "...[...] (17)…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 287. (no title) (CT 53 521)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] Urzuhina (3) [......] days (4) [......] (5) [......] (6) my [......] (7) [...... col]lects (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 288. Why is My Lord Silent While I Wag my Tail? (ABL 0382)

(1) To the deputy (governor), my lord: your servant Aššur-reṣiwa. Good health to my lord! (4) Why is my lord silent (while) I wag my tail and run about like a dog? I have sent three letters to my lord. Why does my lord not consent to send an answer to (my) letter? Let my lord return me to my office. As much as I served your father, so let me now serve you! (r 1) Even if my ... ..., may my lord do this! (r 3) Now then I have written to my lord. Let my lord quickly send an answer to (my) letter!

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 290. On a Foundation Stone (CT 53 308)

(1) [To] the king, [my lord]: yo[ur servant] Nadin[...]. (3) As to the foundation stone [about which I wrote] to the king, my lord, [in] one side of it [...] (Break) (r 2) [...] Now th[en] (r 3) [...] iron [sw]ords [...] (r 4) [...] ... Perhaps (r 5) [the king], my lord, will say: (r 6) "Why did you bring out [...]?" (Break) (r 10) Do [......] (r 11) I guard [...] (r 12) before [...] (r 13) In the days of [...] (r 14) [a]t 1.5 shekels [...] (r 15) [......] (r 16) [let] him not [...] (e. 1) [......] lands [...]

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 291. The Wine Master Came to Me (ABL 0911)

(1) [To] the king, my lord: your [servant] Nergal-belu-uṣur. [Good] health to the king, my lord! (4) [O]n the day the wine master ca[me] to me, on the third day [of ... I departed] from the city [... and went] where the king [......]. (9) From [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 292. The Chariots of Arzuhina (CT 53 071)

(1) [To the k]ing, [my] lo[rd: your servant] Nergal-[...]. (3) [Good] health to the king, [my lord]! (4) [Th]e chariots [are in] my charge in Arzuhina. Those which [...] (6) (Break) (9) runaway[s ......] (10) of A[rzuhina ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 293. Are the Documents Genuine? (ABL 1353)

(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant Šamaš-r]e'uwa. [Good health to] the king, my lord! (4) [Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote] to his servant: "Akkadayu [has pe]titioned me [about ... The ...] (and) the document of his lawsuit [are] at your disposal [...]. Are the [...] really [...]?" — (10) [......] this case (11) [......] Nabû-killan[ni] (12) [......] contracted (13) [......] his [do]cuments (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 294. Horses from Deserters (ABL 0153+)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Šamaš-taklak. Good health to the king, my lord! (3) Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Write down the number of your horses by [...] and by deserters, and [sen]d it to me" — [I have (already) given] over to the king, my lord, the horse(s) of the deserters [of las]t year. [This] year seven horses [have deserted to m]e. (11) And concerning what the king, my lord, [wrote to me: "...] your men [...... h]orses" — [... the re]cruitment officers of my country (Break) (18) [the ...] are in [his] cha[rge, and the horse]s are in charge of the…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 295. Justice for the Son of Abu-ila’i (ABL 0550)

(1) To the ki[ng, my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good heal[th to] the king, [my] lord! (4) The son of Abu-i[l]a'i, about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Do justice to him!" — his adversary went to the ordeal [but turned back from the ord]eal. (r 1) [The ...] set a [fine ...] but he did not pay it, so the son of Abu-ila'i seized his share and his people.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 296. Sending People to the King (CT 53 566)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) Man[nu-ki-...] (2) the bod[yguard ...] (3) Hagal[......] (4) Now the[n I am sending them] to the king, [my lord ......] (6) the bod[yguard ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 297. Sending a Person to the King (CT 53 607)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Now then] my [messenger] is taking him [to the king] my lord's [presence]. Let him speak [be]fore the king, my lord, [whatever ...]. (2) [...] his acquisition (3) [...] he has entrusted in my care (4) [...] on account of it I [...] (5) [...] I shall return [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 298. Sending a Person to the King (CT 53 832)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] ... in [...] (3) [...] throw [...] (4) [Now th]en I am sending him [to the king, my lord], in char[ge of my messenger]. (Break) (r 1) [... about which the k]ing, my lord, w[rote to me], (r 2) [...]...[...] (r 3) [...]...[...] (r 4) [...]...[...] (r 5) [......] I entru[sted] the work (r 6) [...] I [...] the work (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 299. Sending People under Arrest to the King (CT 53 865)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... which] I s[ent t]o him (3) [......]... I (am) [...] (4) [......] I got afraid of [...] (5) [......] ... the day [...] (6) [......] a prefect of the [...] (7) [...... f]or 10 minas of sil[ver ...] (8) [......] Now then [...] (9) [... N]N, the ... who [...] (10) [NN, the ... o]f Calah, of the banque[t ...] (11) [...... are] in my presence, arrest[ed]. (12) I [am sending them] to the king, my [lo]rd [......]. (13) [......] the messenger of the gove[rnor] (14) [... has not c]ome [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 300. Fugitives Returning Home (ABL 1412)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [...] the king [...] (r 2) [...] come d[own ...] (r 3) [...] his men are coming down and living [with] his people. [I]f the king, my lord, commands, [I will fe]tch them (and) release him [to] his [...]. (r 8) [... who] do [...] (r 9) [...] will [cer]tainly run aw[ay ...] (r 10) [... one of] my king's [men] ...[...] (r 11) [...] he got afraid [...] (r 12) [...] he watched [...] (r 13) [...] com[es down wit]h her [...] (r 14) [...] com[es down ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 301. Going to the Palace (ABL 1436)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) I shall speak with [him]: "Go to the Palace!" (r 4) Now then I am sending him to the Palace.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 302. Going to the Palace (CT 53 207)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] to my eunuch (3) [...] ... they sent to me: (4) "[... peop]le from among us (5) "[...] to the Palace (Break) (r 2) "[...]. W[e are] the king's [servants]." (r 3) [Now then] they are on their way [to the king], my [lo]rd. (r 4) [Whatever] their [......] (r 5) [...... let] them speak (r 6) [......] their people (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 303. Inventory of People (CT 53 604)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......]bi (and) his people, (2) [NN ...] (and) her daughter, (3) [...... M]ar-suri, (4) [...... Ada]d-immi, (5) [......] whom the king (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 304. Organizing a District (CT 53 934)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) "Organize [......]!" (3) [...] ... of the king, my lord, (4) all its [s]heep, all i[ts] fields and all its water [...]. (6) Are there (any) cities [that ...]? (7) [...] ... [...] (Break) (r 1) [...] the king [...] (r 2) they have written them down; (r 3) [...] of the king, my lord [...]. (r 4) And the water of ... is [...] (r 5) Now [then I have ...ed] their [...]s (r 7) [... the ...]s of the king (Remainder too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 305. Encouraging Allies (CT 53 564)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) com[e ......]. (r 2) [A]s the king, my lord [w]rote t[o his servant], in [this very way] we shall spe[ak] with them and encourage [them]. (r 6) And what ...[......] (e. 1) [......] who [......]

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 306. Royal Order Quoted in a Letter (CT 53 362)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] ... "[...] (2) [......] "the fort sho[uld be ...] (3) [......] "it [should] be watched over; and [...] (4) [......] "fetc[h] for your watch [...] (5) [...... "F]ear [not], be con[fident]! (6) [......] "Gua[rd] this [fo]rt!" (7) [...... Th]is is what he c[opied] from it. (8) [......]... knows [...] (9) [......] let him guard, and [...] (10) [......] before the (city) gate of [...] (11) [......] "the out[er side] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 307. Fragment Referring to a Council of Magnates (CT 53 668)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) "[......] his magnates (3) "[......] took co[unsel] (4) [...... o]n the image [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 308. Fragment Concerning Captives (CT 53 756)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) I gave him the captives [.....] (r 1) One ['mule]-house man' [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 309. Deportees Entrusted to a Bodyguard (CT 53 325)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... a son] of 4 spans (3) [...] total 7 persons (4) [NN] the bodyguard (5) [...] Šulmu-šarri (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 310. Fragment Concerning Deportees(?) (CT 53 624)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [concern]ing [NN ...] (2) 55 men and dependents [...] (3) 2,672 [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 311. Reviewing and Provisioning Deportees (CT 53 295)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) the lo[ne ...] whom the king, [my lord], sen[t], I re[viewed] the people, provi[sioned them], and gave [them] one o[f] the vill[ages] of the city Ta[...]. (r 3) 14 o[f them] have ru[n away]. (r 5) Perhaps they will com[e ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 312. Deportees (CT 53 518)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) two [......] (2) [......]s (3) [......] (4) "[......] (5) There are 170 persons with him.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 313. (no title) (CT 53 857)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health t]o the king, [my lord]! (4) [Concerning what the king], my [lo]rd, wrote to [me: "......] your [...], the 'souls' [...]! Do not ap[proach] anybody [...]!" (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 314. Fragment Concerning Deportation and Cultivation of Fields (CT 53 580)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] you (2) [......] they (Break) (r 1) [......] fiel[d] (r 2) [...] their [...]s (r 3) [... they de]ported (r 4) [... ...]... (r 5) [......] I wrote (r 6) [......] the work (r 7) [...... k]ean(s) (r 8) [... The day] I see (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 315. Fragment Concerning a Gardener (CT 53 447)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] I should have heard [...], (but) I did not he[ar it]. (4) [Concer]ning the garde[ner ... about wh]om the king, my lord, [wrote to me], (6) six men [......] (7) [wi]th the men [of ...] (8) g[ave] orders [...] (Rest too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 316. The Landed Property of a Prefect (CT 53 881)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] distribut[e(s) ...] (2) [...] corn tax [...] (3) [... the s]cholars whom the king, [my] lo[rd] (4) [......] gives (5) [...... go]es (6) [......] (7) [......] (8) Aššur-iddina, their prefect, holds [1]00 (hectares) of land and three orchards (Remainder too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 317. Why Have You Cultivated so Few Fields? (ABL 1019)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [about whom the ki]ng, [my] l[ord, wrote t]o me, [NN the bod]yguard has brought out [the ...]s fr[om GN. When] Kur'e-uballiṭ [ca]me to me, [I ga]ve them [x ...], 32 farmers and [x hundred] 20 homers of seed corn. (10) [x hundred] 20 homers of seed corn (11) [in ad]dition the people of the house [of ...] (12) [have] culti[vated ...] (r 1) [th]at is in [...]. (r 2) [All told] I have given out 1,100 homers of seed corn. (r 4) Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Why (then) have you cultivated so few [arable field]s?" (r 7) [...] it is the barley ration [which re]ached […

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 318. Ploughing with Six Oxen (CT 53 209)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) I shall notify [the king, my lord]. (3) [Perhaps the king, my lord], will say: "[Why did] the ha[rvest in] this [...]?" (5) One farmer [...] i[n ...]. At the summoning [...] they wielded the plough [with x oxen (only)]. Thereby the harvest did not c[ome out well]. (9) In this country, O kin[g, my lord], they wie[ld] the plough with six oxen [...]. They cultivate the seed [...] and make a good [harvest ...]. (r 5) Now [......] (r 6) [wi]th him [......] (Rest destroyed)

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