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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 389. Inscribing a Statue (CT 53 926) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [... h]ere [...]; (r 2) [let] it be sent to us for writing. We shall inscribe it on the seat before the thigh. The rest we shall inscribe upon another nišru.

SAA 10 389. Inscribing a Statue (CT 53 926) [miscellaneous]

SAA 08 012. New Moon on 30th Day [lunar]

SAA 08 022. (no title) [unclassifiable]

SAA 08 029. Regulus Bright (RMA 198) [planetary]

SAA 08 072. Moon in Pleiades [lunar]

SAA 08 113. Mercury Sighted in Scorpius (Kislev) (Nv.4) [planetary]

SAA 08 125. Mars Near Saturn (RMA 229B) [planetary]

SAA 08 133. New Moon on 1st Day (Choix 21) [lunar]

SAA 08 162. Auspicious Days in Iyyar (LAS 332) [calendrical]

SAA 08 163. Ritual before Venus and Sirius (RMA 256) [planetary]

SAA 08 171. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 081B) [lunar]

SAA 08 194. Full Moon on 13th Day (RMA 123A) [lunar]

SAA 08 231. Hemerology (ABL 1405) [calendrical]

SAA 08 286. (no title) (RMA 277S) [unclassifiable]

SAA 08 383. Mars and Saturn in Lunar Halo (RMA 107) [planetary]

SAA 08 433. Fog in Tebet (Cat. Suppl. pl.4) [weather]

SAA 08 451. Morning Last of Venus; Orion in Lunar Halo (RMA 203) [planetary]

SAA 08 483. Two Stars in Lunar Halo (Nv.3) [planetary]

SAA 08 540. (no title) (RMA 211E) [unclassifiable]

SAA 08 553. (no title) (RMA 262A) [unclassifiable]

SAA 09 004. Fragment of a Collection of Encouragement Oracles

SAA 10 003. Burying the Substitute King (ABL 1376) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 020. Arranging a Festival (LAS 343) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 021. Report on Temples in Assur (ABL 1378) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 027. Gems for a Statue (ABL 1375) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 062. Quoting the Astronomical Handbook Mul Apin (CT 53 115+) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 066. (no title) (ABL 0694) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 073. Šamaš-šumu-ukin to Visit Nineveh (ABL 1383) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 075. The Moon Makes an Eclipse (ABL 0407) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 085. Timing a Trip (ABL 1390) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 108. Leftovers (CT 53 159) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 110. New Moon on 1st Day; Appointment of Adad-šumu-uṣur (ABL 1373) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 112. Predicting the Fall of Mannea; Intrigues Against the King (CT 54 022) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 121. New Moon on 1st Day (CT 54 523) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 133. No Eclipse of the Moon (ABL 0909) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 140. No Crescent Seen (HAV 256f) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 178. Petition (ABL 1259) [from diviners]

SAA 10 185. The Promotion of Assurbanipal (CT 53 031) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 187. Half my Kingdom to the Man Who Cures my Child (CT 53 069) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 190. Going to Assur with the Crown Prince (ABL 0365) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 223. Medical Report (CT 53 130) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 230. Medical Report (CT 53 191) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 248. (no title) (CT 53 951) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 286. I do not Conceal Anything from the King (ABL 1166) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 288. (no title) (CT 53 962) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 299. Medical Report (CT 53 955) [from exorcists]

SAA 13 073. Complaint of Sickness (ABL 0203)

SAA 13 002. Gutters for the Temple of Aššur (CT 53 520)

SAA 13 003. Do Your Work (ABL 0607)

SAA 13 004. There will be an Intercalary Adar (ABL 0401)