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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 256. Problems with Sheep (ABL 1288)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good heal]th t[o the king, my lord]! (2) [As] to the sheep of [... about which the king, my lord], wrote [me]: "Why do [yo]u withhold the sheep fr[om ...]?" — (5) it is the king, [my] lo[rd], who has wi[thheld] the [sh]eep for his gods! If he does not add to them, (how) can I hold back their shepherds? (9) Nabû-zeru-iddina had an audience with me, saying: "Ša-ili-dubbu has driven away [she]ep; 1,300 ṣu'bu sheep (13) [...] these [......] (Break) (r 1) [...-ya]da' sa[id to them]: "[Co]me and graze!" (r 3) [Let ... give] them or[ders; i]f it pleases…

SAA 05 256. Problems with Sheep (ABL 1288)

SAA 05 257. Sheep from Dur-Yakin (ABL 0867)

SAA 05 258. Supplying Oxen and Sheep (CT 53 517+)

SAA 05 259. Distributing Provisions (CT 53 480)

SAA 05 260. Insults and Accusations (ABL 0463)

SAA 05 261. Dividing the Booty (CT 53 398)

SAA 05 262. (no title) (CT 53 676)

SAA 05 263. Arrival of Rams (ABL 1206)

SAA 05 264. (no title) (CT 53 856)

SAA 05 265. Cherchez la Femme (CT 53 882)

SAA 05 266. Fragment Referring to Public Works (CT 53 651)

SAA 05 267. Fragment Concerning Public Works (CT 53 617)

SAA 05 268. Refusal to Transport Saplings (CT 53 836)

SAA 05 269. Delivery of Barley (CT 53 324)

SAA 05 270. (no title) (CT 53 827)

SAA 05 271. (no title) (CT 53 200)

SAA 05 272. Rain and Travel Problems (ABL 1305)

SAA 05 273. An (Urarṭian?) Defeat (CT 53 795)

SAA 05 274. Heavy Rain (ABL 1265)

SAA 05 275. Steady Rain (CT 53 695)

SAA 05 276. Fragment Reporting on Rainfall (CT 53 558)

SAA 05 277. Assembling Troops (CT 53 305)

SAA 05 278. (no title) (CT 53 677)

SAA 05 279. Military Matters (CT 53 403)

SAA 05 280. Oxen and Wagons (CT 53 442)

SAA 05 281. Trees for the Royal Orchards (CT 53 036)

SAA 05 283. Arrival of a Royal Messenger (CT 53 658)

SAA 05 284. Carnelian from Kumme (ABL 1035)

SAA 05 285. Too Much Snow (CT 53 629)

SAA 05 286. A Journey to Dur-Šarruken (CT 53 257)

SAA 05 287. Inspecting Bronze and Wooden Objects (CT 53 628)

SAA 05 288. Keeping Watch with Exempted Men (CT 53 473)

SAA 05 289. Distributing Corn (CT 53 323)

SAA 05 290. Ferrying Some Thresholds Without Boats (CT 53 030)

SAA 05 291. Giving Bricks to the Magnates (CT 53 038)

SAA 05 293. Finishing the ‘Winged Hoof’ (ABL 0271)

SAA 05 294. Request for Beams, Gold and Steel (ABL 0566)

SAA 05 295. Second-Rate Logs will not Do (ABL 0467)

SAA 05 296. Bricks for Dur-Šarruken (CT 53 188)

SAA 05 297. Transporting Stone Thresholds and Raising a Bull Colossus (ABL 0957)

SAA 05 298. Moving Bull Colossi Across the River (ABL 1362)

SAA 05 299. Working and Loading Bull Colossi (CT 53 201)

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)