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~700 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 12

SAA 12 091. Memorandum Concerning Votive Donation (STT 406+)

(1) [The servants of] Ištar of Huzirina, [that the king] has given [to] Nusku. (3) [NN], son of Se'-dillini, baker (4) [NN], cupbearer (5) [NN], ditto (6) [NN], cook (7) [N]N, [son of] Kabar-Dadi, ditto (8) Nasrâ, son of [Q]arhâ, [...] (9) Nanî, son of Li[...]su, [...] (10) Miniwî, so[n of N]N, [...] (11) [N]N, [son of B]alasu, [...] (12) [NN, son of N]N, [...] (Break) (18) N[N, son of NN, ...] (19) Qarhâ, son of [NN, ...] (20) Nušku-šezibanni, son of [NN, ...] (21) Bir-yatate, son of [NN, ...] (22) Našuh-suri, son of Adda-[..., ...] (23) Rahime-Dadi, son of Il-gab[biri, ...] (24)…

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~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 12

SAA 12 098. Aššur-reṣuwa Donates Property and People to Nabu (SAAB 01 59)

(1) To Nabû, great lord, his lord, Aššur-reṣuwa [has dedicated] for the preservation of his life and the prolongation of his days: a house in the city of Calah; an estate of 30 homers of tax-exempt land in the village of Mallaṣi; Remanni-Ištar, a farmer and 3 persons (of his family); Nabû-qata-ṣabat, Nabû-nashir and Ṣil-Nabû, a shepherd and 3 persons (of his family), with his sheep; Kapar-ili, a baker; an estate of 12 homers of land in the town of Urad-Ištar, the farmer ...... (Break) (r 14) May Marduk, king of heaven and earth [impose on him] a heavy punishment, [may] Gula, the great physicia…

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ṣilulu 1

(1) (The god) Aššur is the king, Ṣilulu is the vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, the son of Dakiki, (and) the herald of the city Aššur.

SAA 12 091. Memorandum Concerning Votive Donation (STT 406+)

SAA 12 098. Aššur-reṣuwa Donates Property and People to Nabu (SAAB 01 59)

Ṣilulu 1

Son of Urdanum 2001

Zarriqum 2001 / Amar-Suena 2001

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