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~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 11

SAA 11 228. Schedule of Estate Assignments (ADD 0918)

(Beginning destroyed) (i 3) [x (hectares) of land in the city of Naṣib]ina, (i 4) [...]... (i 5) [...] took; (i 6) [assigned to NN] son of Danî. (i 7) [x hectares in the town of ...]pû (Break) (ii 1) 1 farmer [...]; (ii 2) Asqudu [...], (ii 3) [...]. (ii 4) 40 hectares of land in the town of Ṣelâ, assigned to Kalhayu, the ša šepi guard(sman). (ii 7) 40 hectares of land in the town of Apiani, assigned to Barbiri, the Gurrean [...]. (ii 10) [x+]20 [hectares of land in the town ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~700 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

SAA 11

SAA 11 230. Fragmentary Schedule of Land (ADD 1084)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) 400 hectare[s of land ...], (4) 10 orch[ards ...] in the village of [...]; (6) [x or]chard[s ...] in the village of Ka[r-....] (7) in (the district of) the town of Sa[rugi] (r 1) 20 hectares [of land ...], (r 2) 2 orch[ards ...], in the town of Šu[...]. (r 4) 80 hectares of s[own land ...], (r 5) 20 ..., 20 [...] ...... (Rest destroyed)

Economy

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 11

SAA 11 231. List of Groves (ADD 0778)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [1 grove of the to]wn of Kar-N[N]; (2) [1 grove] of the town of Halz[i...]; (3) [1 grove] which is beneath the town of Bar[...]. (4) [in all, x] groves assigned to Kiṣ[ir-...], which the king (himself) bequeath[ed]. (6) 1 grove of the town Karmê [...]; (7) 1 grove of the Gardener[s] Town, in the farmland of the town Sa[...]; (9) [1] grove of the town of Dun[ni-Šamaš], in the farmland of the town of Sa[lli]; (11) [1 g]rove of the brook [...] in the farmland of the town [...]. (13) [1] grove of the town A[...]; (14) [1 grove] of [...] (Rest destroyed)

Economy

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 11

SAA 11 232. Ten Hectares of Exempted Land (ADD 0825)

(1) [Urd]a-Nabû, [his wife, x so]n(s) of his; (3) [Ana]-kaša-atkal, his wife, 3 sons of his; (5) Nabû-dur-beliya; (6) Nabû-apil-kumu'a, his wife, a son of his. (8) An estate of 10 hectares of land, cornland under cultivation, in the town of Til-bu[...] — (tax-)exempt [...]. (r 1) Nabû-tešû-balliṭ, his wife, 3 sons of his: in all 5 people; (r 4) Ana-mini-allak, his wife: in all 7.

Economy

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 11

SAA 11 233. Fragmentary List of Land and People (ADD 0717)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... the woman] Adrahate, the woman Am-[... ......] (3) [......]... Nergal-abu-[... ......] (4) [...... x] vegetable [garden]s [......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 11 228. Schedule of Estate Assignments (ADD 0918)

SAA 11 230. Fragmentary Schedule of Land (ADD 1084)

SAA 11 231. List of Groves (ADD 0778)

SAA 11 232. Ten Hectares of Exempted Land (ADD 0825)

SAA 11 233. Fragmentary List of Land and People (ADD 0717)

SAA 12 006. Adad-nerari III Grants a Field to a Eunuch (NARGD 02)

SAA 12 007. Adad-nerari III Acquires Land in Bet-šašširi for a Grant (NARGD 05)

SAA 12 008. Adad-nerari III Grants Land and Tax Exemption to a Eunuch (NARGD 18)

SAA 12 009. Adad-nerari III Makes a Grant to Abi-ul-idi, High Priest (NARGD 41)

SAA 12 010. Adad-nerari III Makes a Grant (NARGD 01)

SAA 12 011. Fragment of Adad-nerari III Grant (NARGD 03)

SAA 12 012. Fragment of Adad-nerari III Grant (NARGD 04)

SAA 12 013. Land Grant Mentioning the Names of Adad-nerari and Tiglath-Pileser (NARGD 06)

SAA 12 014. Fragment of Tiglath-Pileser III Land Grant (NARGD 07)

SAA 12 015. Fragment of Tiglath-Pileser III Land Grant (ADD 0885+)

SAA 12 016. Fragment of Land Grant, Possibly Part of No. 15 (ADD 0861)

SAA 12 017. Fragment of Land Grant, Possibly Part of No. 15

SAA 12 018. Fragment of Land Grant (NARGD 19)

SAA 12 019. Sargon Renews a Land Grant of Adad-nerari to Provide Offerings for Aššur (NARGD 32)

SAA 12 020. Fragment of Sennacherib Land Grant (NARGD 33)

SAA 12 021. Fragment of Land Grant of Sennacherib (NARGD 34)

SAA 12 022. Possibly Part of No. 21 (NARGD 36)

SAA 12 023. Possibly Part of No. 21 (NARGD 35)

SAA 12 025. Assurbanipal Exempts Balṭaya, Chief of Fodder Supplies, from Taxes (NARGD 09)

SAA 12 026. Assurbanipal Exempts Nabu-šarru-uṣur, Chief Eunuch, from Taxes (NARGD 10)

SAA 12 027. Schedule to Nabu-šarru-uṣur Grant Document (ADD 0741+)

SAA 12 029. Assurbanipal Exempts a Eunuch from Taxes (NARGD 11)

SAA 12 030. Assurbanipal Exempts a Chamberlain from Taxes (SAAB 02 104)

SAA 12 031. Fragment of Assurbanipal Grant (NARGD 12+)

SAA 12 032. Fragment of Assurbanipal Grant

SAA 12 033. Fragment of Assurbanipal Grant

SAA 12 034. Fragment of Assurbanipal Grant

SAA 12 035. Aššur-etel-ilani Exempts Ṭab-šar-papahi from Taxes (NARGD 13+)

SAA 12 037. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Grant (Or 42 442)

SAA 12 038. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Grant (NARGD 16)

SAA 12 039. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Grant (NARGD 20)

SAA 12 040. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Grant (NARGD 21+)

SAA 12 041. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Grant (NARGD 22)

SAA 12 042. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Grant

SAA 12 043. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Grant (NARGD 26)

SAA 12 044. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Grant (NARGD 25)

SAA 12 045. Fragment of Land Grant (NARGD 17)

SAA 12 046. Fragment of Land Grant (NARGD 23)

SAA 12 049. Fragment of Land Grant? (NARGD 38)

SAA 12 050. Assurbanipal Type Schedule to Land Grant (ADD 0742)

SAA 12 051. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Type Land Grant (ADD 0743)

SAA 12 052. Fragment of Land Grant or Schedule (ADD 0745)

SAA 12 054. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Type Land Grant (ADD 0750)

SAA 12 055. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Type Land Grant (ZA 73 04)

SAA 12 056. Fragment of Land Grant or Schedule? (ADD 0726)