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~665 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 13

SAA 13 193. (no title) (ABL 1243)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant, NN. Good health to the king, my lord. May Bel] and Na[bû] grant l[ong] days, everlasting years, happiness, and physical well-being to the king, my lord. (9) The middle entrance to the courtyard of the temple of Adad which they dismantled is [...]. (r 2) of their [...] (r 3) those who enter [......] (r 4) not [......] (r 5) to (the city of) [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 13 193. (no title) (ABL 1243)

SAA 13 194. (no title) (CT 53 316)

SAA 13 195. Letters to the Palace (CT 53 406)

SAA 13 196. A Problem in Samaria? (CT 53 425)

SAA 13 197. About a Divine Party (CT 53 452)

SAA 13 198. Counting Statues (CT 53 516)

SAA 13 199. (no title) (CT 53 544)

SAA 13 200. The Sacred Marriage of the Lord of the Lands (CT 53 601)

SAA 13 201. Trampled Writing Boards (CT 53 622)

SAA 13 203. (no title) (CT 53 662)

SAA 13 204. (no title) (CT 53 681)

SAA 13 205. (no title) (CT 53 738)

SAA 13 206. (no title) (CT 53 896)

SAA 13 207. Priests’ Helpers (CT 53 899)

SAA 13 208. (no title) (CT 53 901)

SAA 13 209. (no title) (CT 53 909)

SAA 13 210. (no title) (CT 53 925)

SAA 13 001. If There is Extra Serpentine, You May Have Some (KAV 114)

SAA 13 005. There will be an Intercalary Adar (ABL 1258)

SAA 13 010. No Deliveries from Talmusu on the [5th] of Kanunu (ABL 1384)

SAA 13 021. Big Problems with Sheep Deliveries (CT 53 129)

SAA 13 040. (no title) (KAV 113)

SAA 13 041. (no title) and envelope (= SAA 13 042) (KAV 112, KAV 206)

SAA 13 070. Sacred Marriage of Nabu and Tašmetu (ABL 0366)

SAA 13 119. Fragmentary Report Concerning Egyptian Horses (ABL 1427)

SAA 13 135. It Is Not an Ancient Ritual (CT 53 965)

SAA 13 138. The Priest of Ea Robs the Temple (ABL 1389)

SAA 13 139. Bel Reconciles with Mullissu (ABL 1249)

SAA 13 144. Report of a Prophecy (CT 53 969)

SAA 13 147. Ištar Has Gone to the Divine ‘Party’ (ABL 0876)

SAA 13 157. Theft of a Gold Statue of Erra (ABL 1372)

SAA 13 178. Report to Esarhaddon on Recent Events in Babylonia (BBEA)

SAA 13 186. The Weavers Have Not Given the Garments (SAAB 02 72)

SAA 13 211. (no title) (CT 53 957)

SAA 21 001. Proclaiming the Might of Marduk (ABL 0926)

SAA 21 002. This No-Brother has Alienated You (Fs Grayson 227-234)

SAA 21 003. Don't Listen to Šamaš-šumu-ukin! (652-II-23) (ABL 0301)

SAA 21 004. Perhaps Babylon Can Still be Saved (ABL 0571)

SAA 21 006. Offerings for Babylon (ABL 1146)

SAA 21 007. God has Commanded the Destruction of the Land of Akkad (ABL 1165)

SAA 21 008. Fire Will Burn the Land of Akkad

SAA 21 009. Duplicate of No. 8 (CT 53 248)

SAA 21 010. Sparing Babylon (CT 53 496)

SAA 21 011. Fragment Relating to Babylon (CT 54 357)

SAA 21 012. I Raised You and Rescued You (CT 54 424)

SAA 21 014. Fragment Referring to Canonical Omen Texts (CT 54 163)

SAA 21 015. Fragment Mentioning Literary Texts and Zer-Babili (CT 54 244)

SAA 21 016. Cuthaeans in Samarra (652-VIl-5) (ABL 0944)

SAA 21 017. Elders of Nippur Visiting the King (ABL 0287)

SAA 21 018. His Weight of Gold to Whoever Catches Šamaš-šumu-ukin (ABL 0292)