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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 207. Promoting Chariot Drivers and ‘Third Men’ (CT 53 249)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] my [......] (2) [......] to the cro[wn] prince [...] (3) As soon as your gods [have ...ed] the face of the king, my lord, the king, my lord, will see his statement: a servant who is loyal [to his lord], a servant who [...]s the [...] of h[is lord], a servant who [falls] and die[s] on behalf the house of h[is] lords. (7) Now, if on [... the ch]ariot-driver(s) and the 'third men' [com]e before the king, [my] lo[rd], let him be promoted. As to [...], let the overseer of the [...] write [the names of two ch]ariot-drivers and two 'third men' on [...], so that [...] (…

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 209. (no title) (CT 53 270)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... t]he cohort commander [...] (r 1) [...] hith[er] (r 2) [...] wine (r 3) [...] refined [s]ilver (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 211. Should I Come to Calah? (CT 53 292)

(Obverse destroyed) (r 1) Should I come to Cal[ah]? (r 3) What is it that the king, [my l]ord, commands?

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 212. Good Advice (CT 53 294)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) Now [......] (2) I said: "[......] (3) of [your]se[lf ...] (4) I said: "[......] (5) [......] (6) I said: "Wh[y ...] (7) the king [......] (r 1) [......] (r 2) [He sa]id: "Wh[y don't you agree] (r 3) "to feed an aṣūdu-bowl [to ...]? O[f ...] (r 5) of the deputy [...] (r 6) Why [......] (Break) (e. 1) [The ...]s of the king [...]. (e. 2) That is a ve[ry] good advice.

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 214. (no title) (CT 53 377)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] the kin[g ...] (2) [w]ent [...] (r 1) [......] the messe[nger] (r 2) [...] wrote me (r 3) [... w]hen (r 4) [......] the [w]al[l] (r 6) [...] those [...]s (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 215. (no title) (CT 53 381)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your] servant [PN], the sc[ribe of ...]. Good [health to the king, my lord]! (Break) (r 2) Ṣalam-šarri-[iqbi] (r 3) the chief [......] (r 4) bro[ught me (...)]

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 216. (no title) (CT 53 456)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Previ]o[usly] (2) [......] (3) the [... o]f the [...] official (4) said: "[...] ... [......]" (6) Now he has go[ne around ......] (7) set ou[t ......] (8) they sell [......] (9) Previously [......] (10) they used to knit [......] (11) dark-blue wool [......] (12) bast [......] (Break) (r 4) to [......] (r 5) [......] (r 6) the ex[empts ...] (r 7) has ta[ken ......] (r 8) let [......] (r 9) [......] (r 10) [their] work [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 217. (no title) (CT 53 475)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... wi]th the king, my lord (2) [......] upon (3) [......] terrible (4) [......] scribe (Break) (r 1) his [...] before [......] (r 2) [which] I am hauling [...] (r 3) [...] ... [...] (r 4) [.. the kin]g, my lord [...] (r 5) [...] ... [...] (r 6) [s]aid [......] (r 7) [...] Aššu[r ... the R]ear [Palace] (r 8) [...] lords[hip ...] (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 218. Who is This Goldsmith? (CT 53 488)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant PN. Good hea]lth to the king, [my lord]! May Nabû and Mar[duk] bless the king, m[y] lord. (7) As to the go[ld]smith about whom the king sai[d]: "Who is he?" (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 219. (no title) (CT 53 539)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [...] I [...] (r 2) [...] the king, [my] lo[rd], broug[ht] (me) my [..., saying: "Let yo]ur [...] with you!" (r 6) [The king], my [lor]d pla[c]ed (r 7) [...] of ... (r 8) [... which I] saw (r 9) [... The king], my [lor]d, should [know it]. (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 221. (no title) (CT 53 654)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) Let him br[ing ......] (2) here [......] (3) let him take [......] (4) of/which the kin[g ......] (5) to [......] (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 222. (no title) (CT 53 655)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... to] the king, [my] lord (2) [...... t]o greet [...] (3) I saw the [... of the king, m]y [lord] (4) [...... the kin]g, my lord (Break) (r 1) [......] because of [......] (r 3) [...... t]o the king (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 223. It is a Royal Order (CT 53 669)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] eyes [...] (3) [...] He said: "It is a royal order (4) [...] me ... [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 225. Sold for Money (CT 53 690)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] saying, "Why [has ... sold the ...] of my lord's household for money [...]?" (3) [...] sent, placed, and ca[me ...] (4) [......] saying, "[......]" (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 226. (no title) (CT 53 696)

(1) [...... the ki]ng (2) [......] Nabû (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 227. (no title) (CT 53 698)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) 5 [......] (2) all this [......] (3) that [......] (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 228. (no title) (CT 53 705)

(1) [To the king, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) Kabtî [...] has said: "[......] (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 229. We Shall Stay Awake (CT 53 713)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] we shall stay awake (Break) (r 2) [......] month (r 3) [......] him (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 230. (no title) (CT 53 714)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Concerning what the kin]g, my lord, [pr]eviousl[y wrot]e to me [......] (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 245. (no title)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... the o]ther ones [...] (2) [...] we do [n]ot know. N[ow the]n, the king (4) [... i]mage [......] (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 246. (no title)

(1) The very [best of health] to the kin[g, my lord]! (3) [May] Na[bû ......] (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 003

(i 1') [...] ... [...] they reared [...] they ordered him to his [...]ship [...] ... they went and (i 5') (No translation possible) (i 16') [... Nabû-zēr-kitti-lī]šir, [...] ... [...] ... heard [of the approach of] my campaign and fled like [a fox t]o the land Ela[m]. (i 20′) [Be]cause of the oath of the great gods [which] he had transgressed, the gods [Aš]šur, Sîn, Šamaš, B[ēl], and Nabû imposed a grievous [punishme]nt on him and they [ki]lled him with the sword [in the mi]dst of the land Elam. Naʾid-Marduk, his brother, (i 25′) saw [the] deeds that they had done [to] his brother in Elam,…

SAA 16 207. Promoting Chariot Drivers and ‘Third Men’ (CT 53 249)

SAA 16 209. (no title) (CT 53 270)

SAA 16 211. Should I Come to Calah? (CT 53 292)

SAA 16 212. Good Advice (CT 53 294)

SAA 16 214. (no title) (CT 53 377)

SAA 16 215. (no title) (CT 53 381)

SAA 16 216. (no title) (CT 53 456)

SAA 16 217. (no title) (CT 53 475)

SAA 16 218. Who is This Goldsmith? (CT 53 488)

SAA 16 219. (no title) (CT 53 539)

SAA 16 221. (no title) (CT 53 654)

SAA 16 222. (no title) (CT 53 655)

SAA 16 223. It is a Royal Order (CT 53 669)

SAA 16 225. Sold for Money (CT 53 690)

SAA 16 226. (no title) (CT 53 696)

SAA 16 227. (no title) (CT 53 698)

SAA 16 228. (no title) (CT 53 705)

SAA 16 229. We Shall Stay Awake (CT 53 713)

SAA 16 230. (no title) (CT 53 714)

SAA 16 245. (no title)

SAA 16 246. (no title)

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