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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 354. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] heart [...] (2) [......] is ... [in] its [...]. The 'cavi[ty' of the ... lung is split.] (3) [... The coils of the colon are ... in number. The verte]bra is recessed on the right. [First extispicy.] (4) [......]. The left [of the gall bladder] is attached. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 354. Fragment of a Report [unclassifiable]

SAA 16 001. Letter to Urtaku, King of Elam (ABL 0918)

SAA 16 006. Reading Letters to the King (CT 53 391)

SAA 16 007. Sealed Order (CT 53 693)

SAA 16 008. Augurs from Hamath (ABL 1346)

SAA 16 009. Fragment Referring to Bel and Offenders (CT 53 351)

SAA 16 011. Fragment Referring to Thrones (CT 53 397)

SAA 16 012. (no title) (CT 53 683)

SAA 16 014. (no title) (ABL 1001)

SAA 16 015. Report on the Cimmerians of Iyaze (ABL 1026+)

SAA 16 016. Cimmerians in Minda (ABL 1161)

SAA 16 017. Report on Kunaya and Kudurru (ABL 1257)

SAA 16 018. Report on the Border of Urarṭu (CT 53 469)

SAA 16 019. (no title) (CT 53 147)

SAA 16 020. Milki-nuri Curses the Crown Prince (CT 53 026)

SAA 16 023. (no title) (ABL 0536)

SAA 16 025. A Broken Chariot Wheel (ABL 0766)

SAA 16 027. Report on Two Women (ABL 1199)

SAA 16 029. Debts of the Governor of Barhalza (ABL 0916)

SAA 16 032. Justice Turned Upside Down (ABL 1250)

SAA 16 033. Partial Duplicate of No. 32 (ABL 1107)

SAA 16 034. Let Me Finish My Father’s Work in Calah (ABL 0885)

SAA 16 035. Paying Back Father’s Debts (ABL 0948)

SAA 16 037. (no title) (CT 53 353)

SAA 16 038. Fragment of a Letter to the Crown Prince (CT 53 538)

SAA 16 039. Appeal on Behalf of a Woman (ABL 1061)

SAA 16 040. Complaints by Blacksmiths (CT 53 013)

SAA 16 041. Magnates Obstructing Justice (ABL 1101)

SAA 16 044. May My Lord Appoint Me (ABL 1234)

SAA 16 046. Asking for Mercy (CT 53 275)

SAA 16 047. Slander

SAA 16 051. List of Staff-bearers Coming in (CT 53 428)

SAA 16 052. Food for Schoolboys

SAA 16 053. Adopting a Daughter (CT 53 009)

SAA 16 054. Silver for the Merchants (SAAB 04 5)

SAA 16 055. Petition on Behalf of Weavers (CT 53 134)

SAA 16 056. Petition Concerning a Will (CT 53 053)

SAA 16 057. (no title) (CT 53 113)

SAA 16 059. The Conspiracy of Sasi (ABL 1217+)

SAA 16 060. More on the Conspiracy of Sasi (CT 53 017+)

SAA 16 062. The Case of Nabu-kabti-ahhešu and Sasi (ABL 1308)

SAA 16 063. Crimes in Guzana (CT 53 046)

SAA 16 064. How to Deal with Appeals for Royal Intervention (CT 53 078+)

SAA 16 065. Divination Taught to a Goldsmith’s Son (ABL 1245)

SAA 16 067. Stolen Gold (ABL 1291)

SAA 16 068. Disloyal Officials (CT 53 080)

SAA 16 070. May the Horse not Die! (CT 53 178)

SAA 16 071. Fragment Mentioning Sasi (CT 53 044)

SAA 16 073. May They Inform the King (ABL 1050)

SAA 16 074. Fragment Referring to Trespassing (CT 53 253)