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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 04 085. Fragment Similar to No. 84 [military and political]

[...] ... [I ask] you, Šamaš, great lord: [Whether the king, my lord], this [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], [from] the beginning of this year until [the month Tammuz of this year], within ... the days and nights, the stipulated term, [will take] the road and go [to Egypt], [and return] safely to Nineveh, and [...], [Be present] in this ram, [and] [place in it a firm positive] answer, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of [your great divinity], [and] may I [see it]! [...] ... [...]

Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 04 207. Fragment Referring to Hardships of Travel [miscellaneous]

(traces, too fragmentary to translate) / [......] his/her ...... (blank) [......] / (1) [Disregard that ......] the forces of Esarhaddon, [king of Assyria ......] / (2) [Disregard that ......] turns him back, (that) illness (or) the hardship [of travel is encountered] / (3) [Disregard that ...... a god] of evil (or) the evil of Ištar [......] / (4) [Disregard that a clean or] unclean (person) has touched the sacrificial sheep, / (5) [or] has blocked the way [of the sacrificial sheep]. / (6) [Disregard that an unclean man or wom]an has come near the place of the extispicy [and made it unclean].…

Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 16 081. Jewellery for the King (ABL 0847)

To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-sagib, son of Paruṭu, the goldsmith of the Queen's Household. Good health to the king [my lord]! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! [...] year(s), with/at the house [...] they questioned me [...] of the month [...] [...] silver, one pappardilû-stone, three fingers wide, (and) a bead(?) of ḫulālu-stone ("eye-stone") I gave to Matan-ilu, the doorkeeper. A letter (came) together (with this), saying: 'To the king, my lord, (let there be) a judgment: whether he gave it or whether he did not give it, let the king, my lord, inquire.'

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 001

Esarhaddon justifies his anomalous succession — youngest son elevated over elder brothers — by attributing the choice directly to Aššur, Šamaš, and both Ištars, revealing how Sargonid kings marshalled divine authority to legitimise politically irregular transfers of power.

SAA 04 085. Fragment Similar to No. 84 [military and political]

SAA 04 207. Fragment Referring to Hardships of Travel [miscellaneous]

SAA 16 081. Jewellery for the King (ABL 0847)

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