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~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 20

SAA 20 014. Text Similar to No. 13

(beginning broken away) (2') “[.....],” an erš[ahunga-psalm to DN]. (3') “Let me pray to [the ... wild bull of heaven and earth],” an erš[ahunga-psalm to Ea]. (4') “[......], have mercy on me,” an erša[hunga-psalm to DN]. (5') You sing, “[......] heart” (6') “[......],” a lamentation. “O Lord, my city [...,” an eršemma-lamentation]. (7') “Let me sing yo[ur praises to him],” an eršahu[nga-psalm to DN]. (rest broken away)

SAA 20 014. Text Similar to No. 13

SAA 20 018. Victory and Lion-Hunt Ritual (AsT 39)

SAA 20 022. Bath of Šarrat-nipha (ABL 0864)

SAA 20 023. Fragment of a Ritual (CT 53, 941)

SAA 20 024. Ritual of Tukulti-Ninurta for the Lady-of-the-Mountain (BBR pl. 60 1879-07-08, 0132)

SAA 20 025. Ritual of Tukulti-Ninurta for the Lady-of-the-River (BA 05, 689 + BBR pl. 61)

SAA 20 028. Fragment of a Ritual for Singer (BBR pl. 65)

SAA 20 029. Initiation into the Secrets of Ištar of Heaven (KAR 139)

SAA 20 033. Protocol for the Royal Dinner (MVAG 41 60f)

SAA 20 034. Burial of a Queen (ZA 045, 042-046)

SAA 20 036. Fragment Relating to Rituals in Assur (CT 53, 330)

SAA 20 040. Takultu for Assurbanipal (3 R 66)

SAA 20 046. Fragment of a Takultu Text (Takultu 9)

SAA 20 047. Fragment of a Takultu Text (ABL 1413)

SAA 20 053. Text Similar to No. 52 (PKT 14-15)

SAA 03 006. Assurbanipal’s Hymn to Tašmetu and Nabû (KAR 122)

SAA 03 008. Hymn to the city of Arbela (LKA 032)

SAA 03 010. Blessing for the City of Assur (STT 087)

SAA 03 011. Assurbanipal’s Coronation Hymn (LKA 031)

SAA 03 012. Righteous Sufferer’s Prayer to Nabû (STT 065)

SAA 03 014. Love Lyrics of Nabû and Tašmetu (TIM 09 54)

SAA 03 016. Elegies Mourning the Death of Tammuz (STT 360)

SAA 03 017. Shalmaneser III’s Campaign to Urarṭu (STT 043)

SAA 03 020. Epical Narrative Relating to Assurbanipal’s Elamite Wars (SAAB 01 14)

SAA 03 032. The Underworld Vision of an Assyrian Prince (ZA 43 1)

SAA 03 034. Marduk Ordeal (Assur Version) (KAR 143, 219; GPA 268)

SAA 03 036. Myth Embedded in a Royal Ritual (Geers B 14)

SAA 03 039. Mystical Miscellanea (KAR 307)

SAA 03 040. Commentary to the Assyrian Cultic Calendar (LKA 073)

SAA 03 041. Letter from Aššur to Šamši-Adad V (KAH 142)

SAA 03 049. Fragment Mentioning Gilgameš Epic (NE 50)

SAA 03 050. Na’id-Šihu Epic (STT 366)

SAA 20 001. Rituals on Shebat 18-22 (OrSP 21, 135)

SAA 20 003. Rituals on Shebat 23-25 (CA pl. 5)

SAA 20 009. Report on Rituals Performed by Assurbanipal in Shebat-Adar, 650 (CA pl .3-4)

SAA 20 010. Report on Rituals Performed on Shebat 17-21 (OrSP 22, 039)

SAA 20 011. Report on Rituals Performed on Adar 8 (OrSP 22, 036)

SAA 20 013. Lamentations to Aššur on Account of Enemy Attack (Geers J 62)

SAA 20 015. Rituals in the Akitu House on Nisan 7-8, and Temple Service Rites (KAR 215 + PKT 16)

SAA 20 016. Rituals in the Equ House (AsT 43)

SAA 20 017. Rituals in the House of the Assyrian Ištar (PKT 19 + OrSP 23, 115)

SAA 20 019. Rituals for Ninitu and Kulittu (KAR 146)

SAA 20 020. Fragment of a Ritual for Ištar (CA pl. 6)

SAA 20 021. Ritual for the Lady-of-the-Mountain (PKT 12-13)

SAA 20 030. The Banquet of Gula (PKT 21 + 22b)

SAA 20 032. Ritual for the Daughter-of-River (KAR 141)

SAA 20 035. Fragment of a Ritual Mentioning the Dais of Destinies (CT 53, 980)

SAA 20 037. Temple Service Rites for All Assyria (PKT 10-11)

SAA 20 038. Takultu for Sennacherib and Temple Service for Nineveh (STT 088)

SAA 20 039. Takultu for Esarhaddon(?) (STT 374)