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Page 172 / 212

~675 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

SAA 16

SAA 16 164. Explaining Asakku (CT 53 952)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your] se[rvant PN]. Good hea[lth to the king, my lord! May] Nabû [and Marduk bless the king, my] lo[rd]. (6) Conce[rning the ... about which the king, my lord], wr[ote to me], saying, "May [they] wr[ite] ... [for me] — (10) Asakku [...] (11) power + sceptre [...] (12) Asakku [...]

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 180. (no title) (ABL 1399)

(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant Marduk-bani-[...]. Good health to the king, [my] lo[rd]! May Nabû (and) Marduk bless the king m[y lord]. (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 118 / CDLI Seals 006507

(Inscription_A 1) Property of the god Marduk, <<...>> seal of the god Adad of Esagil. (Inscription_B 1) To the god Marduk, great lord, his lord: Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, presented (this object) for the sake of his life.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 08 001. Thunder in Ab, King Ill (RMA 257) [weather]

(1) If in Ab (month V) Adad thunders, the day becomes cloudy, it rains, (and) lightning flashes: the waters will decrease at the source. (4) If Adad shouts on a cloudless day: there will be darkness — variant: famine — in the land. (6) Concerning this ill health, the king, my lord, should not worry (lit. 'should not speak from his heart'). (8) It is a disease of the season; all the people who are sick will get well. (11) Moreover, the king, my lord, who is one who reveres the gods — day and night he prays to the gods … (The text continues but the remainder is not preserved in the given transli…

SAA 16 164. Explaining Asakku (CT 53 952)

SAA 16 180. (no title) (ABL 1399)

Esarhaddon 118 / CDLI Seals 006507

SAA 08 001. Thunder in Ab, King Ill (RMA 257) [weather]

SAA 10 044. Timing a Journey of the King (ABL 1141+) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 206. Prayers and Rituals against Retrograding Mars (ABL 1401) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 259. Who to Come out Next? (ABL 0364) [from exorcists]

SAA 08 026. A Sign from Sunrise Concerning Elam (RMA 277L) [solar]

SAA 08 027. Rising of Venus (RMA 247) [planetary]

SAA 08 038. Hemerology for the 1st of Nisan [calendrical]

SAA 08 040. Saturn and Regulus in Lunar Halo (RMA 180) [planetary]

SAA 08 041. Mars, Saturn and Regulus in Lunar Halo (RMA 098) [planetary]

SAA 08 042. The Moon Will not Make an Eclipse in Elul (RMA 271A) [eclipses]

SAA 08 043. Thunder in Ab (RMA 258) [weather]

SAA 08 044. Solar Halo (RMA 179) [solar]

SAA 08 045. Mars Stationary in Leo (RMA 237) [planetary]

SAA 08 046. The Moon Will not Make an Eclipse (RMA 274E) [eclipses]

SAA 08 047. The Sun Did not Make an Eclipse (RMA 274G) [eclipses]

SAA 08 048. Conjunction of Mars and Saturn (RMA 236H) [planetary]

SAA 08 049. Conjunction of Mars and Saturn in Lunar Halo on Full Moon Day (RMA 103) [planetary]

SAA 08 050. Morning First of Mercury (Sivan 16) (RMA 246G) [planetary]

SAA 08 051. Venus and Mercury in Sagittarius (RMA 209) [planetary]

SAA 08 052. Mars Stationary in Sagittarius (RMA 236G) [planetary]

SAA 08 053. Mars Stationary in Scorpius (RMA 070) [planetary]

SAA 08 054. Morning First of Jupiter in Leo (RMA 191) [planetary]

SAA 08 055. Venus Approaching Scorpius (RMA 112) [planetary]

SAA 08 056. Morning Last of Venus (RMA 204) [planetary]

SAA 08 057. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 043) [lunar]

SAA 08 058. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 051) [lunar]

SAA 08 059. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 054) [lunar]

SAA 08 060. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 062) [lunar]

SAA 08 061. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 075) [lunar]

SAA 08 062. New Moon on 30th Day (RMA 081G) [lunar]

SAA 08 063. (no title) (RMA 057) [unclassifiable]

SAA 08 064. Full Moon on 13th Day (RMA 084) [lunar]

SAA 08 065. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 139) [lunar]

SAA 08 066. Scorpius in Lunar Halo (RMA 141) [planetary]

SAA 08 067. Full Moon on 15th Day (RMA 274H) [lunar]

SAA 08 068. Taurus in Lunar Halo (RMA 106) [planetary]

SAA 08 069. Solar Halo (RMA 178) [solar]

SAA 08 070. (no title) (RMA 229) [unclassifiable]

SAA 08 071. Jupiter in Lunar Halo (RMA 096) [planetary]

SAA 08 073. Mercury Sighted in Capricorn (RMA 238) [planetary]

SAA 08 074. (no title) (RMA 212) [unclassifiable]

SAA 08 075. (no title) (RMA 236D) [unclassifiable]

SAA 08 076. (no title) (RMA 246A) [unclassifiable]

SAA 08 077. (no title) (RMA 246B) [unclassifiable]

SAA 08 078. Red Clouds (RMA 248) [weather]

SAA 08 079. Fog (RMA 252D) [weather]

SAA 08 080. Mars in Cancer, Thunder in Ab (RMA 256B) [planetary, weather]