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SAA 16 135. Fragment of a Military Report (ABL 1422)
(1) To [the king, my lord]: yo[ur] servant [PN], the scribe [of ...], who [...] in [...]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! [May] Nabû [and Marduk bless] the king, [my lord]. (8) Arbayu [the ...], Qiltî [the ...], Ahu-šamši [the ...], Tariba-Issar [the ...] (12) 4 ...[...] (13) quickly [...] (14) what/of the king, [my] l[ord ...] (15) did [n]ot co[me ...] (Break) (r 2) [PN], cra[ftsman] — (r 3) Ṣil-šarri the [...] has made common cause w[ith them]; they (plan to) destroy the [...] of the king, [my lord]. (r 8) Two bodygu[ards ...] (r 9) because of him [...] (r 10) among the enemy [...] (r 11) The servants [of the king] (r 12) are ready to [......] (Break) (e. 1) [... o]f Arpad (e. 2) [...] also serve [with the] enemy. (e. 3) [The ki]ng, my lord, should know (it).
Daily LifeSAA 16 137. The Kings have Made Peace with One Another (ABL 1115)
(1) [To the king, our lord: your servants Nabû-ra'im-nišešu (and) Salamanu]. Good [health to the king], our [lo]rd! May Nabû (and) [Marduk] bless [the king, our lord]! (6) Con[cerning the messeng]er from Nip[pur], about whom the king wrote to us: "Ask him!" — We asked him (and he replied): "The messenger of Pa'e, the legate of the land Araši, has come to Nippur (saying): 'The kings have made peace with one another, so why have you taken plunder/captives?' The recruitment officers told him: '[...] (Break) (r 10) "They have entered the city [...] (r 11) "[......] (r 12) of [... ar]chers (r 13) 1 [......] donkeys (r 14) They will enter [Arrap]ha either tomorrow, o[r the day] after tomorrow. (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)
Daily LifeSAA 16 138. Report on Araši and Elam (CT 53 070)
(1) T[o] the king, [my lord]: your servants [Nabû-ra'im-nišešu] (and) Salaman[u. Good health t]o the king [my lord]! [May Nabû and] Marduk [bless the king, my lord]. (6) [Perh]aps the king, my lord, will sa[y]: "[W]hy [have you not ...] until now?" (8) Pa'e, [the deleg]ate of the land Araš[i, sai]d to us: "[...] (11) [... the Ela]mite(s) [...] (Break) (r 4) [Now the]n [we] are writin[g] t[o the king, my lord]. (r 6) [Un]til/[Whi]le the king, my lord, [...] (r 8) [...] the son of Umban-k[idinni] (r 9) [in] this [mont]h [...] (r 10) [...] the city of De[r ...] (r 11) [...] in the city [...] (Last line destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 140. Idri-aha’u has Brought the Shoes (ABL 0775)
(1) To the king, my lord: your servants Nabû-ra'im-nišešu (and) Salamanu. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû (and) Marduk bless the king. (6) Idri-aha'u came and brought the shoes in the evening of the 16th. On the 17th, we s[et out] from [M]alaku. [In D]unni-Šamaš [......] (Break) (r 1) As to the cara[van]s of which the king, my lord, said: "They are ...ing much from here (and) there" — we will come quickly. (r 7) Umban-kidinni is [t]elling us: "We would like to go by the road inside the country (= Assyria)." We cannot bring him there without the king('s permission). (r 12) Let the king write us what to do, (and) let a messenger stay at our disposal in Der. Idri-aha'u left for the king, my lord, in the evening of the 17th.
Daily LifeSAA 16 142. Fragment Referring to Umban-kidinni (ABL 0777)
(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servants Nabû-ra'im-nišešu (and) Salamanu. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king. (7) Umban-kidinni (8) [.... the city Šarru]-iqbi (9) [......] (Break) (r 1) Now then, we are sending (him) to the king, my lord. What are the king's orders?
Daily LifeSAA 16 144. Appeal for Royal Intervention (ABL 0776)
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-ra'im-nišešu. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. (6) Šar-uarri, a [... from] the town Luli[...], a servant of the king, [my lord, has appealed for] the intervention of the king, my lord. (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)
Daily LifeSAA 16 145. Fragment Referring to Locusts (ABL 1351)
(1) To the ki[ng, my lord]: yo[ur] servants [Nabû-ra'im-nišešu] (and) Salam[anu. Good health] to the king, [my lord! May] Nabû (and) Ma[rduk bless the king, my lord]. (6) 4 days [...] (7) Against the locu[sts ...] (Break) (r 3) staff/sceptre [......] (Break) (r 6) st[ored] grain [...] (r.e. 7) the 1[xth] day [...] (r.e. 8) give [...] (Break) (e. 1) [...] has passed [...] (e. 2) [That is why] we have written [to the king], my lord.
Daily LifeSAA 16 146. Fragment Referring to Aid to Humbariš (CT 53 376)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... Hu]mbappi th[e eunuch] (2) [...] presented [...], saying: "[...] (3) [...] "let him give me just as much [...] from the hands of Humbari[š]." (5) [... aro]und me (belong) to the king of [Elam]. (6) [...] has entered [...]babu and said [to ...]: "Why does [...] lead all the [...]s?" (9) [...] to this eunuch [...] (10) He should not go [befo]re him (11) but give his [...]s to the king. (12) [...] equally much to (13) [... o]f Humbariš (Break) (r 1) [...... the Elamite]s (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 147. Fragment Referring to Humbariš (CT 53 638)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] in the forts [...] (2) [Is Hu]mbariš [...]? (3) [... t]o the aid of Hum[bariš] (4) If [...] to the aid (5) [...] of H[umbariš] (6) [...] Elam [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 148. Deserters from Mannea Sent to the Crown Prince (ABL 0434)
(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-ušallim. Good health to the king, my lord! May Aššur, Šamaš, Bel, Nabû, Nergal, Laṣ, Išum, Adad and Ber, (and) the great gods of heaven and earth bless the king, my lord, the crown prince of Assyria and the crown prince of Babylon a thousand times very greatly. (9) As to the garrisons appointed to the fortresses of Urarṭu, Mannea, Media (and) Hubuškia, about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: (13) "Give them orders and make it very clear to them that they must not be negligent in their guard duty. Moreover, let them pay attention to the deserters…
Daily LifeSAA 16 149. Wounded in Bit-Hamban (CT 53 190)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [in] Bit-Hamba[n] (2) [...] year [...] wounded him. He is [i]ll, but has carried away his ... (5) Nabû-ahu-iddina, [the bodyg]uard of the crown prince, [who is ... t]o them, has seen him. (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 150. Emissaries from Mazamua (ABL 1235)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [I have] also [sp]oken [with the emissari]es of Maz[amua]. (3) (Perhaps) the king, my lord, will say: "My servant has been negligent; he did not send (a report) earlier." (8) Those who (came for) the treaty had not yet finished leaving the presence of the king, my lord, when the letter [...] before [...]. As soon as Urdu-Issar saw [...], he delivered it to hi[m]. (r 7) [...] while the king, [my] lord [...] (r 8) [...]-lešir (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)
Daily LifeSAA 16 152. Fragment Referring to Babylonians (ABL 0986)
(1) To the king, my lord: your [ser]vant Ṭudî. [Go]od health to the king, my lord! May [Nabû] (and) Marduk bless the king, [my lord]! (6) [As to the] Babylonians [about whom the king, my lord, wr]ote to me: "[......] (Break) (r 2) [... La]ter, the king, my lord, may do as he sees fit.
Daily LifeSAA 16 153. Letter from Borsippan Women (CT 53 623)
(1) [To the king, our lord]: your [maid]s, the [Bors]ippan gen[tlewomen. The best of] hea[lth t]o the king, our lord! [May DN, Bel], Nabû, Nerg[al, ..., ...], N[usku, ...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 155. Returning a Field to the Chaldeans (CT 53 626)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Concerning the field about which the king, my lord, wro]te to me: ["... of the] Chaldeans [... which y]ou took, [...; ...] the field [and give it back] to the Chaldeans" — (6) [...] I said [to K]unaya (7) [......] from (8) [......] I brought forth (9) [......] they refused to (10) [...... I became] scared (Break) (r 2) [......] my [s]ilver (r 3) [...... I to]ld him (r 4) [......]... (r 5) [......] he gave (r 6) [......] saying: "Go (r 7) [......] field, silver (r 8) [...... p]laced (r 9) [......] 5 minas from it (r 10) [...... w]ent to him (r 11) [......] the crown prince (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 156. Fragment Referring to Akkad (CT 53 972)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... the land of] Akkad [...] (3) [......] there is [...] (4) [......] ... [...] (5) [......] Place (pl.) [...]! (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 157. Fragment Referring to Scholars (CT 53 541)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [As to what the king, my lord], wrote to m[e]: (2) [......] an auspicious day (3) [......] outside (4) [......] all the [s]cholars (5) [......] (6) [......] ... (7) [......] at daybreak (Break) (r 5) [... The king], my lord, [should give o]rders [to ...]: (r 7) [After] the [...] have passed, they [should g]o [to ...]
Daily LifeSAA 16 162. Ritual on the River Bank (ABL 1039)
(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant PN. Good health to the king, my lord! May] N[abû and Marduk bless] the k[ing, my lord]. (6) Concerning wh[at the king, my lord], wrote to me, I have examined [...; ... is] very [...] that [...]. (10) I have g[iven] orders that [...] be [...ed]. (12) He will go dow[n] to the river [...]. (13) [To]mo[rro]w [...] (Break) (r 2) I will prepa[re the ritual] on [...]. (r 4) He will perform it tomorrow evening.
Daily LifeSAA 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 LifeSAA 16 165. A Lotion for the King
(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [...] and diarrh[oea ...] (r 2) [the ...]s and the right hand of the king [...] (r 3) [...] Perhap[s ...] (r 4) [... of] the king, my lord [...] (r 5) [... lo]tion [...] (r 6) [...] will not do [...] (r 7) [... the ki]ng, my lord [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 166. Fragment of a Medical Report (CT 53 704)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... on] the second day, the day [......] (2) [......] (3) He is very well [......] (4) [I have gone where the king, my lord, se]nt me to. (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 167. Fragment of a Medical Report (CT 53 855)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) S[în-... is doing very, very well]. Sîn-[... is doing very, very we]ll. (4) [... sic]kness [...] (5) [......] (6) [... PN is doing very, very] well. (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 171. Fragment Referring to Extispicies and a Treaty (CT 53 266)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] the king, [my] lo[rd, ...] (2) [... I sai]d to him, "[...] (3) [...] I said, "Soon [...] (4) [...] we will [...] with each other." (5) [PN ... t]o Nabû-ahhe-šallim, th[e ...], (6) [...], saying: "[...] a lamb [...] (7) [...] "I am a servant of the king; [if] (8) [it] is acceptable [to the king, let] Nabu-taklak, the haruspex [...]." (9) [...] they sl[aughtered] lambs [......] (10) [...] I raged at h[im], (11) [bou]nd [...], and [made] a treaty w[ith him] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 172. (no title)
(Beginning destroyed) (3) [... wro]te to me (Break) (r 2) [...] ... the ch[ief ...] (r 3) [wh]y did[n't] he explain [...] (r 5) [...] they have brought
Daily LifeSAA 16 173. Enthroning a Substitute King
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] they [......] (2) "[They] are not enthro[ning] anybody [......] (3) "[h]ere. The day before yesterday the gods [......] (4) "I placed. Another ma[tter: When] (5) "you were in my presence [......] (6) your [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 174. (no title) (CT 53 528)
(1) To the king, my lord: yo[ur] servant [Nabû]-zeru-iddina. Good [health to the k]ing, [m]y l[ord! May Nabû, Mardu]k, [Sîn, Nikkal and] Nusku bless the king, m]y [lord]. (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 175. Fragment of a Horse Report (CT 53 437)
(1) [To the king], my [lord: your servant, Nabû-šumu]-iddina. [Very good health ind]eed [to the king, my lord]! [May Nabû and Mard]uk [bless the king], my [lord]. (7) [x h]orses [trained to the yo]ke [have come i]n [from the comman]der-in-chief (Break) (r 8) [What are the written instru]ctions [of the king], my lord?
Daily LifeSAA 16 176. Fragment of a Horse Report (CT 53 551)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) here [...] (2) any [...] (3) trained to the yoke [...] (4) riders [...] (5) the king, my lord, [...] (6) when [......] (7) we [......] (Break) (r 3) [The king, my lord, can be] gla[d]. (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 178. (no title) (CT 53 218)
(1) [......] ... (2) [Good health to the kin]g, m[y] lord! (3) [May DNN bless the k]ing, my lord. (4) [May they give ...] (5) [ ... t]o the king, m[y] lord. (6) [May I s]ee your [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 179. (no title) (ABL 1152)
(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant Inurta-[...]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! May Aššur and [Ištar] bl[ess] the king, my lord. (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 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 LifeSAA 16 182. (no title) (CT 53 263)
(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant DN]-šumu-uṣur. (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 184. Fragment Referring to Building Activities (CT 53 309)
(1) [To the king, my] lo[rd: yo]ur [servant PN. Good heal]th t[o the king, my lord! May Nabû] and M[arduk ble]ss [the king, my lord]. (5) The [... of the kin]g, m[y] lord, [is well]. (Break) (r 1) [...] no[w ...] (r 2) [...] there [...] (r 3) [Now t]hen [...] (r 4) [...] has been buil[t ...] (r 5) We [...] closed [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 185. (no title) (CT 53 317)
(Beginning destroyed) (3) Good [health to the king, my lord! May DNN] b[less the king, my lord]. (6) [Conc]erning [the ......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 186. (no title) (CT 53 162)
(1) To the kin[g, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! [May] Nabû (and) Mard[uk bless the king, my lord]. (Break) (r 3) nob[ody ......] is [...] (r.e. 5) They have fle[d ......]
Daily LifeSAA 16 187. (no title) (CT 53 570)
(1) T[o the king, my lord: your] servant [PN]. Good he[alth to the king, my lord]! [May] Nabû and [Marduk bless the king]. (5) As to the [......] (6) the chi[ef ......] (7) I as[ked ......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 188. (no title)
(1) To the kin[g, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! May Nabû (and) Mar[duk] bl[ess the king, my lord]. (Break) (r 2) [The king, my lord, can be] glad. (r 3) Let [them] sen[d me] whatev[er] was not detached [from ...].
Daily LifeSAA 16 189. (no title) (CT 53 650)
(1) To [the king, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good healt[h to the king, my lord]! [May] Nabû and [Marduk bless the king], my lord. (6) [Ye]sterda[y I said ...]: "Let me co[me ...]" (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 191. (no title)
(1) [T]o the king, [my lord]: your [ser]vant [PN. G]ood health t[o the king, my lord]! [M]ay Bel and Nabû bles[s the king, my lord]. (Break) (8) much [...] (9) The king [said] to [the ...] (10) (and) to the [...] (officials): (11) "[...] me wine from [...] (Break) (r 5) They will catch [the enemies o]f the king from the land of [...] (r 6) and [...] (r 7) from/with [...] (Break) (r 12) [...] the gods [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 193. (no title)
(1) To [the king, m]y [lord]: yo[ur] servant [PN]. Good [health to the kin]g, my lord! [May] Aššur, [DN], Marduk, Ištar [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 194. (no title) (CT 53 652)
(1) [To the king], my [lord: your servant PN]. May [the gods of] heaven bless [the king, my lord]. (5) [...... the k]ing, my lord (Break) (r 1) [...] my [...] (r 2) [...... the ki]ng, my lord [......]
Daily LifeSAA 16 195. (no title) (CT 53 657)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) [May DNN grant lon]g [days, everlasting] yea[rs, happiness and phy]sical [well-being] to the kin[g, our lord. May they give him ...] descendants and a l[ong reign]! (4) [Concerning what the kin]g, our lord, wrote t[o us ...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 199. Report on Work (ABL 1055)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) they are guard[ing ...] (3) As to what the king, my lord wr[ote to me]: "Let them do [...] wor[k] until the 20th. [...] their work [...]." (7) On the 3rd day of the mon[th ...] (8) they came [......] (9) a bodyguard [...] (Break) (r 2) They will set to [work and do it].
Daily LifeSAA 16 200. All the Lands Belong to the King (ABL 1139)
(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) [......] we will c[ome ...] (r 3) [......] with [...] (r 4) [All the lands] from where the sun rise[s to where] it sets be[long] to the king. (r 6) [The people] of all the lands [are] obedient to [the king]. (r 7) The eunuchs (and) the bearded court[iers] eat bread [under the king's protection ...] (r 9) [...] and in the houses [...] (r 10) [...] quickly ... [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 201. Revering the King (ABL 1144)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) saying: "I [will ...] in the palace. One of you [...]." (3) In the reign of your father, (when) our grandfather went up (there), they revered the king. (r 2) Last year, (when) he passed by, they revered the king, my lord. But now they ref[use] to rev[ere] the king. (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 202. Go and Ask! (ABL 1158)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) The king, my lord, t[old me]: "On the 28th you will g[o] (and) ask!" Now, what is it that the king, my lord, [commands]? (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 204. Glazing Bricks (ABL 1310)
(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... the] commander-in-chief (3) [......] they say (4) [......] ... (5) [......] they do (6) [...... I] said (7) [......] with the king (8) [......] I (and) the brick masons (9) [......] the chief ... (10) [... have gla]zed [bricks] (11) [...] there are (12) [...] the king made clear (13) [...] asked (14) [...] ... (r 1) [...] we asked (r 2) [...] they said: "2 or 3 (r 3) [...] there are (r 4) [...] with(in) 2 or 3 (r 5) [...] we will go and [...] the face (r 6) [...] said (r 7) [...] in its place (r 8) [...] We shall clear up (who is) a friend (r 9) [... and] tell [it to] the king. (r 10) [Perhaps the king will say: "Is yo]ur [...] an instigator?" (r 11) [... that] I am [...] (r 12) [......] the c[ommander-in-c]hief (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 205. Appointing Guards (CT 53 109)
(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) I ap[point]ed two guards and two [...s] in their service. Concerning their bread I made it very clear that they are to bring the [...] down where [there are] shelters. (r 7) [Now] Marduk-remanni [..., say]ing: "The servants of the city [GN ...] our [wo]rk." (r 10) [He we]nt off [...] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 16 206. (no title) (CT 53 189)
(Beginning destroyed) (1) Now then, we have seen [the ...] of the palace who produce the [...]. There is [...] (Break) (r 3) The king, [my lord], should not [be concerned] about it. (r 5) We [......] (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeSAA 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 [...] (12) [...] Nabû-mušezib [......] (Rest destroyed)
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