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SAA 13 158. Why Does the Crown Prince Torment Me So? (ABL 1149)

SAA 13 159. We Have Started Work on the Ritual Bath (CT 53 193)

SAA 13 160. Fragment Mentioning Nineveh (ABL 1229)

SAA 13 161. Restoration Work on the Temples of Babylon (ABL 0471)

SAA 13 162. Restoration Work in the Esaggil (ABL 0120)

SAA 13 163. Plaster and Cedar Beams for the Esaggil (ABL 1219)

SAA 13 164. Roofing Shrines in the Esaggil (CT 53 060)

SAA 13 165. Restoration Work in the Esaggil (CT 53 846)

SAA 13 166. Memorandum on Affairs to be Discussed with the King (ABL 0464)

SAA 13 167. Restoration Work on the Esaggil (CT 53 959)

SAA 13 168. The Restoration of Esaggil is Completed (ABL 0119)

SAA 13 169. Cult Objects Stolen (CT 53 635)

SAA 13 170. Fragment Mentioning Esaggil

SAA 13 171. Killers on the Loose (CT 53 905)

SAA 13 172. We Have Not Been Selling Sheep (CT 53 876)

SAA 13 173. We Are Rebuilding Babylon (ABL 0501)

SAA 13 174. Let Me Have the Gems So I Can Finish My Work (ABL 0498)

SAA 13 175. The Design for the Bed of the Lord of Heaven and Earth (ABL 0497)

SAA 13 176. Send Me Assistants for the Clothing Ceremony of Bel (ABL 0496)

SAA 13 177. Send Their Carpenters (ABL 0475)

SAA 13 179. More About Events in Babylonia (ABL 0968)

SAA 13 180. The Statue of Marduk is Coming, They Say (CT 54 395)

SAA 13 181. Troubles with a Chaldean Chieftain (CT 54 506)

SAA 13 182. Broken Letter Mentioning Rašil (ABL 1034)

SAA 13 183. Fragment Mentioning Rašil (CT 54 467)

SAA 13 184. Fragment Mentioning Rašil (ABL 0861)

SAA 13 185. Threats and Beatings (ABL 1374+)

SAA 13 187. The King Had Mercy on his Servant (ABL 0514)

SAA 13 188. Thirty Talents (Plus a Few Minas) of Silver for Cultic Objects (CT 53 921)

SAA 13 189. Adad Will Go to the Festival Chapel (ABL 1197)

SAA 13 190. These Gods Should Go to Babylon (CT 53 141)

SAA 13 191. (no title) (ABL 0940)

SAA 13 192. Damage to Divine Furnishings (ABL 1212)

SAA 13 193. (no title) (ABL 1243)

SAA 13 194. (no title) (CT 53 316)

SAA 13 195. Letters to the Palace (CT 53 406)

SAA 13 196. A Problem in Samaria? (CT 53 425)

SAA 13 197. About a Divine Party (CT 53 452)

SAA 13 198. Counting Statues (CT 53 516)

SAA 13 199. (no title) (CT 53 544)

SAA 13 200. The Sacred Marriage of the Lord of the Lands (CT 53 601)

SAA 13 201. Trampled Writing Boards (CT 53 622)

SAA 13 202. Fragment Mentioning Harran (CT 53 653)

SAA 13 203. (no title) (CT 53 662)

SAA 13 204. (no title) (CT 53 681)

SAA 13 205. (no title) (CT 53 738)

SAA 13 206. (no title) (CT 53 896)

SAA 13 207. Priests’ Helpers (CT 53 899)

SAA 13 208. (no title) (CT 53 901)

SAA 13 209. (no title) (CT 53 909)