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~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 12

SAA 12 077. Collection of Decrees from Various Reigns (NARGD 54)

(Beginning destroyed) (i 1) 20 — the [......] (i 2) Total: 360 [......]. (i 3) The chief fuller of [the palace] gives 1 litre of oil, 1 litre of [...]. (i 6) The ploughmaster of the [palace] giv[es] one glass of car[damom ...]. (i 9) Total that Shalman[eser (IV)] establis[hed]. (i 11) The garde[ner] of the palace [gives] 5 ...-plants. (i 14) Total that was added by [...]. (i 15) [The wine master] gives 1 litre of wine. Total that was ad[ded] by Tiglath-Pil[eser (III)]. (i 18) The rab qaqqulāti gives 2 seahs of bread, 1 litre of so[up], 1 seah 4 litres of beer, and 2 litres of maṣhatu-flour.…

SAA 12 077. Collection of Decrees from Various Reigns (NARGD 54)

SAA 12 078. Fragment of a Decree Concerning Distribution of Meat (NARGD 52)

SAA 12 079. Fragment of a Decree? (NARGD 53)

SAA 12 089. Royal Votive Gift for Ištar of Arbela (IAsb pl.50)

SAA 12 090. Assurbanipal Recovers a Stolen Village (IAsb pl.21)

SAA 12 093. Mannu-de’iq Donates his Son to Ninurta (ADD 0641)

SAA 12 097. Private Votive Donation to Nabu (NARGD 37)

SAA 12 047. Fragment of Land Grant (NARGD 24)

SAA 12 001. Adad-nerari III Grants Land to Aššur to Provide Offerings (KAV 094)

SAA 12 002. Possibly Part of No. 1 (KAV 117)

SAA 12 024. Esarhaddon Grants Land to Provide Regular Offerings (STT 049)

SAA 12 036. Aššur-etel-ilani Exempts a Cohort Commander from Taxes (NARGD 14)

SAA 12 048. Part of Land Grant for Temple Offerings (STT 044)

SAA 12 053. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Type Land Grant (ADD 0752)

SAA 12 068. Late Copy of a Decree of Tukulti-Ninurta for the Temple of Šarrat-nipha (PKTA 32-33)

SAA 12 070. Unplaced Fragment of the Text of No. 69 (NARGD 45)

SAA 12 071. Decree of Regular Offerings for the Aššur Temple by Adad-nerari III (NARGD 46)

SAA 12 072. Fragment of the Text of No. 71 (NARGD 47)

SAA 12 073. Prism Fragment Containing Part of the Text of No.71 (NARGD 48)

SAA 12 074. Fragment of Decree of Adad-nerari III (KAH 116)

SAA 12 080. Schedule of Wine Offerings by the Magnates to the Aššur Temple (KAV 079)

SAA 12 081. Schedule of Distribution of Meat from Offerings (PKTA 35)

SAA 12 082. Edict Appointing Nergal-apil-kumu’a (ARRIM 1, 13)

SAA 12 083. Edict Appointing Nergal-apil-kumu’a (BaM24 239+)

SAA 12 084. Text Duplicating No. 83 (CTN 4 256)

SAA 12 085. Adad-nerari Adds the Land of Hindanu to the Territory of Raṣappa (AAA 20 105+)

SAA 12 086. Sennacherib Dedicates Personnel to his Newly-built Akitu Temple (PKTA 27)

SAA 12 087. Sennacherib Dedicates Personnel to the Temple of Zababa and Babu (KAV 039)

SAA 12 088. Gift of Sennacherib for Esarhaddon (ABL 1452)

SAA 12 091. Memorandum Concerning Votive Donation (STT 406+)

SAA 12 098. Aššur-reṣuwa Donates Property and People to Nabu (SAAB 01 59)

SAA 02 001. Treaty of Šamši-Adad V with Marduk-zakir-šumi, King of Babylon (AfO 08 28)

SAA 02 002. Treaty of Aššur-nerari V with Mati’-ilu, King of Arpad (AfO 08 17+)

SAA 02 004. Accession Treaty of Esarhaddon (JCS 39 187)

SAA 02 007. Oath of Loyalty to Esarhaddon (JCS 39 174)

SAA 02 008. Zakutu Treaty (ABL 1239+)

SAA 02 009. Assurbanipal’s Treaty with Babylonian Allies (ABL 1105)

SAA 02 013. A Vassal Treaty (JCS 39 175)

SAA 02 003. Sennacherib’s Succession Treaty (PKTA 31)

SAA 02 005. Esarhaddon’s Treaty with Baal, King of Tyre (Ash pl. 3+)

SAA 02 006. Esarhaddon’s Succession Treaty (VTE)

SAA 02 010. Assurbanipal’s Treaty with the Qedar Tribe (JCS 39 159)

SAA 02 011. Sin-šarru-iškun’s Treaty with Babylonian Allies (BRM 4 50)

SAA 02 012. Extract from a Treaty of Sin-šarru-iškun (AfO 13 T14)

SAA 02 014. Esarhaddon’s Treaty Inscription (JCS 39 158)

SAA 02 015. Tell Tayinat Version of Esarhaddon’s Succession Treaty (JCS 64 091)

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

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

SAA 04 002. Will Mugallu ...? (PRT 089) [military and political]

SAA 04 003. Will the Chief Eunuch Drive Mugallu away from a Fortress of Melid? (AGS 055) [military and political]