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Page 217 / 218

~655 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

SAA 14

SAA 14 350. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 1182)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [......] (r 2) [whether against his] sons, [or his ...] (r 3) seeks [...] (r 4) shall plac[e x] mina of pure gold [in the lap of] Ninurta residing in Calah, shall eat [plucked wool (and) drink] a full agannu vessel of tanner's pas[te]. He shall return [the money] tenfold to its owner. He shall contest [in his lawsuit] and [not] succeed. (r 10) [Witness NN. Witness] Šibanu. (r 11) [Witness NN], horse tra[iner] of the [crown] prince. (Rest destroyed)

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SAA 14 350. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 1182)

SAA 14 351. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 1184+)

SAA 14 352. Purchase of Land (ADD 1202+)

SAA 14 354. Purchase of Land (ADD 1204)

SAA 14 355. Purchase of Land and People (ADD 1205)

SAA 14 356. Purchase of Land (ADD 1206+)

SAA 14 360. (no title) (ADD 1210)

SAA 14 361. Fragment of a Witness List (ADD 1211)

SAA 14 362. Purchase of a Slave (ADD 1219)

SAA 14 363. (no title) (ADD 1220)

SAA 14 364. Purchase of a Slave (ADD 1221+)

SAA 14 365. (no title) (ADD 1223)

SAA 14 366. (no title) (ADD 1224)

SAA 14 367. (no title) (ADD 1225)

SAA 14 370. (no title) (ADD 1238)

SAA 14 371. (no title) (ADD 1239)

SAA 14 375. Lease of Land (ADD 1253)

SAA 14 392. Purchase of Land (ADD 1279)

SAA 14 395. Purchase of a Vacant Lot and a Threshing Floor

SAA 14 397. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (Iraq 32 07)

SAA 14 423. Purchase of Land

SAA 14 424. Asalluhi-šumu-iddina, Cohort Commander, Buys 12 Slaves (*638-X-12) (TIM 11 02)

SAA 14 425. Asalluhi-šumu-iddina Buys Land in Nabu-šemanni (*630-VIII-28) (TIM 11 01)

SAA 14 426. Inurta-šarru-uṣur Lends Half a Mina of Silver (*630-IX-20) (TIM 11 07)

SAA 14 427. Inurta-šarru-uṣur Lends 15 Star-Patterned Birds (*627-II) (TIM 11 12)

SAA 14 428. Inurta-šarru-uṣur Lends Donkey Legs (*626-I) (TIM 11 05)

SAA 14 429. Inurta-šarru-uṣur Lends Six Shekels of Silver (*622-XI-18) (TIM 11 06)

SAA 14 430. Court Order on Behalf of Inurta-šarru-uṣur (*621-V) (TIM 11 11)

SAA 14 431. Nur-šarru-uṣur Lends Barley (*621-XIIa-20) (TIM 11 13)

SAA 14 432. Inurta-šarru-uṣur Lends Barley (*618-I-14) (TIM 11 09)

SAA 14 433. Inurta-šarru-uṣur Lends Silver (*616) (TIM 11 04)

SAA 14 434. Inurta-šarru-uṣur Rents Land in the Village of Smiths (*612-VI-28) (TIM 11 08)

SAA 14 435. Inurta-šarru-uṣur Buys a Woman (*612) (TIM 11 03)

SAA 14 436. Inurta-šarru-uṣur Lends Barley (Mannu-ki-Arbail-X-10) (TIM 11 10)

SAA 14 437. Mukin-ahhe Redeems His Nephew (669-VII-21) (TIM 11 18$)

SAA 14 438. Inner Tablet of the Preceding Text (TIM 11 18)

SAA 14 439. Delivery Contract for a Donkey Mare (656-VI-1) (TIM 11 19)

SAA 14 440. Bedroom and Inner Courtyard Pledged (655-II-19) (TIM 11 17)

SAA 14 441. Pan-Issar-lamur, Eunuch, Lends One Mina of Silver (*634-II-22) (TIM 11 16)

SAA 14 442. Puti-Athiš Buys a Boy As a Son for Himself (*634) (TIM 11 15)

SAA 14 443. Puṭu-Eši Buys a Woman as a Wife (TIM 11 14)

SAA 14 444. Šumma-taṣip Lends Barley (TIM 11 27)

SAA 14 445. Silver Loan (*621-I-21) (TIM 11 25)

SAA 14 446. Court Order Concerning a Silver Loan (*612-VII) (TIM 11 22)

SAA 14 447. (no title) (TIM 11 20)

SAA 14 448. Court Order Concerning Copper Vessels (TIM 11 21)

SAA 14 449. Fragmentary Court Order (TIM 11 23)

SAA 14 450. Court Decision Concerning Adoption (TIM 11 24)

SAA 14 451. (no title) (TIM 11 26)

SAA 14 452. (no title) (TIM 11 28)