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SAA 17 138. Fragment Mentioning Merodach-Baladan

SAA 17 139. Account of Disbursed Silver (ABL 0527)

SAA 17 140. Arameans in Uruk Friendly to the Son of Yakin Should be Deported (ABL 0747)

SAA 17 141. Sealanders and Sons of Yakin (ABL 0748)

SAA 17 143. Messengers of Son of Zeriya in Kissik (ABL 0749)

SAA 17 144. Old Border (ABL 1467)

SAA 17 145. Restoring the Privileges of Nemed-Lagudu (ABL 1029+)

SAA 17 146. Sending Information to the King (ABL 0865)

SAA 17 147. Ostrich’s Egg (CT 54 003)

SAA 17 148. Capturing the Family of Haza’-il (ABL 0559)

SAA 17 149. Natannu’s Escape to Elam (ABL 0422)

SAA 17 150. To the Chief Tailor: The Army Should Come Quickly! (ABL 0906)

SAA 17 151. To the Magnates: The Army Should Come Quickly, or We Shall be Lost (ABL 1112)

SAA 17 153. Reliable Appointee (ABL 1275)

SAA 17 154. Elamite Sheikh (ABL 1331)

SAA 17 155. Your Messenger Must Bring a Letter with Him! (ABL 0214)

SAA 17 156. Plotting against an Official of the King (ABL 1020)

SAA 17 157. Troops (ABL 0999)

SAA 17 158. Shooting Arrows at the Wall of the Temple (ABL 1339)

SAA 17 159. Sending Tyrians to the King (CT 54 494)

SAA 17 160. The Throne of Bel (ABL 1182)

SAA 17 161. Working with the King’s Men of Bit-Dakuri (ABL 0913)

SAA 17 162. Sending City Lords to the King (ABL 1072)

SAA 17 163. (no title) (CT 54 143)

SAA 17 164. My Lord Should not Believe Calumnies about me (CT 54 246)

SAA 17 165. We Have not Sold Sinneans for Silver! (CT 54 041)

SAA 17 167. Welcome for the King (CT 54 227)

SAA 17 168. Cohort Commander Reports on Chaldean Matters (CT 54 135)

SAA 17 170. Mušezib-Marduk Goes to Elam (ABL 1304)

SAA 17 171. Fragment Concerning Babylon (ABL 1334)

SAA 17 172. King Retreats from Der, Fortresses Burnt (CT 54 008)

SAA 17 173. King’s Eunuch Comes to Arrapha (CT 54 018)

SAA 17 174. Dur-Yakin in Disrepair (CT 54 030)

SAA 17 175. May the King Send Troops, so We Can Enter Marad (CT 54 073)

SAA 17 176. Report on the King of Elam (CT 54 171)

SAA 17 177. Contacting the Vizier (CT 54 186)

SAA 17 178. (no title) (CT 54 194)

SAA 17 179. (no title) (CT 54 199)

SAA 17 181. Free Passage for the son of Yakin (CT 54 211)

SAA 17 182. (no title) (CT 54 216)

SAA 17 183. Fragment Mentioning Tilmun and Urarṭu (to the Crown Prince) (CT 54 217)

SAA 17 184. Fragment Mentioning Tyrians (CT 54 225)

SAA 17 186. Fragment Mentioning Merodach-Baladan (CT 54 247)

SAA 17 187. (no title) (CT 54 248)

SAA 17 188. (no title) (CT 54 256)

SAA 17 189. Fragment Referring to a Carrier Pigeon (CT 54 270)

SAA 17 190. Seed-Grain and Barley for the Fortress (CT 54 272)

SAA 17 191. Fragment Mentioning Zabaya (CT 54 274)

SAA 17 192. Fragment Mentioning Kalbi-Uku and Lanše (CT 54 279)

SAA 17 193. Battle at Bit-Bunakki (CT 54 338)