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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 302. Going to the Palace (CT 53 207)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] to my eunuch (3) [...] ... they sent to me: (4) "[... peop]le from among us (5) "[...] to the Palace (Break) (r 2) "[...]. W[e are] the king's [servants]." (r 3) [Now then] they are on their way [to the king], my [lo]rd. (r 4) [Whatever] their [......] (r 5) [...... let] them speak (r 6) [......] their people (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 15

SAA 15 303. Inventory of People (CT 53 604)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......]bi (and) his people, (2) [NN ...] (and) her daughter, (3) [...... M]ar-suri, (4) [...... Ada]d-immi, (5) [......] whom the king (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 304. Organizing a District (CT 53 934)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) "Organize [......]!" (3) [...] ... of the king, my lord, (4) all its [s]heep, all i[ts] fields and all its water [...]. (6) Are there (any) cities [that ...]? (7) [...] ... [...] (Break) (r 1) [...] the king [...] (r 2) they have written them down; (r 3) [...] of the king, my lord [...]. (r 4) And the water of ... is [...] (r 5) Now [then I have ...ed] their [...]s (r 7) [... the ...]s of the king (Remainder too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 305. Encouraging Allies (CT 53 564)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) com[e ......]. (r 2) [A]s the king, my lord [w]rote t[o his servant], in [this very way] we shall spe[ak] with them and encourage [them]. (r 6) And what ...[......] (e. 1) [......] who [......]

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 306. Royal Order Quoted in a Letter (CT 53 362)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] ... "[...] (2) [......] "the fort sho[uld be ...] (3) [......] "it [should] be watched over; and [...] (4) [......] "fetc[h] for your watch [...] (5) [...... "F]ear [not], be con[fident]! (6) [......] "Gua[rd] this [fo]rt!" (7) [...... Th]is is what he c[opied] from it. (8) [......]... knows [...] (9) [......] let him guard, and [...] (10) [......] before the (city) gate of [...] (11) [......] "the out[er side] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 307. Fragment Referring to a Council of Magnates (CT 53 668)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) "[......] his magnates (3) "[......] took co[unsel] (4) [...... o]n the image [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 308. Fragment Concerning Captives (CT 53 756)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) I gave him the captives [.....] (r 1) One ['mule]-house man' [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 309. Deportees Entrusted to a Bodyguard (CT 53 325)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... a son] of 4 spans (3) [...] total 7 persons (4) [NN] the bodyguard (5) [...] Šulmu-šarri (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 310. Fragment Concerning Deportees(?) (CT 53 624)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [concern]ing [NN ...] (2) 55 men and dependents [...] (3) 2,672 [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 311. Reviewing and Provisioning Deportees (CT 53 295)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) the lo[ne ...] whom the king, [my lord], sen[t], I re[viewed] the people, provi[sioned them], and gave [them] one o[f] the vill[ages] of the city Ta[...]. (r 3) 14 o[f them] have ru[n away]. (r 5) Perhaps they will com[e ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 312. Deportees (CT 53 518)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) two [......] (2) [......]s (3) [......] (4) "[......] (5) There are 170 persons with him.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 313. (no title) (CT 53 857)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health t]o the king, [my lord]! (4) [Concerning what the king], my [lo]rd, wrote to [me: "......] your [...], the 'souls' [...]! Do not ap[proach] anybody [...]!" (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 314. Fragment Concerning Deportation and Cultivation of Fields (CT 53 580)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] you (2) [......] they (Break) (r 1) [......] fiel[d] (r 2) [...] their [...]s (r 3) [... they de]ported (r 4) [... ...]... (r 5) [......] I wrote (r 6) [......] the work (r 7) [...... k]ean(s) (r 8) [... The day] I see (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 315. Fragment Concerning a Gardener (CT 53 447)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] I should have heard [...], (but) I did not he[ar it]. (4) [Concer]ning the garde[ner ... about wh]om the king, my lord, [wrote to me], (6) six men [......] (7) [wi]th the men [of ...] (8) g[ave] orders [...] (Rest too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 316. The Landed Property of a Prefect (CT 53 881)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] distribut[e(s) ...] (2) [...] corn tax [...] (3) [... the s]cholars whom the king, [my] lo[rd] (4) [......] gives (5) [...... go]es (6) [......] (7) [......] (8) Aššur-iddina, their prefect, holds [1]00 (hectares) of land and three orchards (Remainder too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 317. Why Have You Cultivated so Few Fields? (ABL 1019)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [about whom the ki]ng, [my] l[ord, wrote t]o me, [NN the bod]yguard has brought out [the ...]s fr[om GN. When] Kur'e-uballiṭ [ca]me to me, [I ga]ve them [x ...], 32 farmers and [x hundred] 20 homers of seed corn. (10) [x hundred] 20 homers of seed corn (11) [in ad]dition the people of the house [of ...] (12) [have] culti[vated ...] (r 1) [th]at is in [...]. (r 2) [All told] I have given out 1,100 homers of seed corn. (r 4) Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Why (then) have you cultivated so few [arable field]s?" (r 7) [...] it is the barley ration [which re]ached […

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 318. Ploughing with Six Oxen (CT 53 209)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) I shall notify [the king, my lord]. (3) [Perhaps the king, my lord], will say: "[Why did] the ha[rvest in] this [...]?" (5) One farmer [...] i[n ...]. At the summoning [...] they wielded the plough [with x oxen (only)]. Thereby the harvest did not c[ome out well]. (9) In this country, O kin[g, my lord], they wie[ld] the plough with six oxen [...]. They cultivate the seed [...] and make a good [harvest ...]. (r 5) Now [......] (r 6) [wi]th him [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 319. Fragment Referring to Harvest (CT 53 725)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) Now [......] (r 2) [W]hen [...]? (r 3) [Li]ke [...] (r 4) [the ha]rvest is excellen[t ...]

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 320. Fragment Referring to Harvesting (CT 53 599)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) gives his [......] (4) harv[ests the f]ield [...] (5) [Wh]en therein [...] (6) that [......] (7) in [......] (8) [......] (9) [......] (r 1) as [......] (r 2) let them be appointed [......] (r 3) as relie[f ......] (r 4) [The ki]ng, my lord, wha[tever ...] (r 5) [he sa]ys [...] (r 6) [...] let [the king], my lord [...] (r 7) [......] (r 8) [...] the kin[g ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 321. Setting aside Barley Rations (CT 53 180)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) "Write to me!" (2) Pigat (and) Ṣabatti are there. (r 1) [... t]owns (r 2) [x th]ousand barley rations (r 3) [...] I have set aside (r 4) [...-i]la'i (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 322. Providing Barley Rations and Fodder (CT 53 301)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) and [......] (3) all those who [......] into my presence (6) I told [them]: (7) "The k[ing ......]; but [...] the h[orses] in 13 [days ...]. (r 1) "[NN ... your] labour duty. (r 3) "[...] stored corn and fo[dder] for the pack-animals [...] (r 6) "And barley [rations] from [......] (Break) (e. 1) Now what is it that the k[ing, my lord, commands]?

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 323. Issuing Barley Rations (CT 53 499)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) in the presence of the king, [my] l[ord ...] (3) barley rations in [...] (4) to Bel-ša[rru-uṣur ...] (5) saying, "[...] barley rations (6) and what [......] (7) [the t]own [......] (Break) (r 1) set asi[de ......] (r 2) will hear [......] (r 3) will retrieve [......] (r 4) let him mov[e ......] (r 5) to the kin[g ......] (r 6) and [......] (Break) (e. 1) [......] I will give him

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 324. Fragment Concerning Corn Rations and Oxen (CT 53 684)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... y]ou w[rote ...] (2) [... x] hundred corn ra[tions ...] (3) [...] to the town [...] (4) [... li]ft [......] (5) [...] to [......] (6) [...] their oxen [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 325. Fragment Concerning Corn Rations and Camels (CT 53 685)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] Ennet-Aššur (3) [......] "corn rations (4) [...... c]amels (5) [...... the ki]ng (Break) (r 3) [......] Why should I (r 4) [......] You should (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 326. Fragment Concerning Straw (CT 53 706)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) straw [......] (3) a pile of straw fr[om ......] (4) the superintendent [......] (5) I [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 327. Fragment Concerning Straw (CT 53 707)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [The king, my lord, s]hould know (it). [...] (3) [NN], your servant [...] (4) [...] of straw (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 328. Fragment Concerning Seed Corn and Corn Rations (CT 53 927)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) seed corn [......] (3) Let the king, my lord, send (word) t[o the ......] arou[nd ......, that they ... to me] corn rations. (6) Th[is] year [......] (7) Be attenti[ve! ......] (8) my lord [......] (9) constantly [......] (10) of Kar-[......] (11) the king [......] (Break) (e. 1) [...] I have wr[itten to] the king, my lord [...]

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 329. Fragment Concerning Grass and Straw (CT 53 786)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) grass not [......] (3) the governor [......] (4) str[aw ......] (5) to [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 330. Providing Horses with Straw (CT 53 474)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) where two, where three [......] (2) of the king [......] (3) he borrow[ed ......] (4) threw before his horses [...] (6) where horses [...] (7) they took away the straw of the house [...] (r 2) the former from [......] (r 3) he sea[led ......] (r 4) Now ...[...] (r 5) the horses of [......] (r 6) all the [......] (r 7) three [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 331. Fragment Referring to Straw (CT 53 384)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) in the country [......] (2) ... [...] (3) straw [...] (4) How should we [...]? (r 1) In the sealed message [...] (r 2) wrote to m[e ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 332. Fragment Referring to Road Stations (CT 53 821)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... the to]wn Rištea[na] (3) [......]s answered (4) [Either] a 'mule-house man' (5) [or] a 'qiqî-house man' (6) should come [t]o me (7) [...] ... and water (8) [in road st]ations (9) [......] them (Break) (r 1) [......] (r 2) [...... the Eu]phrates

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 333. Fragment Referring to Mule Express (CT 53 352)

(1) [... the t]own K[i...] (2) [...] the town Ap[ku ...] (3) [...] the town Is[ana ...] (4) [...] ... [...] (5) [... there] is no [m]ule express [...] (6) [... the messe]nger of the vi[zier ...] (7) [... the tow]n Apar[u ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 334. Inventorying Horses (CT 53 526)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) "Wh[y] did you send me [......]?" (r 3) I have written down [......] (r 4) l will write [......] (r 5) 290 h[orses] (r 6) I have seen [......] (r 7) he we[nt ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 336. Fragment Referring to Cavalry (CT 53 845)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] cavalry [...] (3) [...] Assyrian [...] (4) I gav[e t]o Nabû-[...]. (6) [T]he me[n ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 337. Fragment Referring to Mares (ABL 1270)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) the troops [...] (r 3) [be i]t mare[s ...] (r 4) or depor[tees ...] (r 5) with the rest [...] (r 6) in the service of the ch[ief ...] (r 7) let me appoint [...] (r 8) as far as Pa[...] (r 9) they say [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 338. Fragment Mentioning Horses, Oxen and Sheep (CT 53 471)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) "[......] (3) [...] very [mu]ch [...] (4) "[... comple]ted [...] (5) [...] of hors[es] (6) [...] oxen, 1,000 she[ep ...] (7) [...] later [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 339. Fragment Mentioning Sheep (CT 53 299)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) three [......] (2) 60 sheep [...] (3) they together with [...] (4) are going [...] (5) their people [...] (6) eat bread [...] (7) d[rink wi]ne (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 340. Fragment Concerning Sheep (CT 53 549)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] one person [...] (3) [The king, my lord], knows that my sheep (4) [...] have gone up [to ...]s (5) [...] their vanguard (6) [...] are coming down (7) [... the] officials (8) [......] me (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 341. Inspecting the Fort and Clearing Canals (CT 53 228)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] Let [the king], my lord, as[k] (3) [... on] this [si]de (4) [...] Let the kin[g], my [l]ord, wri[te] (5) [......] (6) [...... the] fort (7) [......]... (8) [......] around the city (9) [......] opened (r 1) [...] which are/were full of dust (r 2) [...] the waters were blocked (r 3) [...] I shall inspect the fort (r 4) [...] their [...] seize[d] my mayor (r 5) [... c]avalryman (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 342. Coming for the Work Assignment (CT 53 431)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] watch [...] (2) I will com[e for my wo]rk assignment. [Let the king, my lord, n]ot say: "[He is] not [...], he does not do any [work], he does not [...] leg [...]!" (6) Now I have [...]ed the royal bodyguard [... who] came (8) [...] (by) the gods of the k[ing, my lord] (9) [...] I asked and I as[ked ...] (10) [...] he did not give [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 343. (no title)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your] servant [NN]. Good [health to the king, my lord]! (4) On the 30t[h] day [......] (5) ... [......] (6) [......] (7) you [......] (8) work assignment [......] (9) much [......] (10) [a]sked [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 344. Why Do You not Glaze Bricks? (CT 53 476)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] the king, [my lo]rd (3) [... s]peaks (4) ["...] your work (5) ["...] Why do you not glaze bricks in [...]?" (6) The [...]-man [ga]ve [...], saying: "If there is much [...]" (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 345. What are You Doing? (CT 53 395)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] have done [...] (3) [... in] Tishri (VII) [...] (4) [the king, m]y [lord] w[rote ...] (Break) (7) Perha[ps the king, my lord, w]ill say: "[What are you] doing?" (r 2) [...] I (r 3) [...] On the 15th day (r 4) [...] I shall finish ... (r 5) [...] I shall give them [the p]rice (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 346. Doing the Work (ABL 1441)

(1) To the ki[ng, my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! (4) When [......] (5) upon [......] (6) the king, my lord [...] (7) ... [...] (8) I shall la[y ...] (9) if [.....] (Break) (r 1) I will d[o] the work [...]

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 347. Fragment Concerning a Wall etc. (CT 53 640)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) Let the king, my lord, as[k ...] (3) If not, who would tell [...] in the king's presence? (5) [...] their wings [...] (6) Concerning the wall about which [...] (Break) (r 2) [...] not [......] (r 3) [th]e men [......] (r 4) [x] minas [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 348. Limestone and Master Builders (CT 53 239)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] the king [...] (2) [promo]ted the ki[ng ...] (3) [...] our work [...] (4) "Limestone and [...] st[one] (5) has been provided; the deputy [...] (6) ... The master builder[(s) ...] (7) [...] the[ir] work [...] (8) [...] does" [...] (9) I sent [...] before him [...] (Rest broken away or too fragmentary for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 349. Fragment Concerning Master Builders (CT 53 911)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [t]o [......] (2) master builders [......] (3) to [......] (4) he [......] (5) [...] to [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 350. Watch Over Houses Neglected (CT 53 291)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king, my lord]! (4) [Conce]rning the gu[ard ...] (5) the king [...] about it [...] (6) instead ...[...] (7) the rams of [...] (8) [a]s a fine [...] (Break) (r 2) "The city-lord watc[hed over] our houses [...]. Why did he not, when [the ...s] were serving with me, watc[h over] their houses?" (r 7) Now until I have giv[en ... t]o [the k]ing [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 351. A Search Effort (ABL 0996)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) "[Sen]d (word) [...]!" — We have been sending (word) [t]o the right and left. (r 1) Perhaps we shall indeed find (him/it), and I can send (him/it) to the king, my lord.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 352. Difficult Terrain (CT 53 338)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) "...[......] (2) send to m[e! ......] (3) the terrain [......] (4) is squeeze[d ......] (5) it is not suitable [for ......] (6) until I mobi[lize ......] (7) [......] (8) [... the ki]ng [......] (9) [......] (10) [...] he sa[id .......] (11) [... th]e el[ders ...] (Break) (r 1) [Concern]ing [......] (r 2) [o]f the land [......] (r 3) they have lead o[ut ......] (r 4) not [......] (r 5) Ubru-[......] (r 6) with [my] mes[senger ......] (r 7) to [......] (r 8) We shall retur[n ......] (r 9) the res[t ......] (r 10) [......] (r 11) with [......] (Rest destroyed)

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