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Page 290 / 363

~700 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 12

SAA 12 069. Decree of Expenditures for Various Ceremonies in the Aššur Temple (NARGD 42)

(1) Adad-nerari (III), [representative of Enlil], overseer, son of Šamši-Adad (V), [representative of Enlil], overseer, son of Shalmaneser (III), [representative of Enlil], likewise overseer. (4) When Adad-nerari (III), king of Assyria, instituted [the expenditures] of oil and honey for the temple of Aššur and the sanctuaries of [... fo]r Shebat (XI) and for Tishri (VII) and for five days of intercalary Adar (XIIa), and entrusted them to Šamaš-naṣir, the treasurer of Aššur — (Blank seal space) (7) The expenditures for the pandugāni ceremony of the king: The confectioner takes 8 litres of…

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~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 12

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

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [...... x] litres of honey [......] (r 2) [...... to be hea]ted, of [......] (r 3) [......] the confectioner [takes] (r 4) [......] 7 seahs 4 litres of chick-peas, 3 seahs of lent[ils ...] (r 5) [...... refi]ned, 3 seahs of chick-peas, 3 litres of ordin[ary] lentils. (r 6) [......] second dipper, 2 litres of honey, 2 litres of [...] (r 7) [......] 1 litre ditto, 1 litre for [...]-flour (r 8) [...... they gi]ve. Total: 1 seah 7 litres of honey, 1 seah 7 lit[res of ......] divid[ed] with dippers [...]. (r 10) [...... t]o be heated. One litre of honey, 1 litre of…

SAA 12 069. Decree of Expenditures for Various Ceremonies in the Aššur Temple (NARGD 42)

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 12 095. A Man Donates his two Nephews to Nabu

SAA 12 096. Nabu-sakip Donates two Slaves and an Estate to Nabu

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

Ṣilulu 1

Son of Urdanum 2001

Zarriqum 2001 / Amar-Suena 2001

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