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SAA 01 155. Philistine Troops in Arbela (ABL 0218)

SAA 01 156. (no title) (ABL 1064)

SAA 01 157. (no title) (CT 53 525)

SAA 01 158. Gold and Silver Objects Sent to the King (CT 53 001)

SAA 01 159. Reclaiming Investments in Dur-Šarruken (ABL 1442)

SAA 01 160. Collecting Barley for Palace Consumption (ABL 0843)

SAA 01 161. Collecting Barley (CT 53 461)

SAA 01 162. A Letter from the Recruitment Officers (ABL 1036)

SAA 01 163. Guarding a Bull Colossus (ABL 1417)

SAA 01 164. Master Builders to Work on a Bull Colossus (CT 53 465)

SAA 01 165. Master Builders at Work (ABL 0955)

SAA 01 166. On Bull Colossi (CT 53 451)

SAA 01 168. On Dur-Šarruken (CT 53 506)

SAA 01 169. Counting Broken [...] (CT 53 644)

SAA 01 170. Distributing Barley to the Magnates (CT 53 333)

SAA 01 173. A Report on the State of the Province (ABL 0224)

SAA 01 174. A Report on the State of the Province (ABL 0225)

SAA 01 177. Organizing a Post Station (ABL 0414)

SAA 01 178. Report on the Arabs (ABL 0953)

SAA 01 179. No Iron to the Arabs! (CT 53 010)

SAA 01 180. Ammili’ti at Riblah (CT 53 199)

SAA 01 181. Guarding the Grain Depots of Chariot Troops (ABL 1070)

SAA 01 182. Hands Off My Granaries! (CT 53 888)

SAA 01 183. Carchemish Under Assyrian Yoke (ABL 1287)

SAA 01 184. The Eunuchs of Aššur-ila’i (ABL 0322)

SAA 01 185. An Issue from the City of Nampigi (ABL 0323)

SAA 01 186. On the Way to the Palace (CT 53 491)

SAA 01 187. Tributaries on the Way to the Palace (CT 53 907)

SAA 01 188. Festival of the Moon God (ABL 0134)

SAA 01 189. The Priest of Nerab in Harran (ABL 1227+)

SAA 01 190. Settling a Dispute (ABL 0131)

SAA 01 191. Dadi-suri Denounces His Father (ABL 0132)

SAA 01 192. Oil for the Governor of Dur-Šarruken (CT 53 020)

SAA 01 193. Distributing Cloaks to Soldiers (ABL 0642)

SAA 01 194. The Royal Corps and Deportees at Harran (ABL 1073)

SAA 01 195. Reviewing Deportees (ABL 0701)

SAA 01 196. On Captives (CT 53 208)

SAA 01 197. On Fugitives (CT 53 839)

SAA 01 198. (no title) (CT 53 262)

SAA 01 199. (no title) (CT 53 734)

SAA 01 200. (no title) (ABL 0135)

SAA 01 201. Building the Town of Duru (ABL 1223)

SAA 01 202. Measurements of Doorposts (ABL 0130)

SAA 01 203. Measurements of Doors (ABL 0457)

SAA 01 204. Tracking a Ninevite Scribe (ABL 0706+)

SAA 01 205. The Best Chariot-Fighters in Town (ABL 0154)

SAA 01 206. Sending Borers to the King (ABL 0155)

SAA 01 207. (no title) (ABL 0156)

SAA 01 208. A Visit to Hindanu (CT 53 094)

SAA 01 209. (no title) (CT 53 090)