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~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 6

SAA 06 341. Remanni-Adad Buys 30 Slaves (ADD 0424)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) 2 per[sons .......] (3) Nur-[......] (4) Ša-[......] (5) [.......] (6) Ban[î, ......], (7) Ereš-[..., NN]; a total of 12 persons. (8) [NN], his wife and daughter; Na'di-[... and NN]; a total of 5 persons, (r 1) in all 30 persons, servants of his house — (r 2) Remanni-Adad, chariot driver of the king of Assyria, has contracted and bought (said) fields, houses and people for 30 minas of silver from Arbailayu. (r 4) The money [is paid] comple[tely. Those fields, houses and peop]le [are purchased and acquired. Any rev]ocation, [lawsuit, or litigation is void]. (r 7)…

SAA 06 341. Remanni-Adad Buys 30 Slaves (ADD 0424)

SAA 06 342. Remanni-Adad Buys 10 Slaves (ADD 0247)

SAA 06 344. Duplicate of the Previous Document (ADD 0271)

SAA 06 345. Remanni-Adad Buys Three Slaves (ADD 0322)

SAA 06 346. Remanni-Adari Purchases a Slave (ADD 0203)

SAA 06 347. Remanni-Adad Buys a Slave (ADD 0174)

SAA 06 348. Remanni-Adad Buys Slaves (ADD 0297)

SAA 06 350. A Fragmentary Purchase Document of Remanni-Adad (ADD 0571)

SAA 11 019. Building Progress Report (CT 53 429+)

SAA 11 033. Gifts from Western Clients (ABL 0632)

SAA 11 034. Tribute(?) Bowls from the West (CT 53 722)

SAA 11 099. List of Commodities Including Animals (CT 53 515)

SAA 11 145. Difficulty of Obtaining Justice? A Memorandum (CT 53 173)

SAA 11 156. Babylonians Working in the Library (ABL 0447)

SAA 11 162. Dealings with the Arabs over Men and Camels (ABL 0631)

SAA 11 168. Deportees(?) from the North and East (CT 53 787)

SAA 12 006. Adad-nerari III Grants a Field to a Eunuch (NARGD 02)

SAA 12 022. Possibly Part of No. 21 (NARGD 36)

SAA 12 026. Assurbanipal Exempts Nabu-šarru-uṣur, Chief Eunuch, from Taxes (NARGD 10)

SAA 12 027. Schedule to Nabu-šarru-uṣur Grant Document (ADD 0741+)

SAA 12 033. Fragment of Assurbanipal Grant

SAA 12 038. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Grant (NARGD 16)

SAA 12 040. Fragment of Aššur-etel-ilani Grant (NARGD 21+)

SAA 12 092. Four Men Donate a Bastard to Ninurta (ADD 0640)

SAA 12 094. The Ninurta Temple Purchases a Devotee (ADD 0642)

SAA 06 011. Duplicate of the Preceding Text (ADD 0394)

SAA 06 014. Inurta-ila’i Buys Land from Remanni-ilu (ADD 0393)

SAA 06 018. (no title) (739-XII-19) (ADD 1251)

SAA 06 023. A Eunuch Buys Land in Meze (727-X-7) (ADD 1156)

SAA 06 031. Nabu-kabti-ahhešu, Scribe of Sargon, Buys Land (709-VIII-13) (TCL 9 58)

SAA 06 047. Note of Silver Owed to Šumma-ilani (681-VII-4) (ADD 0030)

SAA 06 057. Nabu-šumu-iškun, Sennacherib's Chariot Driver, Buys 20 Slaves (ADD 0253)

SAA 06 064. Note of 7 Minas of Copper Owed to Bahianu (693) (ADD 0029)

SAA 06 067. Note of 23 Homers of Barley Owed to Bahianu (688-IV-23) (ADD 0133)

SAA 06 068. Duplicate of the Previous Text (688-IV-23) (ADD 0145)

SAA 06 069. Bahianu Loans 10 Homers of Barley (688-X-6) (ADD 1213+)

SAA 06 070. Bahianu Loans 4 Homers of Barley (686-VI-29) (ADD 0134)

SAA 06 073. Bahianu Loans 10 Homers of Barley (684-III-21) (ADD 0142)

SAA 06 087. The Governess of the Central City Harem Buys Slaves (ADD 0263)

SAA 06 093. Ahi-ṭalli, Governess of the Central City Harem, Buys an Estate (ADD 0643)

SAA 06 094. The Governess of the Central City Harem [Releases] 31 People (ADD 1163)

SAA 06 103. Aplaya, 'Third Man' of the Crown Prince, Buys a Slave (694-VII-12) (ADD 0201)

SAA 06 105. Aplaya Buys an Estate of 30 Hectares (690-XII-9) (ADD 1152)

SAA 06 108. Aplaya Loans 1/2 Mina of Silver (683-I-25) (ADD 0051)

SAA 06 112. Se’-madi, Village Manager, Buys 6 Persons and an Estate (ADD 0455)

SAA 06 147. (no title) (690-I-14) (Iraq 32 13)

SAA 06 148. Fragment of a Slave Sale (690-III-2) (Iraq 32 14)

SAA 06 149. A Broken Real Estate Sale (689) (ADD 0432)

SAA 06 156. Pre-payment for a Slave (687-VII-18) (ADD 0100)

SAA 06 161. Ribate Adds to his Land (686-X-7) (ADD 0374)