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~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 11

SAA 11 206. Census Tablet (ADB 08)

(Beginning destroyed) (i 3) [...]Hu-[...]; [...] son of Adad-bi['di], shepherd. Samuna-aplu-iddina; Bel-banu; [1] suckling son; [1+]2 women: a total of 6 people. (i 10) 170 sheep, — tax quota assigned. [Total, in the] town Harbat-ila'i-Bel, in the steppe of the district of the town Balihu. (i 13) Salamu, farmer; 20 hectares of arable land, 10 hectares under cultivation therein; 1 ox; 1 house; 1 threshing-floor; 1 garden. (i 18) Ahâ, farmer; Tiniyâ, Se'-dikir, 2 brothers of his, adolescents; Samsi-iabi, of 4 spans' height; 2 women: a total of 6 people. 1 ox, [x] hectares of arable land;…

SAA 11 206. Census Tablet (ADB 08)

SAA 11 207. Census Tablet (ADB 06)

SAA 11 208. Fragment of Census Tablet (ADB 14)

SAA 11 209. Census Tablet (ADB 09+)

SAA 11 211. Fragment of Census Tablet (ADB 19)

SAA 11 212. Fragment of Census Tablet (ADB 18)

SAA 11 213. Census Tablet (ADB 04)

SAA 11 214. Fragment of Census Tablet (ADB 21)

SAA 11 215. Fragment of Census Tablet (ADB 15)

SAA 11 216. Fragment of Census Tablet (ADD 1064)

SAA 11 217. Fragment of Census Tablet (ADB 17)

SAA 11 218. Fragment of Census Tablet (ADB 20)

SAA 11 219. Census Tablet (ADB 05)

SAA 11 220. Census Tablet (ADB 07)

SAA 11 221. Schedule of Estates Assigned to Officials (ADD 0675)

SAA 11 223. List of Inherited Land (ADD 0773)

SAA 11 224. List of Leased Land (ADD 0755)

SAA 11 225. List of Estates in Various Provinces (ADD 0774)

SAA 11 226. Report on Fifty Hectares of Sown Land (ADD 0972)

SAA 11 227. Report on Sown Land

SAA 11 228. Schedule of Estate Assignments (ADD 0918)

SAA 11 230. Fragmentary Schedule of Land (ADD 1084)

SAA 11 231. List of Groves (ADD 0778)

SAA 11 232. Ten Hectares of Exempted Land (ADD 0825)

SAA 11 233. Fragmentary List of Land and People (ADD 0717)

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 12 033. 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 07 084. Fragment of Precious Stone Record (ADD 1086)

SAA 07 116. Account of Wool and Madder (ADD 0951)

SAA 07 137. Account of Wine and Beer (ADD 0848+)

SAA 07 138. Account of Wine and Beer (ADD 1049)

SAA 07 139. Account of Wine and Beer (ADD 1050)

SAA 11 010. List of Arrivals from the Provinces (ADD 0921)

SAA 11 011. Persons Assigned to(?) Cities (ADD 0842)

SAA 11 081. Fragment of Sheep List(?) (ADD 0984+)

SAA 07 001. List of Experts at Court (ADD 0851)

SAA 07 007. List of Officials at Court (ADD 0833)

SAA 07 010. List of Lodgings for Officials (ADD 0850)

SAA 07 018. List of People of Various Professions (ADD 0832)

SAA 07 020. List of Various Professions (Iraq 32 24)

SAA 07 022. Partial duplicate of No. 21 (ADD 0836)

SAA 07 040. Possible List of Debts (ZA 73 06)

SAA 07 051. Inventory of Tablets and Writing Boards (ADD 1053)

SAA 07 055. Fragment of Tablet Inventory (JNES 42 17)

SAA 07 081. Precious Items for the Gods (Iraq 32 25)

SAA 07 102. Textile Label (ADD 0683)