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~800 BCE·Neo-Assyrian

RIAo

Adad-nerari III 2015

(1) Seal of Nabû-šarru-uṣur, eunuch of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria.

Economy

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2017

(1) Seal of Bēl-dayyānī, eunuch of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria.

~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 15 042. Feeding Hittite Deportees (ABL 1082)

(Obverse) [To the king, my lo]rd: your servant [PN]. [Good] health to the king, [my] lord! [Concerning] the Hittites about whom the king, my lord, [wrote to me], saying: "You wrote [that] the previous [consignments] of stored barley [...] they have moved twice(?)" — [...] which were at their disposal [...] I asked him: "Why [...] did they eat the previous (rations)? [...]" What their statement to the king, [my] lord, was [...] I have (now) written [...] [...] the seah-measure [...] [...] ... [...] (Remainder broken)

Daily Life·Economy

~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 15 072. Adda-rami and Horses (CT 53 606)

[To the king], my [lord]: [your servant, Bel]-eriba(?). [Good health to] the king, my [lord]! […] Adda-rami […] brother(s)/allies […]… [… the king], my lord […] […]… […] they shut, they went out/took… […] which I took. […] they brought (it) by the road/on campaign. [… tr]uly, now […] horses […] 3 horses […] concerning 3 horses […] they became frightened / bolted. […]… […] (broken off)

Daily Life·Economy

~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 15 105. Horses and Recruitment Officers of Calah (ABL 0127)

To the king, my lord: your servant Mannu-ki-Ninua ('Who-is-like-Nineveh'). Good health to the king, my lord! Let the royal bodyguard officer place (the recruits) at the disposal of the scribe (and) at the disposal of the recruitment officers; let them take their men and hand them over. The king, my lord, knows that the horses under my charge are dying. Let the king send me quickly one [of] their mules, for my use. As for the trainee grooms who came with me, I have placed them at the disposal of the recruitment officers. If the king, my lord, wishes to take charge of (conscript) them — the r…

Daily Life·Economy

~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 17 083. Pardoning the Offences of Borsippa (ABL 1076)

With [......] the king, my lord [......], one [......], as many as there are, let me investigate [their] gui[lt]. Those whose guilt is mi[nor, let him grant them] mercy, and let him be counted among [his loyal servants], and let him be entrusted to the king's guard. The men of Borsippa [......] enjoy kidinnu-privilege (protected status). Because of [his] guilt they forgave him; as long as he lives [he shall bless them], and he shall not commit another offence. The king, your father, said to Rimūtu as follows: 'The šatammu (temple-overseer) [......], his ... is dead [......] [......] [......].'

Daily Life·Economy

~710 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 17 090. Watch of Ekur and Nippur (CT 54 011)

[Tablet of the treasurer (GÚ.EN.NA)] [to] the king, his lord. [Go]od health to the king, my lord! May the great gods of Ekur and Nippur cause your hand to achieve whatever you have planned! Concerning the matter about which the king wrote, saying: '[To] Akanna, son of NN, [...] appoint (him) at [my] service' — (and) saying: 'Let the guard be made strong, and let the guard of Ekur and Nippur be st[rong]' — Ninurta-nasir [...]-sa'a, the elder brother, [...] he [...] the matter(s) [...] the king [...] (rest broken).

Daily Life·Economy

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 07 179. Food and Drink Offerings(?)

(beginning broken) [......] hide of a female animal, [......]..., [......]...-pi, [......]...-ṣute, [......] ... ... ..., [...... which] they [re]turned(?), [......]s ... (KUR-ru), [......] sheep(?); 1 hide of a female animal, 1 hide of a female animal(?) [...], 1 wild ox [...], at the disposal of [...], 1 cohort com[mander ...], 2 ...-garments [...] (rest broken)

~695 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 3

Sennacherib 212

(1) The Seal of Destinies [by which] (the god) Aššur, king of the gods, seals (the destinies of) the Igīgū and Anunnakū gods, the heavens, the netherworld, and man[kind]. (6) Whatever he seals cannot be changed. Whoever (tries to) change (what he seals), may (the god) Aššur, king of the gods, (and) the goddess Mullissu, together with their children, kill him with their mighty weapons. (11) I am Sennacherib, king of [As]syria, the ruler who reveres you. (13) Whoever erases (my) [inscr]ibed name (or) alters this Seal of Destinies belonging to you, erase his name (and) his seed from the land.

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 16 081. Jewellery for the King (ABL 0847)

To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-sagib, son of Paruṭu, the goldsmith of the Queen's Household. Good health to the king [my lord]! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! [...] year(s), with/at the house [...] they questioned me [...] of the month [...] [...] silver, one pappardilû-stone, three fingers wide, (and) a bead(?) of ḫulālu-stone ("eye-stone") I gave to Matan-ilu, the doorkeeper. A letter (came) together (with this), saying: 'To the king, my lord, (let there be) a judgment: whether he gave it or whether he did not give it, let the king, my lord, inquire.'

Daily Life·Economy

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 118 / CDLI Seals 006507

(Inscription_A 1) Property of the god Marduk, <<...>> seal of the god Adad of Esagil. (Inscription_B 1) To the god Marduk, great lord, his lord: Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Assyria, presented (this object) for the sake of his life.

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 08 001. Thunder in Ab, King Ill (RMA 257) [weather]

(1) If in Ab (month V) Adad thunders, the day becomes cloudy, it rains, (and) lightning flashes: the waters will decrease at the source. (4) If Adad shouts on a cloudless day: there will be darkness — variant: famine — in the land. (6) Concerning this ill health, the king, my lord, should not worry (lit. 'should not speak from his heart'). (8) It is a disease of the season; all the people who are sick will get well. (11) Moreover, the king, my lord, who is one who reveres the gods — day and night he prays to the gods … (The text continues but the remainder is not preserved in the given transli…

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 10 044. Timing a Journey of the King (ABL 1141+) [from astrologers]

[To the king, our lord:] [your servants Balasî] [and Nabû-ahhe-eriba.] [Good health] to the king, [our lord]! [May Nabû and] Marduk bless the king, our lord! Concerning the going to the city of [...] about which the king, our lord, wrote to us: if it is good for the king, in Bit-anni(?), in the month Tašritu (VII), to go [there] — or else let the king say: 'No, [... ...]' — as he has said: this month is a long-lasting road (journey) — let it be given up! Let the king go in the month of 'Entering' (Arahsamna, VIII): let him kiss the ground, let them perform the sacrifices.

Daily Life·Economy

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 10 206. Prayers and Rituals against Retrograding Mars (ABL 1401) [from exorcists]

[Nabû and] Marduk [to the king], my lord, may [they] bless! [Concerning the planet] Mars, [about which the king, my lord] wrote to me: [the king, my lord] does not know [that ......] ... it is. [......]-mera it moves [within the constellation] Virgo. [An attack] of locusts [......] ... ... it bears [radi]ance; [......] evil for Subartu. [......] these we shall remove. [Namburbi rituals and] šu'illa-prayers [before Ma]rs [......] ... continually [we shall perform]. Fault [there is none]. May the heart [of the king], my lord, [be glad ......] ... nu

Daily Life·Economy

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 10 259. Who to Come out Next? (ABL 0364) [from exorcists]

To the king, our lord: your servants Adad-šumu-uṣur (and) Marduk-šakin-šumi. Good health to the king, our lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, our lord! (8) Concerning the men of the king, our lord, about whom he wrote to us: "Will you not indicate which ones are to come out?" — (13) the others, who have not performed (the rites), should come out tomorrow and perform (them). (17) The king, our lord, knows which ones have performed and which ones have not performed. We — how should we know? (24) Under the protection of the king, may Bel and Nabû point (them) out; let them come out and…

Daily Life·Economy

~665 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 13 073. Complaint of Sickness (ABL 0203)

To the king, my lord: your servant Nergal-šarrani. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord, exceedingly! This month, on this very day, since I have been ill, it is a rash (siḫlu). Since it has been itching me all over, [my whole body] has been scratched/itched. (I said): 'I am afflicted by the hand of Dilbat (Venus/Ištar)!' (I said): 'I am afraid concerning the ... of the fire(-omens),' which without the king I cannot do. Now, therefore, I have written to the king, my lord. By the command of the king let it be chosen (and) let it be done, so that he may…

Daily Life·Economy

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Ashurbanipal 084

Links a lunar eclipse, divine omens, and the Elamite king's physical affliction — paralyzed lip, diminished eye — to justify Ashurbanipal's campaign: a rare royal text weaving extispicy logic directly into annalistic narrative.

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

SAA 14 107. A Court Decision on Behalf of Aššur-šallim (*638-IV) (ADD 0163)

Lawsuit of Aššur-šallim against Ṣalmu-aḫḫē concerning Šulmu-ēreš, his (Aššur-šallim's) slave, which they argued — (this case) was brought before Šēp-šarri, the sartinnu (chief judge). The sartinnu imposed (a penalty of) 1 1/2 minas of silver. Ṣalmu-aḫḫē gave 1 mina of silver to Aššur-šallim. Whoever among them breaches the peace (settlement) between them shall pay 10 minas of silver to Aššur (and) Šamaš, lord(s) of his lawsuit — to Aššur, the lord of his lawsuit. Month of Tammuz (IV), eponym year of Aššur-šuma-uṣur (?). Witness Libbūsu. Witness Nabû-aḫu-aḫu. Witness Išdi-Nabû (or) La-qēpu…

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Ashurbanipal 065

(1) The palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, son of Sennacherib, [(who was) also king of] Assyria.

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Ashurbanipal 066

(1) Seal of Ashurbani[pal, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, son of Sennacherib, (who was) also king of Assyria].

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Ashurbanipal 067

(1) [The palace of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Esarhaddon], king of Assyria, [son of Senna]cherib, [(who was) also king of] Assyria.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

CUSAS 15, 067

3 shekels, less its fourth (part), of silver, belonging to Tatte-Eduru, son of Talīmu, (is a claim) against Aradiya, son of Mudû. In the month Simānu (III) the silver — the silver, 3 shekels less its fourth (part) — in the city Qatibe he shall pay. Witnesses: Tabnēa, son of Enlil-bāni; Mašê, son of Šamaš-zēr-ibni; Šamaš-šu(?), son of Balāṭu; and the priest (šangû) Rīmūt-Maš, son of Ḫanšâ-Eduru. City Qatibe. Month Addaru (XII), day 29, year 7 of Cambyses, king of Babylon, [king] of the lands.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

CUSAS 15, 184

6 gur, 1 PI of barley, belonging to Tattannu, son of Talīmu, is a debt against Balāṭu, son of Ina-gissu-lugal. In the month of Addaru (itiŠE), he shall pay, in addition, 5 gur, 1 PI. Witnesses: Tattannu, son of Enlil-šum-iddin; Niqūdu, son of Mu-gub; Iškur-mu-ki-il, son of Iškur-ad-gub; Kussari. Scribe: Ba, son of A. Qatibat. Month Nisannu (Bāru), day 5, year 7, (of) Cambyses, king of Babylon, king of the lands.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0032

(obverse) 104 (BAR measures of) flour, supplied by (kurmin) Bagizzana, was deposited (kutka) at Persepolis (Baršan); it was done (as) ditto (hu-ut-KI.MIN-na, i.e. handled the same way as in the preceding record). (reverse/final line) Year 24 (of the king).

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0036

292 (units of) tarmu-grain (emmer), allocation (kurmin) of Ḫumuštimana. Ummanunu received (it and) delivered it. Year 20.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0037

112 (BAR measures of) tarmu-grain, supplied by Umuštimana: Išantu received (it) (du-ša); Kuizza (of/at?) Kurdušum — Hupannana received (it). Year 23 (lit. 'of the 23rd year').

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0038

140 (measures of) tarmu-grain, supplied by (kurmin) Babenana: Ummanunu received it (and) deposited/stored it (at) Kurdušum. (In the) 27th year.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0039

(obverse) 1,000 (measures of) tarmu-grain, carried from Zakzaku, (under) Šur-sunkiri(?): Pirriašba received (it). (Year formula) 19th year.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0040

310 (measures of) hazati-grain, 390 (measures of) kurruša-grain — total: 700 (measures of) tarmu-grain, supplied by Appumanya, from (the place) Zakzaku; (as/at the) royal š... it was deposited. Pirriyašba received (it). He made (it into) beer. 22nd year.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0041

43 marriš (measures) of wine, from Maturban, were carried to Parsa (Persepolis). Ziššukka the kuizza(-official) (handled/received it). 23rd year.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0042

29 marriš of wine. Appirmarša (supplied it?); Ummišša — from Rašanuizza — Bašširkada received(?) (it); he did the same (ditto); (provision) of the king.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0043

9 hundred (and) 25 marriš of wine, supplied by (kurmin) Apzizi, Manizza received (dušda) on account (ukku). Mitranka (was) the šarara (the one who apportioned/handled it). At Bairakada it was deposited (kutka).

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0044

500 (measures of) wine, the allocation of Marriyaddana. Zirazabbe carried (it) to Batrakataš (Pasargadae). 19th year.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0047

27 marriš of wine, supplied by Muiška (kurmin of Muiškana): (a man) named Dāukka, a Mardamarda-ian(?) of Nariyapikna, received (it). Parnamatiš (was the) kuizza (wine official).

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0048

30 marriš of wine, supplied by (kurmin) Ušaya. Tiššantamma received (it). Parnumatiš carried (it) to Ukbeyataš. (It is) on behalf of the king. (Second line:) mardam of Nariyapik.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0049

30 marriš of wine, supplied by (kurmin) Ušaya. Battikamaš, the iršurra(?)-official, (its) irdaša(?), received (it) at Ansara(?) as rations (galma duiš). He carried (it) to Parnumati(š); at Ukbeyataš, on behalf of the king (šunkina-ma).

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0050

36 marriš (measures) of wine, supplied by (kurmin) Ušaya(na): Barrukka, the wine handler, received (it). He carried (it) off (as?) rations of (the) workers (kurtaš).

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0051

144 marriš of wine — supplied from Maturban. Uzikraš carried (it off); Miššabadda received (it). At Huddu-(ditto) he set (it) down as stores. 22nd year.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0052

2,006 (lit. twenty hundred six) marriš of wine, from (the place) Maturbana(?): Uzikraš held/carried (it); it was handled at the same (place, ditto). Miššabadda(?) received (it); (at) Baduišduiš(?); Kuizza(?) (and/of) Mannaraziyara. Year 22 (lit. of the 22nd year).

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0053

(obverse) 2 (measures of) pit(-fruit), supplied by (kurmin) Šutena, was deposited (kutka) at Persepolis (Baršan). The hut-ditto(-workers?) — Bakabadda (and) Nababa received (it). 21st year.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0054

49 (BAR of) wheat, supplied by Man-gi-išna(?), from (the place) Matezzikaš: (a man) named Kurizza, apportioning the irše-grain(?), received (it) and carried (it) to Persepolis. He acquired(?) manuš tumara(?) as an exchange (manmakka) (from) the seller(?). That was done for their account(?). 20th year. 730 (BAR of) flour was carried to Persepolis. It was …-ed(?) (by) Upirradda(?), and he received (it) as an exchange (manmakka). 17th year. … apportioning(?) … at Hatumasan(?).

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0055

(Obverse) [n (measures of)] wheat: from the rappišbe(?)-... (rap-pi-iš-be-na-mar-ri), liddu(?), it was withdrawn/carried off (kutka). Bakaduišda received (it) — received (duišdal). Entrusted by (kurmin) Kinimur. Of the 23rd year.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0056

(obverse) 60 (measures of) sesame, supplied by (kurmin) Saktiti; the delivery-men(?) ... — he(?) carried/held it; Nappupu received (it). Year 22.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0400

3 (and) 2 qa of wine, supplied by (kurmin) Huišdana: Bagirabba received (it); he expended (it as/for) the abbakannuš of the abbamuš. (For) the months Karmabataš and Turnabaziš.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0401

1 marriš (and) 6 qa of wine, supplied by (kurmin) Hušdanana. Bagirabba received (it). They used it for the abbakinnuš of the abbamuš(?). (Edge/final line:) [Month:] Samiyamaš.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0402

16 qa of wine, supplied by (kurmin) Uštana: Bagirabba received (it). He used it for the abbamuš (ceremony) at Abbakannuš. Month: Miyakannaš (the ninth month).

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0403

25 BAR (measures) of flour, at the disposal of (kurmin of) Rasamada[na]; Ammakšedda took/received (it); he made/prepared (it) for the ... of Kurakaraš. In the 18th year, in the month Karbašiyaš.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0404

20 (quarts) of flour, the supply (kurmin) of Rašamadana; Baduzirma received (it). At/of Kurkaraš he performed (the transaction). Year 20 (of the king).

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0405

20 BAR of flour, supplied by Ištimanka; Irdapuka received (it). Kurakaraš is the one who processes (it); it is to be deposited in the treasury at Kampirriš, (for/by) Iršena. Month Hadukannaš (Adukanaiša), year 22.

~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

OIP 092, 0406

25 BAR-measures of flour, from the supply (kurmin) of Irtuppiyana, Pirmayabada received. (As?) kurakraš he was performing [the work] of ...-unair; at the treasury (kapnuški) it was ...(irše-na), being apportioned (šaramanna). Month: Turmar. Year 22 (of the king).

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