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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 182. (no title) (CT 53 263)

(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant DN]-šumu-uṣur. (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 184. Fragment Referring to Building Activities (CT 53 309)

(1) [To the king, my] lo[rd: yo]ur [servant PN. Good heal]th t[o the king, my lord! May Nabû] and M[arduk ble]ss [the king, my lord]. (5) The [... of the kin]g, m[y] lord, [is well]. (Break) (r 1) [...] no[w ...] (r 2) [...] there [...] (r 3) [Now t]hen [...] (r 4) [...] has been buil[t ...] (r 5) We [...] closed [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 185. (no title) (CT 53 317)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) Good [health to the king, my lord! May DNN] b[less the king, my lord]. (6) [Conc]erning [the ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 186. (no title) (CT 53 162)

(1) To the kin[g, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! [May] Nabû (and) Mard[uk bless the king, my lord]. (Break) (r 3) nob[ody ......] is [...] (r.e. 5) They have fle[d ......]

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 187. (no title) (CT 53 570)

(1) T[o the king, my lord: your] servant [PN]. Good he[alth to the king, my lord]! [May] Nabû and [Marduk bless the king]. (5) As to the [......] (6) the chi[ef ......] (7) I as[ked ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 188. (no title)

(1) To the kin[g, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! May Nabû (and) Mar[duk] bl[ess the king, my lord]. (Break) (r 2) [The king, my lord, can be] glad. (r 3) Let [them] sen[d me] whatev[er] was not detached [from ...].

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 189. (no title) (CT 53 650)

(1) To [the king, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good healt[h to the king, my lord]! [May] Nabû and [Marduk bless the king], my lord. (6) [Ye]sterda[y I said ...]: "Let me co[me ...]" (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 191. (no title)

(1) [T]o the king, [my lord]: your [ser]vant [PN. G]ood health t[o the king, my lord]! [M]ay Bel and Nabû bles[s the king, my lord]. (Break) (8) much [...] (9) The king [said] to [the ...] (10) (and) to the [...] (officials): (11) "[...] me wine from [...] (Break) (r 5) They will catch [the enemies o]f the king from the land of [...] (r 6) and [...] (r 7) from/with [...] (Break) (r 12) [...] the gods [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 193. (no title)

(1) To [the king, m]y [lord]: yo[ur] servant [PN]. Good [health to the kin]g, my lord! [May] Aššur, [DN], Marduk, Ištar [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 194. (no title) (CT 53 652)

(1) [To the king], my [lord: your servant PN]. May [the gods of] heaven bless [the king, my lord]. (5) [...... the k]ing, my lord (Break) (r 1) [...] my [...] (r 2) [...... the ki]ng, my lord [......]

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 195. (no title) (CT 53 657)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [May DNN grant lon]g [days, everlasting] yea[rs, happiness and phy]sical [well-being] to the kin[g, our lord. May they give him ...] descendants and a l[ong reign]! (4) [Concerning what the kin]g, our lord, wrote t[o us ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 199. Report on Work (ABL 1055)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) they are guard[ing ...] (3) As to what the king, my lord wr[ote to me]: "Let them do [...] wor[k] until the 20th. [...] their work [...]." (7) On the 3rd day of the mon[th ...] (8) they came [......] (9) a bodyguard [...] (Break) (r 2) They will set to [work and do it].

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 200. All the Lands Belong to the King (ABL 1139)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) [......] we will c[ome ...] (r 3) [......] with [...] (r 4) [All the lands] from where the sun rise[s to where] it sets be[long] to the king. (r 6) [The people] of all the lands [are] obedient to [the king]. (r 7) The eunuchs (and) the bearded court[iers] eat bread [under the king's protection ...] (r 9) [...] and in the houses [...] (r 10) [...] quickly ... [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 201. Revering the King (ABL 1144)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) saying: "I [will ...] in the palace. One of you [...]." (3) In the reign of your father, (when) our grandfather went up (there), they revered the king. (r 2) Last year, (when) he passed by, they revered the king, my lord. But now they ref[use] to rev[ere] the king. (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 202. Go and Ask! (ABL 1158)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) The king, my lord, t[old me]: "On the 28th you will g[o] (and) ask!" Now, what is it that the king, my lord, [commands]? (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 204. Glazing Bricks (ABL 1310)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... the] commander-in-chief (3) [......] they say (4) [......] ... (5) [......] they do (6) [...... I] said (7) [......] with the king (8) [......] I (and) the brick masons (9) [......] the chief ... (10) [... have gla]zed [bricks] (11) [...] there are (12) [...] the king made clear (13) [...] asked (14) [...] ... (r 1) [...] we asked (r 2) [...] they said: "2 or 3 (r 3) [...] there are (r 4) [...] with(in) 2 or 3 (r 5) [...] we will go and [...] the face (r 6) [...] said (r 7) [...] in its place (r 8) [...] We shall clear up (who is) a friend (r 9) [... and] tell…

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 205. Appointing Guards (CT 53 109)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) I ap[point]ed two guards and two [...s] in their service. Concerning their bread I made it very clear that they are to bring the [...] down where [there are] shelters. (r 7) [Now] Marduk-remanni [..., say]ing: "The servants of the city [GN ...] our [wo]rk." (r 10) [He we]nt off [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 206. (no title) (CT 53 189)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) Now then, we have seen [the ...] of the palace who produce the [...]. There is [...] (Break) (r 3) The king, [my lord], should not [be concerned] about it. (r 5) We [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 207. Promoting Chariot Drivers and ‘Third Men’ (CT 53 249)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] my [......] (2) [......] to the cro[wn] prince [...] (3) As soon as your gods [have ...ed] the face of the king, my lord, the king, my lord, will see his statement: a servant who is loyal [to his lord], a servant who [...]s the [...] of h[is lord], a servant who [falls] and die[s] on behalf the house of h[is] lords. (7) Now, if on [... the ch]ariot-driver(s) and the 'third men' [com]e before the king, [my] lo[rd], let him be promoted. As to [...], let the overseer of the [...] write [the names of two ch]ariot-drivers and two 'third men' on [...], so that [...] (…

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 209. (no title) (CT 53 270)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... t]he cohort commander [...] (r 1) [...] hith[er] (r 2) [...] wine (r 3) [...] refined [s]ilver (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 211. Should I Come to Calah? (CT 53 292)

(Obverse destroyed) (r 1) Should I come to Cal[ah]? (r 3) What is it that the king, [my l]ord, commands?

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 212. Good Advice (CT 53 294)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) Now [......] (2) I said: "[......] (3) of [your]se[lf ...] (4) I said: "[......] (5) [......] (6) I said: "Wh[y ...] (7) the king [......] (r 1) [......] (r 2) [He sa]id: "Wh[y don't you agree] (r 3) "to feed an aṣūdu-bowl [to ...]? O[f ...] (r 5) of the deputy [...] (r 6) Why [......] (Break) (e. 1) [The ...]s of the king [...]. (e. 2) That is a ve[ry] good advice.

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 214. (no title) (CT 53 377)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] the kin[g ...] (2) [w]ent [...] (r 1) [......] the messe[nger] (r 2) [...] wrote me (r 3) [... w]hen (r 4) [......] the [w]al[l] (r 6) [...] those [...]s (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 215. (no title) (CT 53 381)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your] servant [PN], the sc[ribe of ...]. Good [health to the king, my lord]! (Break) (r 2) Ṣalam-šarri-[iqbi] (r 3) the chief [......] (r 4) bro[ught me (...)]

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 216. (no title) (CT 53 456)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Previ]o[usly] (2) [......] (3) the [... o]f the [...] official (4) said: "[...] ... [......]" (6) Now he has go[ne around ......] (7) set ou[t ......] (8) they sell [......] (9) Previously [......] (10) they used to knit [......] (11) dark-blue wool [......] (12) bast [......] (Break) (r 4) to [......] (r 5) [......] (r 6) the ex[empts ...] (r 7) has ta[ken ......] (r 8) let [......] (r 9) [......] (r 10) [their] work [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 217. (no title) (CT 53 475)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... wi]th the king, my lord (2) [......] upon (3) [......] terrible (4) [......] scribe (Break) (r 1) his [...] before [......] (r 2) [which] I am hauling [...] (r 3) [...] ... [...] (r 4) [.. the kin]g, my lord [...] (r 5) [...] ... [...] (r 6) [s]aid [......] (r 7) [...] Aššu[r ... the R]ear [Palace] (r 8) [...] lords[hip ...] (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 218. Who is This Goldsmith? (CT 53 488)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant PN. Good hea]lth to the king, [my lord]! May Nabû and Mar[duk] bless the king, m[y] lord. (7) As to the go[ld]smith about whom the king sai[d]: "Who is he?" (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 219. (no title) (CT 53 539)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [...] I [...] (r 2) [...] the king, [my] lo[rd], broug[ht] (me) my [..., saying: "Let yo]ur [...] with you!" (r 6) [The king], my [lor]d pla[c]ed (r 7) [...] of ... (r 8) [... which I] saw (r 9) [... The king], my [lor]d, should [know it]. (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 221. (no title) (CT 53 654)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) Let him br[ing ......] (2) here [......] (3) let him take [......] (4) of/which the kin[g ......] (5) to [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 222. (no title) (CT 53 655)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... to] the king, [my] lord (2) [...... t]o greet [...] (3) I saw the [... of the king, m]y [lord] (4) [...... the kin]g, my lord (Break) (r 1) [......] because of [......] (r 3) [...... t]o the king (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 223. It is a Royal Order (CT 53 669)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] eyes [...] (3) [...] He said: "It is a royal order (4) [...] me ... [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 225. Sold for Money (CT 53 690)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] saying, "Why [has ... sold the ...] of my lord's household for money [...]?" (3) [...] sent, placed, and ca[me ...] (4) [......] saying, "[......]" (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 226. (no title) (CT 53 696)

(1) [...... the ki]ng (2) [......] Nabû (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 227. (no title) (CT 53 698)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) 5 [......] (2) all this [......] (3) that [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 228. (no title) (CT 53 705)

(1) [To the king, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) Kabtî [...] has said: "[......] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 229. We Shall Stay Awake (CT 53 713)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] we shall stay awake (Break) (r 2) [......] month (r 3) [......] him (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 230. (no title) (CT 53 714)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Concerning what the kin]g, my lord, [pr]eviousl[y wrot]e to me [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 245. (no title)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... the o]ther ones [...] (2) [...] we do [n]ot know. N[ow the]n, the king (4) [... i]mage [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 246. (no title)

(1) The very [best of health] to the kin[g, my lord]! (3) [May] Na[bû ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 021. Treacherous Astrologers (Iraq 34 21)

(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Šamaš-šumu-ukin. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. (5) Šaridu (and) Nabû-ahhe-ereš, citizens of Babylon, (and) Bel-iddina, a citizen of Borsippa, have sent me the (following) letter: (9) "The king concluded a treaty with us concerning you: 'Tell your lord whatever you hear!' Now, Bel-eṭir (and) Šamaš-zeru-iqiša have neglected the order the king gave them (and) are acting on their own. Aplaya, whom the king sent (with the command): 'Go (and) set up sanctuaries in Babylon!', has made common cause with them.…

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 042. Governor Appropriates a Royal Gift (ABL 0415)

(1) To the king, our lord: your servants Ṣallaya, major domo, (and) Asalluhi-ereš, scribe. Good health to the king, our lord! May Nabû (and) Marduk bless the king, our lord. (8) The governors have squandered the household of our lord, (and) the king does not know. The governor of Arrapha has taken away the gift which the king gave to our lord. May it be known to the king, our lord, that the household of our lord has been squandered. (r 4) The king knows that our lord does not argue with his adversary; and when we litigate, they mistreat us. May the king entrust us to someone of his entourage,…

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 045. Complaints from Naṣibina (ABL 1371)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) The scribe [...] left [his post and did not do] the king's work, saying: "Why [...] my father?" (4) They ap[pointed] me in his stead, (and) I stood by and [served] your father. I [...ed] in Naṣibina, [GN] (and) Hamedê; I [did] work for the king (and) [gave] booty to the king. (10) Last year in Tebet (X), [when I was] in the presence of the king, my lord, [...] report of the Palace [...]. I exacted silver from the me[rchants] and [gave] it to the king. (15) The [...] of the king, [my] lord, [...] had no[t] yet [...], [...] to Barhalza, (when) the scribe returned to my…

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 061. Partial Duplicate of No. 60 (CT 53 938)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-rehtu-uṣur. May Bel and Belet, Nabû and Tašmetu, Ištar of] Nineveh and Ištar of [Arbela, your gods who] called [you by name to kings]hip, [keep you alive]! (4) [Those who sin against] your father's [goodness, your father's and your own] treaty, and who [plot] against your life, shall be placed [in yo]ur [hands], and you will delete th[eir] seed [from Assyria and from] your [pala]ce! (8) [This] is the word [of Mullis]su; the king, my lord, should n[ot] be ne[glectful] about it. (10) [On the 6th o]f Marchesvan (VIII) I had a vi[sion]: "[...] spend…

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 075. A Crime Committed (CT 53 954)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] is there [...]? [...] months (4) [... W]hen did he sit [...]? (5) [......] ... he committed a crime (6) [...... h]e commits (a crime) (7) [......] which he has done (8) [... the ...] of the king, my lord, (9) [...... go]es down. The king [has ...] to his servant [...] (10) [......] they [s]hould return (11) [...... w]hat [......] (Reverse too broken for translation)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 077. Instructions for a Battle (CT 53 958)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Until ...] se[nds ..., the king, my lord], may rely on it. (r 3) Give [orders to] your magnates and station their [...]! The king, my lord, should not advance [to the b]attle. [Just a]s your royal fathers have done, st[ay] on the hill, and [let] your [ma]gnates [do] the bat[tle]. (r 9) [The king], my lord [......] (r 10) [... o]f [his] servant [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 091. Candidates for Courtiers (ABL 0875)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) I have [n]ot seen [...]. As to [......] (3) [...] ... [...] (4) who (are) to be given [...] to tut[orship ...] (or) t[o c]ourtiership [...]. (6) Furthermore, he says: "[PN], the entrance supervisor (and) Man[nu-ki-...], the supervisor of the storehouse, who [...] (9) to him alone good [...] (10) are appointing [...] (r 1) But Nabû-šallim-[..., the ...] in charge of the main buildings, [has laid] his arm in [...]. (r 4) Balassu, the [...], Bel-šarru-uṣur, [the ...], Nabû-remanni, [the ...], Adunu-Mil[kuti, the ...] (and) Pan-Nabû-la[mur, the ...]; all these five (men)…

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 092. Drink on the Accounts! (ABL 0874)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant PN. Good health to the king, my lord]! May Bel (and) Nabû bless [the king], my lord. (6) As to what the king, [my] lor[d] told me: "Chec[k] and test the upper part of the aṣūdu-bowl and thereafter dri[nk] on the accounts!" (11) If it is acceptable to the [king], my lord, [let] the [...] vizier and the chief [......] the (royal) del[egate ...] (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 110. (no title) (CT 53 960)

(1) [To the king, m]y [lord: your servant] Ubru-Nabû. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! [May Nabû and Mardu]k [bl]ess the king, m[y] lord. (6) [When B]el-iqiša [went] to the cit[y of ...] (Break) (r 2) [...] gods of the king (r 3) [...] ... [...] (r 4) [... whi]ch in [his] mouth [...] (r 5) [...] to the king, [my] lo[rd], (r 6) [I have se]nt

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 133. Fragment Referring to Damascus (ABL 1421)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... o]f the crown prince (2) [...... o]f the chief judge (3) [...... the m]agnates (4) [......] Assyrian [...]s (5) [......] to Damascus (6) [...... the ...]s of Damascus (7) [...... which] they give (8) [......] the (city) gates (9) [...... will re]ceive (Rest destroyed)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 148. Deserters from Mannea Sent to the Crown Prince (ABL 0434)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-ušallim. Good health to the king, my lord! May Aššur, Šamaš, Bel, Nabû, Nergal, Laṣ, Išum, Adad and Ber, (and) the great gods of heaven and earth bless the king, my lord, the crown prince of Assyria and the crown prince of Babylon a thousand times very greatly. (9) As to the garrisons appointed to the fortresses of Urarṭu, Mannea, Media (and) Hubuškia, about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me: (13) "Give them orders and make it very clear to them that they must not be negligent in their guard duty. Moreover, let them pay attention to the deserters…

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