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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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SAA 16 245. (no title)

SAA 16 246. (no title)

SAA 16 021. Treacherous Astrologers (Iraq 34 21)

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

SAA 16 045. Complaints from Naṣibina (ABL 1371)

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

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

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

SAA 16 091. Candidates for Courtiers (ABL 0875)

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

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

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

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

SAA 16 156. Fragment Referring to Akkad (CT 53 972)

SAA 16 164. Explaining Asakku (CT 53 952)

SAA 16 167. Fragment of a Medical Report (CT 53 855)

SAA 16 180. (no title) (ABL 1399)

SAA 08 112. Gemini and Perseus in Lunar Halo (MelGar 129) [planetary]

SAA 08 126. New Moon on 30th Day (ABL 0819) [lunar]

SAA 08 128. New Moon on 30th Day (ABL 0827) [lunar]

SAA 08 129. New Moon on 30th Day (ABL 0828) [lunar]

SAA 08 130. New Moon on 1st Day (ABL 0817) [lunar]

SAA 08 131. New Moon on 1st Day (ABL 0820) [lunar]

SAA 08 132. New Moon on 1st Day (ABL 0825) [lunar]

SAA 08 134. Full Moon on 13th Day (ABL 0823) [lunar]

SAA 08 135. Full Moon on 14th Day (ABL 0821) [lunar]

SAA 08 136. Full Moon on 13th Day (ABL 0822) [lunar]

SAA 08 137. Full Moon on 15th Day (ABL 0826) [lunar]

SAA 08 138. (no title) (ABL 0824) [unclassifiable]

SAA 08 140. Equinox on Nisan 6 (ABL 1428) [calendrical]

SAA 08 141. Equinox on Nisan 15 (ABL 1429) [calendrical]

SAA 08 207. Observations of the Moon (ABL 1408) [lunar]

SAA 08 234. Hemerology for Ab 27-29 (CT 53 916) [calendrical]

SAA 09 008. Words Concerning the Elamites (ABL 1280)

SAA 10 001. Enthroning a Substitute King (ABL 0332) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 002. The Substitute King Reveals a Conspiracy (ABL 0223) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 004. Substitute King Ascends Throne in Akkad (CT 53 206) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 005. Auspicious Days for Treaty Ceremonies (ABL 0384) [from astrologers]