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SAA 05 071. An Axe Maker from Damascus (ABL 0193)

SAA 05 072. Returning from the River (CT 53 852)

SAA 05 073. (no title) (CT 53 729)

SAA 05 075. News from Šubria (ABL 0987)

SAA 05 076. (no title) (CT 53 578)

SAA 05 077. (no title) (CT 53 847)

SAA 05 078. Imposing the King’s Treaty (ABL 0246)

SAA 05 079. Capturing Runaways (ABL 0245)

SAA 05 080. Building a Fort and Houses for Deportees (ABL 0247)

SAA 05 081. A Case Against the Governor (TCL 9 68)

SAA 05 082. Paying the Corn Tax (ABL 1012)

SAA 05 083. Fragment of a Military Report (ABL 0769)

SAA 05 084. The Mannean King Raids Urarṭian Cities (ABL 0381)

SAA 05 085. Spying on the Urarṭian Capital (ABL 0148)

SAA 05 086. The Army of Urarṭu on the March (ABL 0492)

SAA 05 087. The Urarṭian Troops Concentrate in Waisi (ABL 0444)

SAA 05 088. The Urarṭian Troops Set out to Muṣaṣir (ABL 0380)

SAA 05 089. The King of Muṣaṣir Taken to Urarṭu (ABL 1196)

SAA 05 090. The Urarṭian King Flees and his Son is Made King (ABL 0646)

SAA 05 092. The Urarṭian King Gathers his Troops after Defeat (ABL 0146+)

SAA 05 093. A Coup d’État in Urarṭu (CT 53 365+)

SAA 05 094. Houses in the Environs of Kumme (ABL 0491)

SAA 05 095. Argisti’s Message to the Kummeans (CT 53 172+)

SAA 05 096. An Ukkean Messenger and his Dispatch (ABL 0145)

SAA 05 097. Troop Movements in Kumme (ABL 0147)

SAA 05 098. Where Did All That Wine Go? (CT 53 042)

SAA 05 099. (no title) (CT 53 656)

SAA 05 102. (no title) (CT 53 492)

SAA 05 103. Manhunt (ABL 0590)

SAA 05 104. For his Royal Ears Only (ABL 0206)

SAA 05 105. The Kummean Leaders Comply with the King (ABL 0544)

SAA 05 106. The Kummeans versus the Royal Delegate (CT 53 138)

SAA 05 107. Kill the Assyrian Delegate! (CT 53 098)

SAA 05 108. An Urarṭian Woman on the Throne of Habhu (CT 53 037+)

SAA 05 109. Allocating Fields for Garrison Troops (CT 53 394)

SAA 05 110. A Letter to the Treasurer (CT 53 127)

SAA 05 111. Report on Timber Transport (ABL 0490)

SAA 05 112. Urarṭian Movements in Waisi (CT 53 114)

SAA 05 113. All Quiet on the Northern Front (ABL 0123)

SAA 05 114. The King of Urarṭu Gathers his Army (CT 53 007)

SAA 05 115. Retrieving Captured Soldiers (ABL 0579)

SAA 05 116. Arrests in Kumme (CT 53 170)

SAA 05 117. Delays in Timber Delivery (CT 53 035)

SAA 05 118. Complaint on Disobedience (ABL 0125)

SAA 05 119. Complaint on Lack of Straw (ABL 0122)

SAA 05 120. Leave me Some Booty, Please (ABL 0124)

SAA 05 121. Protest against False Accusations (ABL 0121+)

SAA 05 122. Anticipating Criticism (CT 53 137)

SAA 05 123. (no title) (CT 53 859)

SAA 05 124. A Matter of Loyalty (CT 53 440)