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~675 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 4

SAA 04 058. Should Esarhaddon Send an Aramean Scribe to NN? (PRT 025) [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] their [......] (2) [......] that [......] (3) [......] Mutu [......] (4) [......] the Sap[ardean ......] (5) [......] city or [......] (6) [......] will plunder ...[......]. (r 1) [Disregard the (formulation) of] today's case, b[e it good, be it faulty]. (r 2) [Disregard that a clean or an u]nclean person has to[uched] the sacrificial sheep, [or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. (r 3) [Disregard that an uncl]ean man or woman [has come near] the pl[ace of the extispicy and made it unclean]. (r 4) [Disregard that the r]am (offered) to your divinity…

Religion & Myth·Astronomy & Mathematics

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 4

SAA 04 061. Will Kaštaritu Defeat Assyrian Troops? (PRT 013) [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Will Kaštaritu, city lord of] Karkaššî [......] (2) speak [...]? Will he [......]? (3) Will he wage war against them? [......] (4) Will Kaštar[itu, in waging] this war [......] (5) [...] or attack the magnates [and governors, the army of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria] (6) [Will they] kill, pl[under, ......]? (7) [Will Esarhad]do[n, king of Assyria, be troubled and angry]? (Break) (r 3) [Be present in] this ram, [place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs], (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 058. Should Esarhaddon Send an Aramean Scribe to NN? (PRT 025) [military and political]

SAA 04 061. Will Kaštaritu Defeat Assyrian Troops? (PRT 013) [military and political]

SAA 04 070. Fragment Similar to No. 71 (PRT 019) [military and political]

SAA 04 077. Has the Enemy Captured Ṣiṣṣirtu? (AGS 072) [military and political]

SAA 04 078. Will Chief Eunuch Ša-Nabu-šu Break the Siege of Ṣiṣṣirtu? [military and political]

SAA 04 087. Fragment Similar to No. 84 (AGS 069) [military and political]

SAA 04 091. Fragment Similar to No. 90 (AGS 083) [military and political]

SAA 04 101. Should NN be Sent to Lay Siege to and Conquer the City ...? (PRT 011) [military and political]

SAA 04 105. Should the Assyrian Army Go against a City Named on Papyrus? (AGS 113) [military and political]

SAA 04 106. Fragment Similar to No. 105 (AGS 096) [military and political]

SAA 04 118. Fragment of a Military Query (PRT 040) [military and political]

SAA 04 121. Fragment of a Military Query (AGS 073) [military and political]

SAA 04 124. Should Esarhaddon Send NN to ...? (AGS 044) [military and political]

SAA 04 125. Fragment of a Military(?) Query (PRT 068) [military and political]

SAA 04 128. Fragment of a Military(?) Query (PRT 082) [military and political]

SAA 04 132. Will a Plan Written on Papyrus Succeed? (AGS 095+) [military and political]

SAA 04 140. Fragment Similar to No. 139 (AGS 078) [military and political]

SAA 04 142. Will Anyone Make a Rebellion against Prince Assurbanipal? (PRT 044) [military and political]

SAA 04 149. Should Esarhaddon Appoint Sin-nadin-apli as Crown Prince? (AGS 107) [appointment]

SAA 04 157. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (AGS 119) [appointment]

SAA 04 175. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (PRT 051) [appointment]

SAA 04 176. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (PRT 048) [appointment]

SAA 04 178. Should Prince Assurbanipal Appoint NN to an Office? (PRT 053) [appointment]

SAA 04 189. Fragment Similar to No. 188 (PRT 091) [medical]

SAA 04 190. Will the Queen Mother’s Illness Pass? (AGS 101+) [medical]

SAA 04 199. Fragment Similar to No. 187 (PRT 061) [medical]

SAA 04 213. Fragment of a Query (PRT 094) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 223. Fragment of a Query (PRT 098) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 235. Fragment of a Query (PRT 080) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 238. Fragment of a Query (AGS 053) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 239. Fragment of a Query (PRT 066) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 244. Fragment of a Query (PRT 096) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 245. Fragment of a Query (PRT 097) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 257. Fragment of a Query (PRT 086) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 259. Fragment of a Query (PRT 087) [unclassifiable]

SAA 04 264. Should the Statue of Marduk be Loaded onto a Boat? (AGS 104) [cultic]

SAA 04 265. Query Similar to No. 264 (AGS 105+) [cultic]

SAA 04 266. Should Assurbanipal Appoint NN as Priest of Marduk? (AGS 106) [appointment]

SAA 04 267. Will Chief Eunuch Recover Fortresses Lost to Manneans? (AGS 150) [military and political]

SAA 04 269. Query Concerning Ahseri, King of Mannea (AGS 024) [military and political]

SAA 04 275. Should Assurbanipal Admit NN to his Entourage? (AGS 114) [appointment]

SAA 04 287. Should the Assyrian Army Wage War against Šamaš-šumu-ukin? (PRT 118) [military and political]

SAA 04 288. Will the Assyrian Army Prevail over Šamaš-šumu-ukin’s? (PRT 126) [military and political]

SAA 04 290. Will Šamaš-šumu-ukin Flee Babylon if Assyrians Take Sippar? (PRT 139) [military and political]

SAA 04 305. Should Assurbanipal Appoint Šarru-kenu to an Office? (PRT 124) [appointment]

SAA 04 335. Fragment Similar to No. 333 (PRT 125) [unclassifiable]

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

SAA 08 002. Venus and Mercury Setting (RMA 109) [planetary]

SAA 08 003. Eclipse of the Sun (RMA 274B) [eclipses]

SAA 08 004. Eclipse of the Moon in the Morning (RMA 271) [eclipses]