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~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 3

SAA 03 021. Assurbanipal’s Wars in Elam (ABL 1462)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [To] the right ...[......] (2) who created you [......] (3) [and who ...]ed the kingship [......] (4) You glorify [......] (5) Those who entreat [......] (6) In Egašankalamma [......] (7) Her eyes on [......] (8) Your deeds [......] (9) choicest oil [......] (10) A deceitful woman, who [......] (11) loves yo[u ......] (12) vie[s ......] (13) Nabû-bel-šumati [......] (14) who with treachery [......] (15) your [...] ... [......] (Break) (r 3) Nabû-[bel-šumati ......] (r 4) with his servant [......] (r 5) speaks [......] (r 6) You will keep me alive [......] (r 7) the we…

Daily Life·Economy

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 3

SAA 03 022. Paean to Assurbanipal after the Conquest of Elam

(Beginning destroyed) (4) When he [......] (5) Elam to [......] (6) The king did not agree [to ......] (7) In [his] great wrath, the lord of kings [......] (8) until he had destroyed the camp [......] (9) and looted their gods, [......] the kin[g], (10) rav[aged] their graves, [......] (11) The king of Elam alone [......] (12) When Ummanaldasi [......] (13) He cried out and Nabû-[bel-šumati ......] (14) to the presence of the king [......] (15) With you [......] (16) Nabû-bel-šumati [......] (17) Come and [......] (18) He is a strong king [......] (19) I am [......] (20) He [......] (21) Like…

Religion & Myth·Daily Life

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 3

SAA 03 023. Epical Text Mourning the Death of a King (CT 54 513)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] is veiled in darkness. (3) [......] he looks on, the magnates [...] towards him. (4) [......] of kusītu and sāgu garments (5) [......] holding [...], wailed like an ecstatic. (6) [......]... his ... and his mouth (7) [......] is in labour, screaming (8) [......] her [...]: "Oh magnates [...]! (9) [......]... the king, your lord (10) [......]... the land and the king (11) [......]... like a snake" (12) [......]... he has put on [...]... (r 1) [......]... and the lower side (r 2) [......] tears rolled down [the cheeks] of his mother: (r 3) "[......]... you, I…

Daily Life·Economy

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 3

SAA 03 024. Fragment of a Royal Epic(?) (CT 53 404)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] to [......] (2) [......] Ummanaldasi [......] (3) [......]... and to the lord [......] (4) [......] you, the king, my lord ...[......] (5) [......] let it be a present, may my daughter ...[......] (6) [......]... he jumps, may [......] (7) [...] myself alone, ...[......] (r 1) (Break) (r 2) [......] bless [......] (r 3) [... No]w again ...[......] (r 4) [...] our [...] in ...[......] (r 5) [...] you killed, bless [......] (r 6) [......]... the remnants [......] (r 7) [......]... and to [......] (r 8) [... the lif]e of the king of [......] (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 3

SAA 03 025. Letters to Assurbanipal from his Son (AfO 18 382)

(Beginning destroyed) (i 1) [......] your ... to [your] seed. (i 2) [......] your [...] to your offspring (i 3) [......] may they give [... to] your offspring! (i 4) [......] your illustrious name, lord of kings. (i 5) [......] this kingship and dominion (i 6) [......] you can accomplish whatever you say (i 7) [......]... to you, lord of kings. (i 8) [Say to Assurbanipal, lov]er of truth, lord of kings: (i 9) [During your days , which Marduk l]oves, [...... of heaven] and earth has made peace with [.......] with you. (i 12) [...... of] the lands are strong; and with (i 13) [......]…

Daily Life·Economy

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 3

SAA 03 026. A Petition to Assurbanipal (ABL 1455)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Say to ...], the unrivaled [...], the tr[ue] deputy of [...], [the lord of] the lands, to the burning torch [......, to the creation] of the hands of Marduk, to the battle-axe [......, to] (4) the sun, whose radiance is strong and whose light [......, whose ...] were created before heaven and earth were created, and [......], (7) to Assurbanipal, the king [of the four regions], (8) to the stronghold [......, the ...] (9) of his heart [......: thus (speaks) your ...]: (10) Lord of kings [......] (Break) (r 1) [...]... [......] (r 2) [The ...]s of the lords of the…

Daily Life·Economy

~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 3

SAA 03 027. Fragment of a Letter Praising Assurbanipal

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [The fire] with which I am burned, is of Marduk (3) [......]... let [...] go in front (4) [......] let them go [...] (5) [......]... of [......] (r 1) (Break) (r 2) [...... with which] my heart burned, A[nu] (r 3) [......] (r 4) [......] your [...], O heroic king (r 5) [......] I constantly bless you, Assurbanipal, (r 6) [who ......] have lifted [...] from my presence (r 7) [......] agreeable [...] from my presence (Rest destroyed)

SAA 03 021. Assurbanipal’s Wars in Elam (ABL 1462)

SAA 03 022. Paean to Assurbanipal after the Conquest of Elam

SAA 03 023. Epical Text Mourning the Death of a King (CT 54 513)

SAA 03 024. Fragment of a Royal Epic(?) (CT 53 404)

SAA 03 025. Letters to Assurbanipal from his Son (AfO 18 382)

SAA 03 026. A Petition to Assurbanipal (ABL 1455)

SAA 03 027. Fragment of a Letter Praising Assurbanipal

SAA 03 028. Fragment of an Adulatory Letter to a King

SAA 03 029. Warning to Bel-eṭir

SAA 03 030. Magic against Bel-eṭir

SAA 03 031. Defeat of Teumman and the Annexation of Elam (IAsb pl.45)

SAA 03 033. The Sin of Sargon

SAA 03 035. Marduk Ordeal (Nineveh Version) (MEW 242)

SAA 03 042. Fragment of Aššur’s Response to a Royal Letter (JAOS 103, 148)

SAA 03 043. Fragment of the Same Text as No. 42

SAA 03 044. Aššur’s Response to Assurbanipal’s Report on the Šamaš-šumu-ukin War (CT 35 13ff)

SAA 03 045. Aššur’s Response to Assurbanipal’s Report on the Elamite Wars (CT 35 26)

SAA 03 046. Fragment of a Divine Letter (CT 35 30)

SAA 03 047. Letter from Ninurta to an Assyrian King (BA 5 657)

SAA 03 048. Childbirth Incantation and Ritual (ABRT 2 19)

SAA 03 051. Your Slanderous Lips

SAA 03 052. Unidentified Literary Fragment

SAA 20 002. Rituals on Shebat 18-22 (Babyloniaca 01, 206-207)

SAA 20 004. Rituals on [Shebat 22?] (Geers B 157)

SAA 20 005. Rituals on Shebat 23 (RIAA 308)

SAA 20 006. Rituals on [Shebat 23?] (RIAA 315)

SAA 20 007. Royal Coronation Ritual (KAR 135 + KAR 137 + KAR 216)

SAA 20 008. Brazier Offerings to Aššur (AsT 33)

SAA 20 012. Calendar of Psalms and Lamentations in the Aššur Temple (AJSL 42, 110)

SAA 20 014. Text Similar to No. 13

SAA 20 018. Victory and Lion-Hunt Ritual (AsT 39)

SAA 20 022. Bath of Šarrat-nipha (ABL 0864)

SAA 20 023. Fragment of a Ritual (CT 53, 941)

SAA 20 025. Ritual of Tukulti-Ninurta for the Lady-of-the-River (BA 05, 689 + BBR pl. 61)

SAA 20 026. Ritual of Tukulti-Ninurta for Sîn (BBR pl. 63 + 68)

SAA 20 027. Ritual of Tukulti-Ninurta for Nusku (BBR pl. 64 + 66 + 69)

SAA 20 028. Fragment of a Ritual for Singer (BBR pl. 65)

SAA 20 029. Initiation into the Secrets of Ištar of Heaven (KAR 139)

SAA 20 031. The Banquet of [DN] (BBR pl. 60)

SAA 20 033. Protocol for the Royal Dinner (MVAG 41 60f)

SAA 20 034. Burial of a Queen (ZA 045, 042-046)

SAA 20 036. Fragment Relating to Rituals in Assur (CT 53, 330)

SAA 20 040. Takultu for Assurbanipal (3 R 66)

SAA 20 046. Fragment of a Takultu Text (Takultu 9)

SAA 20 047. Fragment of a Takultu Text (ABL 1413)

SAA 20 053. Text Similar to No. 52 (PKT 14-15)

SAA 03 001. Assurbanipal’s Hymn to Aššur (ABRT 1 32-33)

SAA 03 004. Nanaya Hymn of Sargon II (ABRT 1 54-55)

SAA 03 006. Assurbanipal’s Hymn to Tašmetu and Nabû (KAR 122)

SAA 03 008. Hymn to the city of Arbela (LKA 032)