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Page 499 / 501

~655 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

SAA 14

SAA 14 142. Fragmentary Sales Document (651) (ADD 0574)

(1) [Seal of] Marduk-napšati-[..., owner of the ...] being sold. (stamp seal impression) (Break) (r 1) [Witness ...]ayu. (r 2) [Witness ...]ki. (r 3) [Witness NN]. Witness Aššur-iddina. (r 4) [Witness ...]ayu. Witness Nabû-aplu-iddina. (r 5) [Witness ......]. Witness Kur-ila'i. (r 6) [Month ..., xth day], eponym year of Saga[b]. (Rest destroyed)

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SAA 14 142. Fragmentary Sales Document (651) (ADD 0574)

SAA 14 144. Purchase of a Workroom (650?) (ADD 0342)

SAA 14 149. Purchase of a House in Nineveh (*641-V-13) (ADD 0340)

SAA 14 151. Purchase of an Estate in Bit-Sasana (*633-XII-14) (Iraq 32 04)

SAA 14 153. Purchase of a Girl (ADD 0193)

SAA 14 154. Abdunu Buys a Girl (*627-VIII-14) (ADD 0311)

SAA 14 163. Nabu-iqbi Lends 17 Shekels of Silver (*622-VIII-21) (ADD 0088)

SAA 14 167. Purchase of a House (*620-XI-17) (Iraq 32 09)

SAA 14 172. [...]-Marduk Lends Silver (*612-VI-18) (ADD 1161)

SAA 14 181. Šamaš-abu’a, Horse Trainer, Lends Silver Against a Pledge (ADD 0078)

SAA 14 183. A Court Decision on Behalf of Ah-abu (ADD 0171)

SAA 14 187. Baniti Buys Donkeys (ZA 73 01)

SAA 14 194. Fragmentary Purchase Document of Il-gabbe (ADD 0459)

SAA 14 200. Bringing Witnesses to Court (ADD 0101A)

SAA 14 208. Slaves for Nabu-šumu-uṣur (ADD 1243)

SAA 14 212. Riba-ilu Buys a Boy (ADD 0314)

SAA 14 224. Kubaba-eriba Lends 10 Shekels of Silver (ADD 0013)

SAA 14 226. (no title) (ADD 0107)

SAA 14 231. A Fragmentary Silver Loan (ADD 0012)

SAA 14 235. Silver Debt (ADD 0109)

SAA 14 236. Debt Note (ADD 0146)

SAA 14 253. (no title) (ADD 0368)

SAA 14 258. Purchase of Land (ADD 0396)

SAA 14 264. Purchase of Slaves (ADD 0450)

SAA 14 278. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 0527)

SAA 14 281. Fragment of a Witness List (ADD 0536)

SAA 14 288. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 0550)

SAA 14 289. (no title) (ADD 0551)

SAA 14 292. Fragment of a Witness List (ADD 0557)

SAA 14 297. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 0565)

SAA 14 298. (no title) (ADD 0566)

SAA 14 319. Fragment of a Witness List (ADD 0608)

SAA 14 321. Purchase of Land (ADD 0615)

SAA 14 324. Document Concerning Delivery of Wood (ADD 0694)

SAA 14 329. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 0728)

SAA 14 330. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 0729)

SAA 14 343. (no title) (ADD 1151)

SAA 14 347. Purchase of a Man (ADD 1172)

SAA 14 350. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 1182)

SAA 14 351. Fragment of a Conveyance Text (ADD 1184+)

SAA 14 352. Purchase of Land (ADD 1202+)

SAA 14 354. Purchase of Land (ADD 1204)

SAA 14 355. Purchase of Land and People (ADD 1205)

SAA 14 356. Purchase of Land (ADD 1206+)

SAA 14 360. (no title) (ADD 1210)

SAA 14 361. Fragment of a Witness List (ADD 1211)

SAA 14 362. Purchase of a Slave (ADD 1219)

SAA 14 363. (no title) (ADD 1220)

SAA 14 364. Purchase of a Slave (ADD 1221+)

SAA 14 365. (no title) (ADD 1223)