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~670 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 10

SAA 10 020. Arranging a Festival (LAS 343) [from astrologers]

(1) [......] should cel[ebrat]e a festival. (2) [......] it is written as follows: (3) [If ......] he resumes the [cul]t of the city god (4) [......] that city will prosper (5) [......] will save [......]. (6) [......]... his prosperity (7) [......] the sons of the king, m[y lord], (8) [......] you don't exercise t[heir ...] (9) [...... g]ive t[hem] (10) [......] fills th[eir ...]. (11) [......]... wailing (r 1) [......] this (r 2) [......] brings (r 3) [...... Af]terwards, those of Nineveh (r 4) [......] of Arbela (r 5) [...... o]f Tarbiṣu (r 6) [......] each or 2 shekels each (r 7) [......]…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 021. Report on Temples in Assur (ABL 1378) [from astrologers]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Issar-šumu-[ereš]. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (5) When the king, my lord, sent me to the Inner City, I saw [...] (Break) (r 3) [...] just [as the king, my lord], wrote to me, he showed it [to me, saying]: "There is [no] gold here; they have diminished the [...]." (r 6) Whatever old work there is, is full (weight) as if cast; (but) all the new stuff which has been manufactured recently is too thin. (r 9) The king, my lord, knows that the temple of Amurru collapsed and Amurru was moved into the temple of A…

SAA 10 020. Arranging a Festival (LAS 343) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 021. Report on Temples in Assur (ABL 1378) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 027. Gems for a Statue (ABL 1375) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 062. Quoting the Astronomical Handbook Mul Apin (CT 53 115+) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 066. (no title) (ABL 0694) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 073. Šamaš-šumu-ukin to Visit Nineveh (ABL 1383) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 075. The Moon Makes an Eclipse (ABL 0407) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 085. Timing a Trip (ABL 1390) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 108. Leftovers (CT 53 159) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 110. New Moon on 1st Day; Appointment of Adad-šumu-uṣur (ABL 1373) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 112. Predicting the Fall of Mannea; Intrigues Against the King (CT 54 022) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 121. New Moon on 1st Day (CT 54 523) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 133. No Eclipse of the Moon (ABL 0909) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 140. No Crescent Seen (HAV 256f) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 178. Petition (ABL 1259) [from diviners]

SAA 10 185. The Promotion of Assurbanipal (CT 53 031) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 187. Half my Kingdom to the Man Who Cures my Child (CT 53 069) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 190. Going to Assur with the Crown Prince (ABL 0365) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 223. Medical Report (CT 53 130) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 230. Medical Report (CT 53 191) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 248. (no title) (CT 53 951) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 286. I do not Conceal Anything from the King (ABL 1166) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 288. (no title) (CT 53 962) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 299. Medical Report (CT 53 955) [from exorcists]

SAA 13 002. Gutters for the Temple of Aššur (CT 53 520)

SAA 13 003. Do Your Work (ABL 0607)

SAA 13 004. There will be an Intercalary Adar (ABL 0401)

SAA 13 006. Enlil will Go Out in Ayyar (ABL 1172)

SAA 13 007. Golden Waters and Flood Monsters (ABL 0580)

SAA 13 008. No Deliveries from Talmusu on the 5th of Kanunu (ABL 1023)

SAA 13 009. No Deliveries from Talmusu on the 5th of the Month (ABL 1171)

SAA 13 011. No Deliveries from Kurba’il on the [5th] of the Month (ABL 1160)

SAA 13 012. The Sanctuary of Mullissu is Completed (ABL 1092)

SAA 13 013. Grain for the Kushites and Egyptians in Assur (ABL 1143)

SAA 13 014. (no title) (ABL 0979)

SAA 13 015. (no title) (ABL 1218)

SAA 13 016. Final Accounting Made (ABL 0840)

SAA 13 017. Sheep for the Temple of Dagan (ABL 0615)

SAA 13 018. Lapsed and Undelivered Offerings (ABL 0724)

SAA 13 019. Recalcitrant Assyrian Shepherds (ABL 0726)

SAA 13 020. Shepherds Turned Criminal (ABL 0727)

SAA 13 022. Tracking Down Deliveries (CT 53 281)

SAA 13 023. Sacrifice of Bulls, Rams, and Spring Lambs (ABL 0184)

SAA 13 024. (no title) (ABL 0725)

SAA 13 025. Arrest of Temple Thieves (ABL 0150)

SAA 13 026. More on the Arrest of Temple Thieves (ABL 0551)

SAA 13 027. Service at the Offering Pipes (ABL 0812)

SAA 13 028. Report on Gold and Silver Work for the Temple of Sin (ABL 1194)

SAA 13 029. Letter Similar to No 28 (ABL 0997)

SAA 13 030. (no title) (ABL 0941)