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SAA 01 112. Gods Go to a Festival (ABL 0236+)

SAA 01 113. Preparing for a Festival (CT 53 563)

SAA 01 114. Raising Materials for Repair Work on the temples (ABL 0578+)

SAA 01 115. (no title) (ABL 0232)

SAA 01 116. Merchants’ Dues (ABL 0233+)

SAA 01 117. Merchants (ABL 0234)

SAA 01 118. Merchants Petition the Palace (ABL 0231)

SAA 01 119. Boats Carrying Bull Colossi Sink (ABL 0420)

SAA 01 120. On Bull Colossi in Tastiate (CT 53 466)

SAA 01 122. (no title) (ABL 0237)

SAA 01 123. (no title) (To the Vizier) (ABL 0235)

SAA 01 124. Fending off Accusations (ABL 0190)

SAA 01 125. An Earthquake at Dur-Šarruken (ABL 0191)

SAA 01 126. (no title) (CT 53 610)

SAA 01 127. (no title) (CT 53 818)

SAA 01 128. Receiving a ‘Shipment’ of People from Guzana (ABL 0167)

SAA 01 129. Providing Sheep for Offerings at the Nabu Temple (ABL 1087)

SAA 01 130. (no title) (ABL 0990)

SAA 01 131. Meeting the King in Babylon (ABL 0842)

SAA 01 132. Organizing the Cult of Dur-Šarruken (ABL 0841)

SAA 01 133. Blessings and Flatteries (ABL 0216)

SAA 01 134. Blessings and Rituals (CT 53 043)

SAA 01 135. Dividing an Inheritance (ABL 0179)

SAA 01 136. No Jewels in the Temple (ABL 0643)

SAA 01 137. Clearing away Rubble from a Collapsed Wall (ABL 0329)

SAA 01 138. The Wall Behind the Image of Ištar Collapses (ABL 1178)

SAA 01 139. Getting Stone Slabs Across the River (ABL 1446)

SAA 01 140. Setting up a Divine Panther (ABL 1209)

SAA 01 141. Stones for Cleansing the Throne of Destiny (ABL 0644)

SAA 01 142. The Throne of Destiny Cleansed (CT 53 183)

SAA 01 143. Straw for the Glazing of Bricks (ABL 1180)

SAA 01 144. Reeds for the King’s Work (ABL 0626)

SAA 01 145. Measurements of Bull Colossi (CT 53 327)

SAA 01 146. City Rulers Petition the King (ABL 0136)

SAA 01 147. The Petition of the City Rulers (ABL 0526)

SAA 01 148. The ‘Sons of Bought Men’ of Ekallate (ABL 1276)

SAA 01 149. Governor of Arbela Holding Back the King’s Men (CT 53 108)

SAA 01 150. Finding Big Bull Colossi for the King (CT 53 024)

SAA 01 151. Timber (ABL 0934+)

SAA 01 152. The Affair of Gidgidanu and His Brothers (CT 53 012)

SAA 01 153. Sidonites in Nineveh (ABL 0175)

SAA 01 154. Soldiers Idling Time Away in Calah (CT 53 829)

SAA 01 155. Philistine Troops in Arbela (ABL 0218)

SAA 01 156. (no title) (ABL 1064)

SAA 01 157. (no title) (CT 53 525)

SAA 01 158. Gold and Silver Objects Sent to the King (CT 53 001)

SAA 01 159. Reclaiming Investments in Dur-Šarruken (ABL 1442)

SAA 01 160. Collecting Barley for Palace Consumption (ABL 0843)

SAA 01 161. Collecting Barley (CT 53 461)

SAA 01 162. A Letter from the Recruitment Officers (ABL 1036)