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~730 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 19

SAA 19 015. Farmers of the Town of Aššur-nirka-uṣur (CTN 5 p. 196)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-šimanni. (3) As to the farmers of the town of Aššur-nirka-uṣur who appealed to the king, saying: "Our sown field has been flooded" - now their harvest has come out exceedingly well. The king knows that 10 ho[mers] of seed is cu[ltivated] annually. (12) [......] (13) an estate of 40 [homers of sown land] (14) [......] (r 1) has cultiv[ated] 10 homers of s[eed]. (r 3) [They have] utili[zed the la]nd of [th]is sust[enance field]. The k[ing] should have them watched more strictly. They say: "It is our own sown field." (r 9) I will now place harvesters…

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SAA 19 015. Farmers of the Town of Aššur-nirka-uṣur (CTN 5 p. 196)

SAA 19 017. Provisioning Aramean Troops (CTN 5 p. 281)

SAA 19 018. Wives for Aramean Troops (CTN 5 p. 92)

SAA 19 020. Construction Works (CTN 5 p. 287)

SAA 19 022. Restricted Trade in Tyre and Sidon (CTN 5 p. 155)

SAA 19 023. Hiram Deported after Sacrilegious Act (CTN 5 p. 154)

SAA 19 028. The Ashdodite Appealing to the King because of a Treaty (CTN 5 p. 153)

SAA 19 029. Qedarites Defeating Moab (CTN 5 p. 160)

SAA 19 030. Orchards of the Villages of Helbon (CTN 5 p. 158)

SAA 19 031. Sending Four Deserters to the King (CTN 5 p. 272)

SAA 19 034. Taking Care of the King’s Oxen (CTN 5 p. 211)

SAA 19 035. Extracting the iškaru Dues on Horses (CTN 5 p. 251)

SAA 19 041. Sending a Chiliarch to the King (CTN 5 p. 255)

SAA 19 044. Archers Arrested and Sent to the Palace (CTN 5 p. 177)

SAA 19 047. Dispute of Three Towns in the West (CTN 5 p. 313)

SAA 19 048. Information from a Deserter (CTN 5 p. 229)

SAA 19 050. The Yield of the Threshing-Floor (CTN 5 p. 271)

SAA 19 052. Work Allotments (CTN 5 p. 214 and p. 271)

SAA 19 053. Unsuccessful Pursuit; Oxen Needed for the Harvest (CTN 5 p. 266)

SAA 19 056. Bringing the Puqudu to the Palace (CTN 5 p. 84)

SAA 19 059. Equipping Troops (CTN 5 p. 306)

SAA 19 061. Hampered by Snow (CTN 5 p. 143)

SAA 19 062. My Major-Domo is Coming (CTN 5 p. 148)

SAA 19 064. Another Letter Fragment from Duri-Aššur to the King (CTN 5 p. 320)

SAA 19 065. Ullubaean Deportees in Inurta-ila’i’s Care (CTN 5 p. 111)

SAA 19 068. “Your Country and the People of Your Country are Well” (CTN 5 p. 200)

SAA 19 070. Urarṭian Attacking Forts on the Border (CTN 5 p. 109)

SAA 19 071. Chief Cupbearer Defeated by Rusa (CTN 5 p. 119)

SAA 19 075. Business with Kummeans (CTN 5 p. 251)

SAA 19 076. “Aššur and Šamaš Will Deliver Ṭurušpa into the King’s Hands” (CTN 5 p. 136)

SAA 19 077. Itu’eans Requested (CTN 5 p. 136)

SAA 19 078. Report on a Vassal King(?) (CTN 5 p. 201)

SAA 19 079. Fragment by Nabu-šumu-iškun (CTN 5 p. 202)

SAA 19 081. Barley for Captives (CTN 5 p. 49)

SAA 19 082. The King of Elam in the Vicinity of Der (CTN 5 p. 41)

SAA 19 084. Reserves on the Way (CTN 5 p. 42)

SAA 19 085. “What Are the King my Lord’s Orders?” (CTN 5 p. 48)

SAA 19 087. Power Struggles between Chaldean Leaders (CTN 5 p. 25)

SAA 19 088. Dredging a River (CTN 5 p. 261)

SAA 19 089. Land Dispute between High Officials (CTN 5 p. 208)

SAA 19 091. Receiving Horses and the Tribute of Kišesim (CTN 5 p. 297)

SAA 19 092. Speaking with Witnesses in Apinunu (CTN 5 p. 118)

SAA 19 093. Fragment Mentioning Şil-Bel (CTN 5 p. 318)

SAA 19 095. The City of the Mazamuans (CTN 5 p. 146)

SAA 19 097. Appointment of a Vice Governor (CTN 5 p. 259)

SAA 19 098. Peace Negotiations with the Babylonians (CTN 5 p. 19)

SAA 19 099. Answer by the Babylonians (CTN 5 p. 74)

SAA 19 100. Troop Movements in Babylonia (CTN 5 p. 26)

SAA 19 105. The Prefect is not Holding Back Any People (CTN 5 p. 206)

SAA 19 109. Barley from Babylonian Cities (CTN 5 p. 33)