All tablets.

SAA 16 223. It is a Royal Order (CT 53 669)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] eyes [...] (3) [...] He said: "It is a royal order (4) [...] me ... [...] (Rest destroyed)

~675 BCE·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 16

SAA 16 225. Sold for Money (CT 53 690)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] saying, "Why [has ... sold the ...] of my lord's household for money [...]?" (3) [...] sent, placed, and ca[me ...] (4) [......] saying, "[......]" (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

SAA 16 226. (no title) (CT 53 696)

(1) [...... the ki]ng (2) [......] Nabû (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

SAA 16 227. (no title) (CT 53 698)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) 5 [......] (2) all this [......] (3) that [......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 16 228. (no title) (CT 53 705)

(1) [To the king, my lord]: your servant [PN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) Kabtî [...] has said: "[......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 16 229. We Shall Stay Awake (CT 53 713)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] we shall stay awake (Break) (r 2) [......] month (r 3) [......] him (Rest destroyed)

SAA 16 230. (no title) (CT 53 714)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Concerning what the kin]g, my lord, [pr]eviousl[y wrot]e to me [......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 16 245. (no title)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... the o]ther ones [...] (2) [...] we do [n]ot know. N[ow the]n, the king (4) [... i]mage [......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 16 246. (no title)

(1) The very [best of health] to the kin[g, my lord]! (3) [May] Na[bû ......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 028. Should Esarhaddon Send an Army to Siriš? (AGS 043) [military and political]

(1) Šamaš, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you! (2) From this day, the 10th day of this month, Sivan (III) of this year, to the 29th day, the day of the moon's disappearance of this month Sivan of this year, for 20 days and nights, the passing and the coming days included, the term stipulated for the performance of (this) extispicy — (4) within this stipulated term, (should) Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, who is now intent on sending men, horses and troops, as he wishes, to Siriš, (and) whom your great divinity knows — (6) in accordance with the command of your…

SAA 04 034. Should Esarhaddon Send NN with Army to Mannea? (AGS 042) [military and political]

(1) [Šamaš, great lord, give me a f]irm positive answer [to what I am asking y]ou! (2) Should [Esarhaddon, king of] Assyria, who is now [......], send [NN to the dis]trict of Manne[a ......]? (4) [...]... Does your great divinity [know it]? (5) [Is it decreed and confirmed in accordance with the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord], and your favorable decisions? (6) [If they go, will they ... es]cape and st[ay alive] (Break) (r 2) [I ask you ... whether ......] will go [...]. (r 4) [Be present in this ram, place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs], favorable,…

SAA 04 040. Same Tablet as no. 39 (PRT 038) [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (1') [...] Is it decreed and con[firmed by the command of your great divinity Šamaš, great lord? Will he, who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? (2) [Disregard that in] their midst either the M[edes or the ......]. (3) [Disregard that in]side Bit-Hamban [......] (Break) (r 1) [(Disregard that)] he has [ea]ten, drunk, or anointed himself with [anything unclean], o[r has altered or changed the (ritual) proceedings]. (r 2) [Disregard that] the oracle query has become ju[mbled in the mouth] of the haruspex, your servant.Let them be [taken out] and put aside! (r…

SAA 04 042. Kaštaritu Organizing War (AGS 005) [military and political]

(1) [Šamaš, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am ask]ing you! (2) [Kaštaritu], city [lord] of Kark[aššî, who has] se[nt a messen]ger [to NN saying: "Let us st]and [together], mobilize an army [and ... set out to wage] war against the army [of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria"] — (6) i[n waging] war [......] (7) [...] will he abandon [......]? (Break) (r 2) [whether] Esarhaddon, king of [Assyria, will be ......]? (r 3) [Be prese]nt in this ram, [place] (in it) [a firm positive answer], favorable designs, favorable, [propitious] om[ens] by the oracular command of your great…

SAA 04 046. Fragment Similar to No. 45 (PRT 069) [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Disregard that I], the haru[spex your servant, am dressed in my ordinary soiled garments, (or) have] changed or alt[ered the proceedings].[Let them be taken out and put aside]! (r 1) [I ask yo]u, Šam[aš], great lord, [whether from this day, the ...th day of this month ... of] this [ye]ar, [to the ...th day of the month ... of this year, for 30 d]ays and 30 night[s, the stipulated term ...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 047. Fragment Similar to No. 43 (PRT 070) [military and political]

(1) Šamaš, great lord, [give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! (2) From this day, the [...th] d[ay of this month ... of this year, to] the 30th day of Siva[n (III) of this year, for ... days and nights, the] term [stipulated] for the performance [of (this) extispicy — within this stipulated term], (5) will [the troops of ...] stri[ve and plan? ...] (Break) (r 1) [Be present in this ram, place] (in it) a firm positive answer, [favorable designs, favorable, propitious omens by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see (them)]. (r 3) [May (this query) go] to [yo…

SAA 04 058. Should Esarhaddon Send an Aramean Scribe to NN? (PRT 025) [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] their [......] (2) [......] that [......] (3) [......] Mutu [......] (4) [......] the Sap[ardean ......] (5) [......] city or [......] (6) [......] will plunder ...[......]. (r 1) [Disregard the (formulation) of] today's case, b[e it good, be it faulty]. (r 2) [Disregard that a clean or an u]nclean person has to[uched] the sacrificial sheep, [or blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. (r 3) [Disregard that an uncl]ean man or woman [has come near] the pl[ace of the extispicy and made it unclean]. (r 4) [Disregard that the r]am (offered) to your divinity…

SAA 04 061. Will Kaštaritu Defeat Assyrian Troops? (PRT 013) [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Will Kaštaritu, city lord of] Karkaššî [......] (2) speak [...]? Will he [......]? (3) Will he wage war against them? [......] (4) Will Kaštar[itu, in waging] this war [......] (5) [...] or attack the magnates [and governors, the army of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria] (6) [Will they] kill, pl[under, ......]? (7) [Will Esarhad]do[n, king of Assyria, be troubled and angry]? (Break) (r 3) [Be present in] this ram, [place (in it) a firm positive answer, favorable designs], (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 070. Fragment Similar to No. 71 (PRT 019) [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (0) [Let] them be taken out [and put aside]! (1) [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether fr]om th[is] day, [the ...th day of the month ..., to the ...th day of] Elul (VI) of [this] year, [the magnates and governors of Bit]-Kari (should) go [...... and ta]ke [the road] to the dist[rict of ......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 077. Has the Enemy Captured Ṣiṣṣirtu? (AGS 072) [military and political]

(1) [Šamaš], great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you! (2) [The ci]ty Ṣiṣṣirtu, a fortress of Harhar, which is located on the border of Ellipi, and (which) your great divinity knows — (4) [in ac]cordance with the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord, and your favorable decisions, has the enemy captured that city, Ṣiṣṣirtu? Has he conquered it? Has he entered it? Has he plundered and looted it? (7) Has he who can see, seen it? Has he who can hear, heard it? Does your great divinity know it? (9) Disregard the (formulation) of the prayer for today's case,…

SAA 04 078. Will Chief Eunuch Ša-Nabu-šu Break the Siege of Ṣiṣṣirtu? [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Disregard that the oracle] query has become ju[mbled in the mouth of the haruspex, your servant].[Let them be taken out and put aside]! (r 2) [I ask you, Š]amaš, gre[at] lord, [whether Esarhaddon, king of As]syria, should send Ša-[Nabû-š]û, the chief eunuch, with an a[rmy, (as great) as he wishes, aga]inst the enemy [tro]ops which have now set up camp against the city Ṣiṣṣir[tu, a fortress of] Harhar, (r 6) [(and whether) these will, be it by ..., or in] their fear, or by their own deliberations, abandon [that city Ṣiṣṣi]rtu [...] and go elsewhere. (r 9) Be…

SAA 04 087. Fragment Similar to No. 84 (AGS 069) [military and political]

(1) [Šamaš, great lord], give me a fi[rm positive answer to what I am asking you]! (2) [Should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, strive and plan]? Should he, with his troops and camp, [an army as great as he wi]shes, take the road, and go [to the district where he] wishes? Will he [......] reach that district? (6) Will [......] his [provisions] be put in place for him and will a guide direct him? (7) [Will Esarhaddon, king of] Assyria, and his troops and camp, [escape], be saved, save themselves, extricate themselves [from ..., from] a native enemy garrison, or from [any] fierce enemy? (10) [Will…

SAA 04 091. Fragment Similar to No. 90 (AGS 083) [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 0) [Let them be taken out and put aside]! (r 1) [I ask you], Šamaš, great lord, [whether, should Assurbanipal, son of Esarh]addon, king of Assyr[ia, send NN to ..., (and should) he] go [...], (r 5) [he will successfully carry out whatever orders and] matters [......]. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 101. Should NN be Sent to Lay Siege to and Conquer the City ...? (PRT 011) [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [Should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, send NN with me]n, ho[rses, and an army, as (great as) he wishes, ......]? (4) [If he sends him, should he with men, horses, and an army, (as great) a]s he wis[hes, go to take the city ..., and will he, be it] through friendly words [...... or] by means of ramps, [or by means of battering-rams, or by ladder]s, [conquer that city, ...]? Will it be delivered to him? (9) [Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it? Does your great divinity] know it? (r 1) [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the…

SAA 04 106. Fragment Similar to No. 105 (AGS 096) [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... Will he who can see, see it? Will he] who can hear, [hear it]? (2) [Disregard that ...]...[...]. (3) [Disregard the (formulation) of today's case, be it good or] fau[lty]. (4) [Disregard that a clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or blocked the] way of the sacrificial sheep. (r 1) [Disregard that an unclean man or woman has come] near [the place of the extispicy] and made it unclean. (r 2) [Disregard that an unclean person] has performed [exti]spicy [in this place]. (r 3) [Disregard that the ram (offered) to your great divinity for…

SAA 04 118. Fragment of a Military Query (PRT 040) [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...]... [will they attack (him), and kill and pl]unde[r him? Will Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], be troubled [and angry? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, hear it]? (4) [Disregard that the day is ad]vanced (5) [Disregard the (formulation) of the prayer] for today's case, [be it good, be it faulty]. (6) [Disregard that he who touch]es the forehead of the sheep [is dressed in his ordinary soiled garments]. (7) [Disregard that the oracle query has become jumbled in the mouth of] the haruspex, your servant. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 121. Fragment of a Military Query (AGS 073) [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Will Esar]haddon, [king] of Assyria, be [......]? (2) [Will he who can see], see it? Will he who can hear, hear it? [Does your great] divinity [know it]? (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 124. Should Esarhaddon Send NN to ...? (AGS 044) [military and political]

(1) [Šamaš, great lord, give me] a firm positive ans[wer to what I am asking you]! (2) [From this day, the ...th day of this month], the month Shebat (XI) o[f this year, to the ...th day of the month Nisan (I) of the] coming [yea]r, 50 d[ays and nights, the stipulated term — (4) within this stipulated term, should Esarha]ddon, king of [Assyria, who is now inten]t on sending [NN to ..., and (whom) your great divinity knows] — (6) [in accordance with the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord, and your favorable] decisions, [should the subject of this query, Esarhaddon, king of…

SAA 04 125. Fragment of a Military(?) Query (PRT 068) [military and political]

(1) [Šamaš, great lord, give me] a firm positive answer [to what I am asking you]! (2) [From this day, the ...th day of this month], the month Adar (XII) of ..., [to the ...th day of the month ... of] the coming [year], 40 days [and nights, my stipulated term] — (4) [......] in [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 128. Fragment of a Military(?) Query (PRT 082) [military and political]

(1) [Šamaš, great lord, give me a firm] positive answer [to what I am asking you]! (2) [From ...... to the ...th day of the com]ing [month], month [......] (Break) (r 1) [Pla]ce [in it a firm positive answer ... by the oracular command of your great divinity, and may I see it]. (r 2) [May (this query) go to your great divinity, O Šamaš], great lord, [and may an oracle be given as an answer]. (r 3) [...... The 'f]inger' is thick. [......] (r 4) [......] the middle 'finger' of the lung [......] (r 5) [......] the right [...] in the side of [......].

SAA 04 132. Will a Plan Written on Papyrus Succeed? (AGS 095+) [military and political]

(1) [Šamaš, gre]at [lo]rd, give me a firm positive [answer] to what I am asking you! (2) [Will whatev]er is written in th[is] papyrus and placed before your great divinity be accomplished successfully? (5) Does your great divinity know it? (6) Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord? Will he who can see, see it? Will he who can hear, he[ar it]? (9) [Disregard the (formulation) of] today's case, be it good, [be it faulty]. (r 1) [Disregard that a] clean or an unclean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or [blocked the way…

SAA 04 140. Fragment Similar to No. 139 (AGS 078) [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... any human being, whether male or female, who] is called [by a name] (2) [......, whether in ... where] he spends the night, (3) [......] or in wine, (4) [......, or on his roy]al [throne], while he is sitting on it, (5) [......, or (while he is engaged) in] washing, (6) [......, or by] force, (7) [make rebellion or insurrection against Esarh]addon, king of As[syria], (8) [or act with evil intent against him? Does your great divini]ty know it? (9) Is it decreed and confirmed [in a favorable case, by the command of your great divinity, Šamaš, great lord? Will…

SAA 04 142. Will Anyone Make a Rebellion against Prince Assurbanipal? (PRT 044) [military and political]

(1) [Šamaš, great lord], give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you! (2) [From this day, the ...th day of] this [mo]nth, Iyyar (II), to the first day of the coming month, Sivan (III) of this year, [for ... days and nights], the term stipulated for the performance of (this) extispicy — within this stipulated term, (4) [will (any) of the] eunuchs (and) the bearded (officials), the king's entourage, or (any) of his brothers and uncles, (5) [his family], his fa[ther's line], or junior members of the royal line, or the 'third men,' chariot drivers (and) chariot fighters, (6) [or the…

SAA 04 149. Should Esarhaddon Appoint Sin-nadin-apli as Crown Prince? (AGS 107) [appointment]

(1) Šamaš, great lord, give me a firm positive answer to what I am asking you! (2) Should Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, strive and plan? Should he enter his son, Sin-nadin-apli, whose name is written in this papyrus and placed before your great divinity, into the Succession Palace? (4) Is it pleasing to your great divinity? Is it acceptable to your great divinity? Does your great divinity know it? (7) Is the entering of Sin-nadin-apli, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, whose name is written in this papyrus, into the Succession Palace, decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command…

SAA 04 157. Fragment Similar to No. 156 (AGS 119) [appointment]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [If he appoints him, as long as he holds this position, will he instigate] an insurrection [and rebellion against Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, and Assurbanipal], the crown prince of the [Succession] Palace, [or cause others to instigate it]? (2) [Will he order it or cause others to order it]? Will he plot [it, or cause others to plot it or incite it? Or will] someone else [cause him to plot it, and will he listen, and] turn [to disobedience]? (6) [Or] will he act [with evil intent] against [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, and Assurbanipal, the crown prince of the…

SAA 04 189. Fragment Similar to No. 188 (PRT 091) [medical]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] hurt [him ......] (2) [......] ... [......] (3) [......] the 'hand' of god [......] (4) [......] Esarha[ddon, king of Assyria], (5) [......] the 'hand' of [......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 223. Fragment of a Query (PRT 098) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Disregard that I, the haruspex your servant, have] ...[......, or (that) the oracle query] has become j[umbled] in my mouth.(Let them be taken out and put aside!) (r 2) [I ask you, Šamaš, great lord, whether ...] (r 3) of the [messenger] sent [......]. (r 4) [...] shrine [......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 259. Fragment of a Query (PRT 087) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Be present in this ram], place (in it) [a firm positive answer, favorable designs, favorable, propitious] omens [by the oracular command of your] great [divinity, and may I see (them)]. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 269. Query Concerning Ahseri, King of Mannea (AGS 024) [military and political]

(1) [Šamaš, great lord], give me [a firm positive answer to what I am asking you]! (2) [......] and the Cimmerian troops (3) [......] set up camp (4) [......] against Ahseri (5) [......] his camp (6) [......? Does your great divinity] know it? (7) [Is it decreed and confirmed in a favorable case, by the command of your gr]eat [divinity, Šamaš, great lord? Will he who can se]e, see i[t? Will he who can hear, hear it]? (Break) (r 2) Be present [in this ram, pl]ace (in it) [a firm positive answer, favorable designs], favorable, propitious [ome]ns [by the oracular command of your great divinity],…

SAA 04 275. Should Assurbanipal Admit NN to his Entourage? (AGS 114) [appointment]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Disregard that a clean or an un]clean person has touched the sacrificial sheep, or [blocked the way of the sacrificial sheep]. (r 2) [Disregard that] an unclean person [has performed extispicy] in this place. (r 3) [Disregard that the] ram (offered) to [your] divinity for the performance of the extispicy [is deficient or faulty]. (r 4) [Disregard that he who to]uches the fore[head of the sheep is dressed in] his ordinary soiled garments. (r 5) [Disregard] that I, the haruspex your servant, [have jumbled] the oracle query in [my] mouth, (or) changed or altered the…

SAA 04 287. Should the Assyrian Army Wage War against Šamaš-šumu-ukin? (PRT 118) [military and political]

(1) [......]. (2) The breas[t-bone ... is prese]nt. (3) A niphu [......] and faces the [...]. (4) The 'station' is present. The 'path' is cur[led ...]. The left side of the gall bladder is split. (5) The 'path' on the left of the gall bladder is present. The middle of the middle surface of the 'finger' lies towards the 'yo[ke']. (6) A 'foot'-mark in the top of the right surface of the 'finger' is ... towards the area of the 'finger.' (7) The 'well-being' of the 'increment' is drawn over the 'increment.' The upper part is elevated. (8) The 'cap' rides upon the 'outside.' The base of the middle…

SAA 04 288. Will the Assyrian Army Prevail over Šamaš-šumu-ukin’s? (PRT 126) [military and political]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) If there is a 'weapon'-mark [over the 'increment' which rises] fr[om right to left]: my army will [take] the spoils of the enemy's army. (3) The front of the atrophied part is effaced and [......]. (4) If the 'ear' is present: My army [......]. (Break) (r 2) Will [the weapons of ......]... prevail over the weapons of the men [and army] of Šamaš-šumu-u[kin]? (r 5) (When) the extispicy was performed, [its] favorable omens [were numerous, its] unfavorable ones [few]. (r 7) Mon[th Iy]yar (II), [...th day, ...]. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 04 290. Will Šamaš-šumu-ukin Flee Babylon if Assyrians Take Sippar? (PRT 139) [military and political]

(1) (Beginning destroyed) (8) The 'p[ath' ......]. (9) The place of the 'finger' [...] from inside the 'base of the thro[ne'] is drawn towards the 'finger,' and the 'cap' [......]. (11) The floating ribs of the left are two. [There are] 3 unf[avorable] features. (12) The 'station' is present. The 'path' has a bifurcation toward the right narrow part. (13) The 'path' on the left of the gall bladder has fissures like a snake. (14) The 'base of the throne' [...] and faces downward. The 'finger' [...]. (15) [...] there is an atrophied part. Unfavorable. (16) [......]. The base of the middle…

SAA 04 305. Should Assurbanipal Appoint Šarru-kenu to an Office? (PRT 124) [appointment]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... the mid]dle [...]. (2) [The breast]-bone is thick [...]. (3) The heart of the ram is norma[l]. (4) The 'well-being' is destroyed. In the left side of the gall bladder a 'foot'-mark is [...] toward its front. (5) The lower part is elevated. (6) The 'outside' rides upon the 'cap.' (7) The 'ca[vit]y' of the right lung is split. (8) The coils of the colon are 15 in number. There are 6 unfavorable omens. (9) [Should Assurbanipal, ki]ng of Assyria, [appoint the man] whose name is written in [this] tablet and placed [before] your great [divini]ty, [to an offi]ce? If he…

SAA 04 335. Fragment Similar to No. 333 (PRT 125) [unclassifiable]

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [In the rig]ht side of the gall bladder there is a hole. Above [......]. (3) [The 'paths'] are 2, the lower one [...] toward [...]. (4) [Thir]d extispicy. (5) [Bel-ušall]im. Month Iyyar (II), 4th day, [eponym year of NN]. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 16 021. Treacherous Astrologers (Iraq 34 21)

(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Šamaš-šumu-ukin. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. (5) Šaridu (and) Nabû-ahhe-ereš, citizens of Babylon, (and) Bel-iddina, a citizen of Borsippa, have sent me the (following) letter: (9) "The king concluded a treaty with us concerning you: 'Tell your lord whatever you hear!' Now, Bel-eṭir (and) Šamaš-zeru-iqiša have neglected the order the king gave them (and) are acting on their own. Aplaya, whom the king sent (with the command): 'Go (and) set up sanctuaries in Babylon!', has made common cause with them.…

SAA 16 042. Governor Appropriates a Royal Gift (ABL 0415)

(1) To the king, our lord: your servants Ṣallaya, major domo, (and) Asalluhi-ereš, scribe. Good health to the king, our lord! May Nabû (and) Marduk bless the king, our lord. (8) The governors have squandered the household of our lord, (and) the king does not know. The governor of Arrapha has taken away the gift which the king gave to our lord. May it be known to the king, our lord, that the household of our lord has been squandered. (r 4) The king knows that our lord does not argue with his adversary; and when we litigate, they mistreat us. May the king entrust us to someone of his entourage,…

SAA 16 045. Complaints from Naṣibina (ABL 1371)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) The scribe [...] left [his post and did not do] the king's work, saying: "Why [...] my father?" (4) They ap[pointed] me in his stead, (and) I stood by and [served] your father. I [...ed] in Naṣibina, [GN] (and) Hamedê; I [did] work for the king (and) [gave] booty to the king. (10) Last year in Tebet (X), [when I was] in the presence of the king, my lord, [...] report of the Palace [...]. I exacted silver from the me[rchants] and [gave] it to the king. (15) The [...] of the king, [my] lord, [...] had no[t] yet [...], [...] to Barhalza, (when) the scribe returned to my…

SAA 16 061. Partial Duplicate of No. 60 (CT 53 938)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-rehtu-uṣur. May Bel and Belet, Nabû and Tašmetu, Ištar of] Nineveh and Ištar of [Arbela, your gods who] called [you by name to kings]hip, [keep you alive]! (4) [Those who sin against] your father's [goodness, your father's and your own] treaty, and who [plot] against your life, shall be placed [in yo]ur [hands], and you will delete th[eir] seed [from Assyria and from] your [pala]ce! (8) [This] is the word [of Mullis]su; the king, my lord, should n[ot] be ne[glectful] about it. (10) [On the 6th o]f Marchesvan (VIII) I had a vi[sion]: "[...] spend…

SAA 16 075. A Crime Committed (CT 53 954)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] is there [...]? [...] months (4) [... W]hen did he sit [...]? (5) [......] ... he committed a crime (6) [...... h]e commits (a crime) (7) [......] which he has done (8) [... the ...] of the king, my lord, (9) [...... go]es down. The king [has ...] to his servant [...] (10) [......] they [s]hould return (11) [...... w]hat [......] (Reverse too broken for translation)

SAA 16 077. Instructions for a Battle (CT 53 958)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Until ...] se[nds ..., the king, my lord], may rely on it. (r 3) Give [orders to] your magnates and station their [...]! The king, my lord, should not advance [to the b]attle. [Just a]s your royal fathers have done, st[ay] on the hill, and [let] your [ma]gnates [do] the bat[tle]. (r 9) [The king], my lord [......] (r 10) [... o]f [his] servant [......] (Rest destroyed)