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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 100. Counting Timber after a Fire (ABL 0092)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-ṣill-E[šarra]. Ešarra is well, the temples are well, the Inner City is well, Assyria is well, may the king, my lord, be well! May Aššur and Mullissu bless the king, my lord! (9) As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: 'Count the intact beams and write me!", (11) I have just written down the numbers of the beams and am sending them herewith to the king, my lord: 372 heavy beams, 808 second-size, 2,313 third-size, 11,807 fourth-size, in all 15,290 sound ones, plus 13,157 damaged or burnt. (Six illegible lines) (r 5) ...] I transferred the [beams…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 101. Inspecting and Counting Logs (ABL 0397)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-ṣill-Ešarra. Ešarra is well, the temples are well, the Inner City is well, Assyria is well, may the king my lord be well! May Aššur and Mullissu bless the king, my lord! (9) As to the logs which the king wr[ote me about ......] (Break) (r 1) [..... are] very [...], im[possible] to count. There are many logs! The king, my lord, can be glad.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 102. Towing Logs (ABL 0398)

(1) [To] the king, m[y] lord: your [servant] Ṭab-ṣill-E[šarra]. Good health to the king, [my] lord! May Aššur and Mullissu bless the king, [my lord]! (5) As to the logs which the king, my lord, wrote me about: "Send (word) that they be towed here," (8) even before the king, my lord, wr[ote to me], I assigned [...... (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 103. Fighting Locusts (ABL 1015)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-ṣill-E]šarra. [Good health to the king], my lord! May [Aššur and M[ullissu bless [the king, my lord]! (6) [As to the lo]custs [concerning which the king, my lord], wrote to me: "Write where the locusts have laid eggs! They shall fumigate (these areas) with juniper powder. They shall knock them out at the moment of their hatching." (14) Already before the letter of the Palace came to me, I had the following order issued in the [cities] and vi[llage]s: (r 4) "Fumigate with juniper powder where the [loc]usts have l[aid eggs]!" [Now], we shall knock them…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 105. Barley and Straw Taken from Desert Depots (ABL 0871)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) in the town [...] in the middle of [... ...] has taken 40 homers of b[arley] and 200 bales of straw, (as supplies) for two days, referring the matter to the king, (9) (while) in the village of Diqarate in the desert Aššur-belu-taqqin the prefect has taken 16 homers of barley and a pile of straw and seized farmers of the Palace. (r 8) They have borrowed [... and gi]ven [...... (Break) (e. 1) they open [......] without the go[vernor]'s permission; the king [my lord should know this].

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 106. A Land Grant to the Nabu Temple of Dur-Šarruken (ABL 0480)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-ṣill-Ešarra. Good health to the king, my lord! May Aššur and Mullissu bless the king, my lord! (6) There is an estate of 4,000 hectares of arable land in a village called Qurani in the Halahhu province which the king my lord took and [gave] to the Nabû temple of Dur-Šarruken, and (in doing this) the king my lord [gave] this order to [Kiṣir]-Aššur: "Give the Governor of the Land a village in return for the village [......]!" (15) [...... in] Halzi-atbar [......] there [......] an estate of 320 hectares [......] he has not given, and I have not…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 107. How Do You Feed Your Horses? (ABL 0097)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-ṣill-Ešarra. Good health to the king, my lord! May Aššur and Mullissu bless the king, my lord! (6) As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Suppose you are staying at home, how do you feed (your horses)?" (9) Half of my horses are fed in the Barhalza province, the other half eat at the [... of the ci]ty of Issete in the domestic quarters of [...]; my cavalry [and ... are sta]tioned in the tax-collection center of the province of [...]. Their [...... (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 108. Straw and Fodder for the Horses (ABL 0995)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) ......] for his eyes; he does not give any [str]aw or fodder [to] the horses. (6) Let a messenger of the king my lord come and have a look at the [...], and (then) go and inform the king, my lord.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 109. (no title) (ABL 0481)

(1) [To the ki]ng, my lord: your [servant] Ṭab-ṣill-Ešarra. [Good] health to the king, my lord! May [Aššur and M]ullissu bless the king, [my lord]! (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 111. A Festival (CT 53 591)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-bani]. Good [health to the king, my lord! The temples are] well, [the city of Calah is] well, [the queen] is well, [the slaves are] well. (8) On the 17th [the god ...] emerged [from his temple] and saf[ely entered ...... (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-bani. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) On the 2nd [......] the gods [......]; on the 3rd [...... (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) To [the king, my lord]: your servant [Aššur-bani]. Good health [to the king, my lord]! (4) On the 8th [of ... the gods] are going to get up and [take residence in the akitu chapel; they will stay there] until the middle [of the month]. (7) Oil [...... (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) T[o the king, my lord: your] servant [Aššur-bani]. (Break) (16) But [......] how are we supposed to do the work on [...]? Whence shall we raise the materials needed for the temple of Ištar, the Kidmuri temple, the Sebettu temple and the temple of Adad-of-the-Rain? (r 7) Let them write to Kiṣir-Aššur that he should make available the straw in the Merchant Town and Šitabni, so we can use it for the work.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-bani. Good health to the king, my lord! The temples are well, the city of Calah is well, the queen is well, the slaves are well. (8) [...] Dur-Šarruken [...... (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) [To the ki]ng, my lord: [your servant] Aššur-bani. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! The temples are [well], the city of Calah is [well], the queen is [well], the slaves [are well]. (8) As for [...] the merchant [of whom the king, my lord, wr]ote to me [..... (Break) (r 2) ..... nor has] Silî entered [Cal]ah; [... and] their iškāru dues [...] have been received.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 117. Merchants (ABL 0234)

(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant Ašš]ur-bani. [Good health to] the king, my lord! (3) [As to ...... the me]rchants [...... (Break) (r 1) Calah [...... in] my hand [...... the king, my lo]rd will kill me.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-bani. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) Saili who petitioned the [...] tells me: "A son of Sa[dir] has given 1.5 minas of gold to [...]; he has raised [from h]im 50 [..., and ...] to [......]" (10) A son of Sadir [......] bits and pieces [...... (Break) (r 1) [A son of] Sadir has ra[ised ...] for three years. (r 3) [The son]s of Sadir petitioned the Palace claiming they had weakened (financially), and they say: "We have been authorized by the Palace to raise the iškāru dues from the troops"; (r 7) What Saili is saying is: "In what sense is he we…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-bani. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) Aššur-šumi-ke'in called me to help and loaded the bull colossi on the boats, but the boats could not carry the load (and sank). (11) Now, although it cost me a great trouble, I have now hauled them up again.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) Now, [should] the [...] (official) [fet]ch Aššur-šumi- ke'in from Tasti[ate]? What are [the king my lord's] instructions?

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) [To] the king, my lord: [your servant] Aššur-bani. [Good heal]th to [the king, my lord]! (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) To the Vizier, my lord: [your servant] Aššur-bani. [Good health] to the Vizier, my lord. (4) They have written to me [from the Palace]: "[......] Ziziru [... have ch]ased him [......] Calah [......] the moat [......] 120 [...... (Break) (r 2) [Perhaps my lo]rd would say: "Why did you not write?" I have now written to the Vizier, my lord.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 124. Fending off Accusations (ABL 0190)

(1) [To] the king, my lord: your servant Kiṣir-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the houses of the recruitment officers, about which the king, my lord, wrote to me: "The houses are already built, you are deceiving me in order to give them to your servants!" — (8) as if I did not tell the truth to the king, my lord! Let a royal eunuch who will tell the king my lord the truth come and have a look at these houses of the recruitment officers! If they are already built, let him go and tell it to the king, my lord, and let the king, my lord, hold his report to my discredit and say:…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) [To the king], my lord: your servant Kiṣir-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) Upon my coming from Milqia to Dur-Šarruken, I was told that there had been an earthquake in Dur-Šarruken on the 9th of Adar (XII). Perhaps the king, my lord, now says: "Any damage within the city wall?" (16) There is [no]ne. The temples, the ziggurat, the palace, the city wall and the buildings of the city are all well; the king, my lord, can be glad. (r 8) The king, my lord, will hear many things tomorrow and the day after, and say: "Why is it that you heard but did not write?" That is [why I am now wr…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(Beginning destroyed) (2) Let me appoint [......] in the service of [...]. (4) [......] the oil that Šep-Aššur (5) [......] let him give them servants (6) [......] upon then (7) [...... on the ...]th we set to work on [......] (9) [......] we are doing it.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) [To the king], my [lord: your servant Kiṣir-Aššur. Good] health to [the king, my lord! (3) As to what the king] my lord wrote to me: (4) "[......] in the presence (5) [of ......]!" I (6) [......] they discharged (7) [......] appointed under him (8) [......] again (9) [......] they discharged (10) [......] he is a [chariot d]river (Break) (r 1) [......] Nineveh [...] (r 2) [......] of the Inner City [...] their (r 3) [...... of] Arbela and [...] (r 4) [......] tiller (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ina-šar-Bel-allak. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May the gods residing in Dur-Šarruken give the king my lord length of days! (7) I went as far as Šabirešu to meet the people and oxen that were brought to me from Guzana; I checked them, received them, and provided them with shelter. Some of them were missing: (14) Kinâ, a wineskin-raft man, three persons; Sandapî, a vegetable gardener, three persons; Hulî, a farmer, five persons; Kuzâ, a belt-maker, four persons — in all 15 persons missing from my…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Ina-šar-Bel-allak. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord]! May [the gods] resi[ding in] Du[r-Šarruken] give the king [my lord] length of days! (7) The continual sheep offerings which the king my lord organized for the Nabû temple have been regularly provided by the cohort within my city; [...... (Break; reverse too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) [To] the king, my lord: [your servant] Ina-šar-Bal-allak. [Good] health [to] the king, my lord! [May Na]bû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! [May the gods] residing in Dur-Šarruken give the king my lord length of [days]! (r 1) [The ...] of (which) the ki[ng, my lord, ...... have e]ntered [... and ...] the king, my lord [...... (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) To the king, [my lord]: (2) (This is) your servant Aha-lurš[i, your adorer], who daily prays to Bel and Nabû for the life of [the king, his lord]. May Nabû and Marduk bl[ess the king], my lord! (6) Bel and N[abû ...... (Break) (r 2) [As to what the king, my lord, wro]te to me: "Come [to my presence in Nisan]!" — (r 3) the work will be fini[shed] by the [...th] of intercalary Adar (XIII); I shall leave Dur-Šarruken on the 5th of extra Adar and shall be in the presence of the ki[ng my lord] even before the month of Nisan (I). (r 7) May Nabû and Marduk [bless] the king, my lord! (r 8) That…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(b.e. 1) To the king, [my lord]: (2) (This is) your servant Aha-lurš[i, your adorer], who [daily] prays [to Bel and Nabû] for the life of the king, [his lord]. May Nabû and Marduk [bless the king, my lord]! (5) As to what the king my lord wrote to me: "[As soon as the work has been finished] and the god has taken his seat (in the temple), [come to my presence]!" — (7) Mardî the eunuch said: "I [shall go; instead of] your going, stay and off[iciate here so that when ......] and the god takes his seats [......], you can recite the proper formulae" — (10) I told [him], however: "Write down [in a…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 133. Blessings and Flatteries (ABL 0216)

(1) The very best of health to the king, my lord! May Aššur, Šamaš, Bel, Nabû, Sin and Nergal bless the king, my lord! (5) (This is from) your servant Hunnî, an adorer of the king his lord. (7) All the temples and palaces of Assyria are well; the crown prince Sennacherib is well; all the princes [who are in] Assyria are well; [the king], my lo[rd, can be very gl]ad [indeed]. (Break) (r 1) May he see the workmanship of the temples of his gods and kiss their beautiful feet; may those (gods) whose temples you have made shine like sunrise, bless the king my lord, and may we, the royal servants, ki…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) [To the king m]y lord: your servant [Hunnî]. Good health to the king, my lord! [May] Nabû and [Marduk bless the king, my lord]! May they give the king my lord a long life, peace of mind and good hea[lth, extreme old age], a strong army, a long reign and as many years as [......]; may they make all countries submit themselves [to you]! (6) May the king, my lord, the good shepherd [......] truly tend and shepherd them; may Aššur, Bel and Nabû [add] flocks to your flocks, give them to you, and enlarge your spacious fold; may the peoples of all the countries come into your presence! (10) O…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 135. Dividing an Inheritance (ABL 0179)

(1) [To the ki]ng, my lord: your [servant] Amar-ili. [Good he]alth to the king, my lord! (4) As to the house of Mardû of which the king my lord told (me): "You and the governor of Arbela, divide it evenly between the sons of Mardû and give (each his share)!" (12) We did indeed find a writing-board inside (the house), [just as the king my lord had w]ritten; I sealed it and put it inside (...). (r 7) Now I am sending it to the king, my lord. What are the king my lord's instructions?

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) [To the king, my lord]: yo[ur servant Amar-ili. (3) [As to] the jewels [of which] the king my lord wrote to me, we searched in the temple but did not [find] (any) beautiful stones [...... (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Amar-ili. (3) We cleared away the wall of the palace which had fallen in and were starting to dig the foundations when the granary between the storehouse of the Palace Superintendent and the city wall fell down. The barley [...... (Break) (r 1) We have [...]ed and dumped it in the sto[rehouse of ...] and in the storehouse [of ...].

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) [To the king], my [lord: your servant Ama]r-ili. (3) [As to the ... wall behind] (the image) of Ishtar [of which the king my lord] told (me): "Place the symbol [where it] goes up and [...]; if the wall is leaning, write me" — (10) Now on the 4th, the wall caved in by itself. [PN] and the master-builders [came] to see it, and they said: "[The wall] is ruined; let them remove [...] and change [...]. The [...] that the king ord[ered ...]." (19) A wall which [...] which the king [...] knows! [All] is well, [the king my lord can be] gl[ad]. (Break) (r 15) He should go [...]. [As far as] the wal…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(Beginning destroyed) (1) ...... the Palace Herald and] the Chief [...] are keeping the boats for [them]selves. (4) Let the king, my lord, send word that they bring (boats) [to me] either from the Palace Herald or from the Ch[ief ...] so that I can get the stone slabs across. (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) [To the king, my lo]rd: your servant Ilu-iqbi. (4) I have set up the panther which is on the right side of the god; it stands firmly on the ped[estal]. The ki[ng, my lord, c]an be glad. (10) I shall release ...[...] to the god [...... (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(Beginning destroyed) (1) The artists [...] said [to me]: "Write to the Palace that they should bring us 'wiping-stones' of Izalla. We should cleanse the Throne-of-Destiny of silver and the door of Ištar-of-Hearing."

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) [To the king], my [lord: your servant Ilu-iq]bi. (3) The [Throne-of-Destiny] of silver and the [......] of silver are finished; [as to the ..., ...] said [that they are not] finished. (9) The [...] are cleansing the [...] in the presence of the governor; they will be ready [this] very moment. [The ... who are] wiping [...... (Break) (r 2) ...... I am fee]ding the Šugureans [who] are coming in. All the king's [servants are well]; the king [my lord] can be glad.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [On the ... th, after ......] we had finished the (city) wall, [we] got [busy], gathered men for the straw that the king had given to us in Halahhu, and went to carry it over. (8) The men working in the ditch, [of] a single prefect and 125 in number, have [neither] delivered straw of their own nor are they carrying that of Halahhu. By means of what will they glaze bricks for their work-quota tomorrow? What does the king my lord say? (r 1) As to the replacement for the dead concerning which the king told the magnates: "Provide the replacement!" — nobody has given us…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(Beginning destroyed) (1) I shall finish the king's [.....] before the king my lord (comes); the king [my lord] can be glad. (7) I have no reeds for the king's work, (so) I have no work of [the king] (to do). (r 3) They should speak to the governor of Calah; there is reed in the wadi of Ubasê; let him give me a wineski[n raft (loaded) with r[eeds ...... (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) [To the king, my lord]: your [servant Šamaš-upahhir]. Good he[alth to the king, my lord]! (3) As to [the measurements] of the b[ull coloss]i about which the king [my lord wrote to] me, the length of the first bu[ll colossus] is [x] and a half royal [cubits], [its] widt[h is x]; from the length and the width [x] cubits and a half have been finished. (11) [Another] colossus: [length is] 9.5 cubits; from its other side t[o the r]iver [......] cubits [...... (Break) (r 1) [a bull colossus: length is x cubits], width [x cubits]; (r 2) a bull colossus: [length] 10.[5 cubits], width 5 cubits;…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Šamaš-upahhir. Good health to the king, my lord! (5) The king my lord's servants, the city-rulers under my authority whom the king [my lord] o[rdered] to work in Milqia [have co]me [to my presence saying: "...... (Break) (r 1) "Send [..... to the pa]lace!" (r 2) They have made [me] sack [the ... of the ki]ng, my lord; what does the king my lord say?

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) To the king, our lord: your servants the city-rulers who are doing the king's work in Milqia. (6) As to what the king wrote to us: "Finish your work it while it is supervised" — we will do what the king our lord wrote to us and deliver it to the king our lord, but the work is a great burden on us. (r 1) What with the kallapus and the trackers, they do not allow us to do the king's work. (r 6) We are now petitioning the king our lord to release us so that we can perform the king's work. We shall repay our debt as soon as we are back in our country.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) [To] the king, [my] lord: yo[ur servant] Aššur-[...]. (3) [As to] the 'sons of bought (slaves)' of Ekallate [whom the king], my lord, sent to me, [...] king's [me]n [......] king's [me]n ... (Break) (r 2) ..... I have wr]itten to him. [I]f the king my lord commands, [as soon as] the Chief Eunuch [has le]ft, [let the ma]sons [...] the 'sons of bought (slaves)', and let them supply for me [the materials needed for] the Inner City ...[...].

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-šarru-ibni. Good health to the king, [my lord]! (4) The governor of Arbela has [120] king's men who did not go to the campaign with the king but he will not agree to give them to me. I fear the king, my lord, and shall not take hold of his men (without his permission). (r 1) 30 (men from) Tillê, 60 (from) the land of Hamudu of the governor of Calah, 30 from the city of [...]ba. They have neither rations nor work.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant Aššur-šumi-ke'in. Good health to the king, my lord! May Aššur bless the king, my lord! (5) As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Find big twelve-cubit bull colossi!" — (8) [There are two] in front of the main gate of the center of the city; [one] is an [el]even-cubit colossus [of the Chief C]upbearer; the other has a [...] and is not 'clean'. (12) Then there are [two] bull colossi of Zeru-ibni, each ten cubits; one he has set up in front of the royal palace, the other one is extra and in his possession. Let him give it [to] the Palace Herald so…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 151. Timber (ABL 0934+)

(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant] Nabû-deni-epuš. [good health] to the king, my [lord]! (5) As to the timber [about which the king wrote] to me, [...... (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

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

(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant Nabû]-zer-ketti-lešir. [Good health] to the king, my lord! [May Nabû and] Marduk bless [the king], my [lord]! (6) [As to Gidgid]anu [and] his [brothers about whom the king, my lord wrote] to me, [......] the temple [......] his promise; (11) he has [not] been able to [...] the king my lord's [...] in the eyes [of] the king, my lord, and has not [...... (Break) (r 4) As to what the king, my lord, wrote [to me]: "Why have [these] brothers of Gidgidanu quitted (their) work and left, going away?" — (r 9) if the brothers of Gidgidanu working with me, if…

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