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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 342. Kettledrum Performance Before Venus (ABL 0669) [from lamentation priests]

(1) To the king, [my lo]rd: your servant Urad-[Ea]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! May Nabû, Marduk, Sin and Nikkal bless the king, my lord! (8) Tonight the bronze kettledrum will be plac[ed bef]ore Venus. The 'head-washers' are saying: (13) "[...] for Sin (14) [... eveni]ng (Remainder lost)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 343. (no title) (ABL 0028) [from lamentation priests]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Urad-Ea. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû, Marduk, Sin, Nikkal and Nusku bless the king, my lord! (9) The Moon god (and his consort) Nik[kal ......] (Break) (r 1) [......] have b[lessed the king, my lord], and given a life of distant days to the king, my lord! (r 6) I pray day and night for the life of the king, my lord.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 344. (no title) (ABL 0027) [from lamentation priests]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Urad-Ea. Good health to the king, my lord! [May] Nabû, Marduk, Sin and Nikkal [bless] the king, my lord! (Remainder lost)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 345. Kettledrum Performance Before Enki (CT 53 111) [from lamentation priests]

(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant] Nabû-zeru-iddina. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! May [Aššur, Sin], Šamaš, Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord; may they grant the king, my lord, happiness and physical health. (7) May the king, my lord, endure forever like Heaven and Earth! May Ištar of Arbela [before the king, my lord's feet] overwhelm whatever enemies there are, may she put [......] (Break) (r 9) [......] one wrap (r 10) [......] before Enki (r 11) [......] a kettle-drum (r 12) [......] speaks.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 346. (no title) (ABL 1150) [from lamentation priests]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-zeru-iddina. Good health to the king, my lord! May Aššur, Sin, Šamaš, Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord, and [may they grant] the king, my lord, happiness and physical well-being; may the king, my lord, [endure forever] like Heaven and Earth; may Sin, Nikkal and Nusku listen to the prayers of the king, my lord, and may [they overwhelm] before [the feet of] the king, my lord, whatever enemies there are! (Rest broken and untranslatable)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 347. Observing and Interpreting an Eclipse of the Moon (ABL 0337) [miscellaneous]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Mar-Issar. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May the great gods bestow long days, well-being and joy upon the king, my lord! (5) Concerning the lunar eclipse about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, it was observed in the cities of Akkad, Borsippa, and Nippur. What we saw in Akkad corresponded to the other (observation)s. A bronze ket[tledrum] was set up; the darkness [......] (Break) (r 3) I have extracted the [relevant] interpretation written on the tablet and s[ent] it, together with this letter, to the…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 348. Riots in Babylon (ABL 0340) [miscellaneous]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Mar-Issar. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May the great gods bestow long days, well-being and joy upon the king, my lord! (5) Concerning the gusīgu-jewelry about which I wrote to the king, my lord: "It has not been brought" — 30 jewels, sealed, were dispatched to me via my messenger whom I had sent to the palace. He brought them on the 2nd and I received them with the seal intact, thanks to the genie of the king, my lord. Moreover, the bodyguard Nabû-le'i, brought me, likewise on the 2nd of Ab (V) 26…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 349. The Divine Statues of Uruk and the Temple of Der (ABL 0476) [miscellaneous]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant [Mar-Issar]. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and [Marduk] bless the king, my lord! May the great gods bestow long days, well-being and joy upon the king, my lord! (5) As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Itti-Marduk-balaṭu of Uruk has written to me: 'Gold has accumulated in the temples, and there is repair work to be done'" — (9) formerly, before the king, my lord, went to [S]urmarrate, the k[ing, my lord, as]ked me in Calah: "What work [on the gods] is [i]ncomplete?" I (then) informed the king, my lord, as follows: (12) "[The…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 350. Terminating the Reign of the Substitute King (ABL 1014) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) Con[cerning the su]bstitute king about whom [the king, my lord, wrote to me]: "He should sit for 100 days" — (2) [now then] he has completed the 100 days, and [his] ki[ngship is finished. As the king, my lord, wr[ote to me I am w]aiting [for the ...]; the king, my lord, should k[now] (this). (6) [...] the blow [......] (7) [...] at the left, Aššur-ahu-[...] (8) [... ov]er there should be good [...] (9) [...] have been deleted. As soon as [......], it will be taken care of [within] 10 days. The king, my lord [should know this]. (11) [Ma]rs, which previously was…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 351. The Substitute King Enters Akkad (ABL 0629+) [miscellaneous]

(1) To the king, my lo[rd]: your servant Mar-Issar. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bl[es]s the king, my lord! May the great gods be[st]ow long days, well-being and j[oy] upon the king, my lord! (5) The substitute king, who on the 14th sat on the throne in [Ninev]eh and spent the night of the 15th in the palace o[f the kin]g, and on account of whom the eclipse took place, entered the city of Akkad safely on the night of the 20th and sat upon the throne. (11) I made him recite the omen litanies before Šamaš; he took all the celestial and terrestrial portents on himself,…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 352. Burial of the Substitute King (ABL 0437) [miscellaneous]

(1) [To the king], my [lord]: your servant [Mar-Issar]. [Good health] to the king, my lord! May [Nabû and Marduk] bless [the king], my lord! May [the great gods] bestow [long days], well-being and joy upon the king, my lord! (5) [Damqî], the son of the prelate of Akka[d], who had ru[led] Assyria, Babylon(ia) [and] all the countries, [di]ed with his queen on the night o[f the xth day as] a substitute for the king, my lord, [and for the sake of the li]fe of Šamaš-šumu-uki[n]. He went to his fate for their redemption. (13) We prepared the burial chamber. He and his queen were decorated, treated,…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 353. Offerings for the Nabu Temple of Borsippa (ABL 1202) [miscellaneous]

(1) [To the king], my [lord]: your servant [Mar-Issar]. [Good health] to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless [the king], my [lord]! May the [great] gods bestow lasting days, [well-being] and joy [upon the king], my lord! (5) The tiara of Nabû [is completed]; the name of the king, my lord, and the name of the crown prince [of Babylon], my [lord], have been [inscribed] on it; the appropriate (dedicatory) ritual has been performed. (9) (Break) (12) [......] Meanwhile, ašgikû-jewels [and ...] were obtained (as booty) [from] Egypt. (14) In the sp[ringtime the king, my lord], sent a…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 354. Construction of Ezida and Esaggil, Adjuration of Officials (CT 53 075) [miscellaneous]

(1) [To the king, my lord: yo]ur [servant] M[ar-Issar]. [Good health to the king], my lord! May Nabû and [Marduk] bless [the king, my lord]! May the great god[s] bestow long days, [well-being] and joy [upon the king], my lord! (5) We are giving silver to the masters who came with me, and they are overlaying the sanctuaries [of] Ezida as the king, my lord, commanded. Elallu limestone should be acquired and brought for the king, my lord's stand in Esaggil. The shares which I took with me, have been distributed to the delegates of Babylonia by myself and the cohort commander Idri-aha'u. (13) And…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 355. Reconstruction Work in Uruk (CT 53 034) [miscellaneous]

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Mar-Issar. Good [health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless] the king, [my lord! May the great gods bestow long days], well-being and [joy] upon the king, my lord! (5) [The ...s of ...] and Uruk are not [doing] the w[ork and] not glazin[g the bricks ......]. (8) I went and [......]: "The inscri[ption ......]; why did you last year [...] but do not do [the work]?" (11) They said: "[...] are glazing [......] commanded me [......]." (14) I said: "[......] to the temple [......]" (Break) (r 2) [Furthermore], concerning [the Lady of Akkad about…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 356. (no title) (CT 53 116) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) I am [......] (2) my people [......] (3) leap year [......] (4) they should intercalate [......] (5) of the eclipse in the month Te[bet (X) ...]. (6) On the 3rd of Elul (VI) [Bel is dressed]; (7) on the 4th day [is] the [great Ga]te Opening. [The king, my lord], should know this. (Break) (r 3) flesh [......] (r 4) to animate [......]. (r 5) Now t[hen......] (r 6) of 20 yea[rs ......] (r 7) he took [......] (r 8) anyone may [......] (Break) (e. 1) [...] are placed before the gods [......] (e. 2) [...]... became afraid ...[...].

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 357. Interrupting the Elul Festival of Babylon (ABL 0338) [miscellaneous]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Mar-Issar. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May the great gods bestow long days, well-being and joy upon the king, my lord! (8) As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "The month Elul (VI) is intercalary; do not perform the ceremonies this month" — (12) Ammu-salam entered Babylon on the evening of the 6th day; the god Nabû had come before him, on the 3rd. The gate was kept open before Bel and Nabû on the 4th, the 5th and the 6th, and sacrifices were performed. (r 6) When I saw the king my lord's sealed orde…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 358. Inscribing the Pedestal of Tašmetu (ABL 0257) [miscellaneous]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Mar-Issar. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May the great gods bestow long days, well-being and joy [upon the king, my lord]! (5) Concerning [... about which I] former[ly wrote to the king, my lord] (Break) (r 1) [The king, my lord, should act] as he consid[ers best]. (r 2) I have now written on the pedestal of the goddess Tašmetu the inscription wh[ich] the king, my lord, communica[ted in the p]revious [letter]. I placed the statues of the king, my lord, upon the pedestals right and left. The king, my lord,…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 359. The Cult of the Lady of Akkad (ABL 0746) [miscellaneous]

(1) [To the king], my lord: your servant Mar-Issar. Good health [to the king], my [lord]! May Nabû and Marduk [bless] the king, my lord! May [the great god]s bestow long days, well-being and joy upon the king, my lord! (4) When the Lady [o]f Akkad went away to Elam, her assets [we]re taken over, the fields and personnel of the temple passing under the [...]s. When the king, my lord, [res]ettled the city of Akkad, he sent a sealed order to the deputy major-domo [of] Lahiru: "Deliver the [reg]ular offerings [of the god]! They should be adv[anced] to Akkad!" (11) For [x] years they delivered…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 360. (no title) (CT 53 143) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...]... says [......] (2) [......] Sulay[a ......] (3) [......] soon [......] (4) [...... u]pon us [......] (5) [...]... us and [......] (6) [......] the other Babylon [......] (7) [......] to the commanda[nt ......] (8) [...... the cr]own prince of Babylon [......] (9) [......] Ubaru [......] (10) [......] Mannu-ki-[......] (11') (Break) (14) [...... pe]rha[ps ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 361. Bel Appears in a Dream (ABL 1021) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... w]rote to me (3) [......] attention (4) [Concerning NN, about whom the king, my l]ord wrote to me, [...... dw]elt (6) [...... is commit]ting suicide, saying (7) [......] no [le]tter [has been sent to me]; I a[m a servant of the king, my lord] — why [has the king, my lord, let] me [pe]rish [......]? [......] of the kings. [I do not wi]thhold [anything] belonging to the cult of the sanctuaries; what is the meal they are asking for? [I shall] give it. (13) "Never have I seen a dream such as I am (now) going to tell! When I was in my country, Bel said to me in my…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 362. Morning First of Jupiter in Sivan (ACh 2 S 62) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning lost) (2) [... did not ap]pear, and the day [...]. (3) [Last year], it became visible on the 22nd of Iyyar (II) in the constellation [Perseus]; it disappeared in Nisan (I) of the [present] year, on the 29th day. (5) Jupiter [may remain invisible] from 20 to 30 days; now it kept itself back from the sky for 35 days. It appeared on the 6th of Sivan (III) in the area of Orion, exceeding its term by 5 days. The relevant interpretation is as follows: (10) If Jupiter appears in Sivan: destruction of the land will be brought about, barley will become expensive. (12) If Jupiter approaches…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 363. Correction to the Previous Letter (ABL 0744) [miscellaneous]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Mar-Issar. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May the great gods bestow long days, well-being and joy upon the king, my lord! (7) On the 27th day the moon stood there; on the 28th, 29th and 30th we kept watch for the eclipse of the sun, (but) he let it pass by and was not eclipsed. On the 1st the moon was seen (again); the (first) day of Tammuz (IV) is (thus) fixed. (14) Concerning Jupiter about which I previously wrote to the king, my lord: "It has appeared in the path of the Anu stars, in the area of Orion."…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 364. The Bridge of Borsippa; Moon in Scorpio (ABL 1214) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed) (2) wrote "[......]." (3) [There are] shi[ps lined up] across the Borsippa river. In the days of Sargon and the father of the k[ing, my lord], as the Borsippa river was narrow, they trod a ra[mp] on them, (but) it did not stay in good condition. N[ow] in the times of the king, my lord, the river has swollen much; they have improved the ramp, but it will not stay in good condition. Let the bridge of ships be kept as it is; wh[en] the king, my lord, comes, they will put in an improved filling, (so that) the king, my lord, can cross over it in his chariot. (12) This year…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 365. Dream Concerning the Epic of Creation (ABL 1336) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed or too fragmentary for translation) (4) [......] their [...] within me (5) [...... In] my dr[eam], the king, my lord, [was ......] sitting [on the thr]one; a table [was placed before him and a ...] was swelling upon it. (8) [....... u]pon tablets. (9) [......] His face [was ...ed] towards the table (10) One of the tablets [rea]d as follows: "O Aššur, save [the life of] the one who puts his trust in you!" On the tablet [......] (Break) (r 2) [......] to the king, my lord, (r 3) [...... the god]s of Assyria; (r 4) [......] (r 5) By [Aššur, Sin Šamaš, Bel, Nabû Jupiter], Venu…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 366. (no title) (ABL 0745) [miscellaneous]

(1) To the king, [my lo]rd: your servant Mar-[Issar]. [Good] health to the ki[ng, my lord]! May [Nabû and] Marduk bless [the king, my lord]! (Break) (r 1) [Concerning ... about whom the king, my lord], wrote [to me], both [are ...]; they have not brought the meat. (r 4) We shall s[end] the former man to Sippar as the king, my lord, wrote [to me]. The king, my lord, should [know] this.

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 367. King of Elam Coming to Babylon (CT 53 121) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) A citizen of [Ba]bylo[n ca]lled [NN] told me [as] follows: "[Now t]hen the king of Elam [...] is coming [to Ba]bylon; [regarding the p]relacy, either the prel[ate ... (Rest destroyed)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 368. Divine Statue for Esaggil; Construction Works in Akkad (CT 53 106) [miscellaneous]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant [Mar-Issar]. Good health to the king, my lord! May [Nabû and Marduk] bless the king, my lord! May [the great gods] bestow [long] days, well-being and joy upon the king, my lord! (5) The work on the god [...]... has be[gun]; Šarrahitu is completed. The [...] of the king, my lord, and Belet ekalli [are] not [finished]. We [are] work[ing] on Zababa. Uraš, Eragal and Lugal[marada] are in the hands of the masters. All the [......] which is being done in Esag[gil ......] (Break) (r 4) They are transporting asphalt to A[kk]ad from the country of I[tu'u]; and…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 369. Greedy Governor (ABL 0339) [miscellaneous]

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Mar-Issar. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May the great gods bestow long days, well-being and joy upon the king, my lord! (7) The governor of Dur-Šarruku has already previously opened my seals, taken 10 minas of si[lv]er, 1400 sheep and 15 oxen [belonging to the gods Š]imalu'a and [Humhu]m and [distributed them] to [...] his retinue. (13) [......] I (14) [......] my seals (15) (Break) (17) The governor[s] who were before h[im] did not take anything from the tem[ples] — now he has recklessly opened a…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 370. (no title) [miscellaneous]

(1) [To the king, my lord]: your [se]rvant Mar-I[ssar. Good health to the king], my [lord]! [May] Nabû and Marduk [bless the king, my lord]! May [the great gods] bestow long days, physical well-being [and joy] on the king, my lord. (5) [......] Borsippa [......] (6) [......] his [......] (7) [......] from Bo[rsippa ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 371. Plant of Life and Sorceresses to the King (ABL 0276) [miscellaneous]

(1) To the king of the lands, my lord: your servant Kudurru. May Aššur, Šamaš and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (5) After the king, my lord, had gone to Egypt and the eclipse took place in Tammuz (IV), there were no men of mine for the life of Assyria among them, (so) he sent (messengers) to every direction. Now then, let the king ask the messengers of their life. (12) When I acquired the plant of life of the eclipse of Tammuz (IV), it disappeared in the king's presence. [I dispat]ched it [to the king], my lord, in th[e han]ds of Šumaya son of [Kabt]iya, in Nisan (I) last year, (yet) [up…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 372. (no title) (CT 54 063) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed) (6) [Write down] and [...] to the k[ing ......] (7) [... the Se]ries [......] (8) this [...] the sun [......]. (9) The eclipse of the moon which [took place] in Ta[mmuz (IV)] [and af]fected [...], placed [...] to the sun which [...] in the first year, saying: (12) "[...] of the king will occur to his land but the [...] will not stay in his land [...] will return [to] his [...]." (16') (Broken and untranslatable) (r 1) The gist of the rest of the words is, don't be afraid but have much confidence and wait for my later report. In this very manner he has for these three…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 373. Books Worth Keeping (ABL 0334) [miscellaneous]

(1) To the king of the lands, my lord: your servant Ninurta-aha-iddin. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May the great gods make the foundation of your offspring as durable as heaven and earth. (9) I have s[et (aside) ...] for the k[ing, my lord]; let them fetch and con[sult ...]. (r 1) I have [...]ed the second [...] (r 2) on [......] (r 3) of the house of my lord [...] (r 4) Let me read the tablets in the presence of the king, my lord, and let me put down on them whatever is agreeable to the king; whatever is not acceptable to the king, I shall re…

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 374. Tablets for the King (ABL 0335) [miscellaneous]

(1) To the king of the lands, my lord: your servant Ninurta-aha-iddin. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! May the great gods [make the he]art of the king my lord [...] (Break) (r 1) I have set (aside) [... for the ki]ng, [my lord]; let them fetch and consult (the dictionary) Arû = "to lead."

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 375. (no title) (CT 53 964) [miscellaneous]

(1) To the king, my lord: [your ser]vant [Urad-D]agan[a] (Break) (r 1) scribal tradition [......]. (r 2) Now, let me leave [......]; or what is it that the king, [my lord], orders?

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 376. (no title) (CT 53 337) [miscellaneous]

(1) To the k[ing, my lord]: your [servant NN]. May Nabû and Ma[rduk] bl[ess the king], my lord! (5) [...] in the burial chamber (6) Nabû-duru-uṣur, the [...] (7) who with me [......] (8) contents [......] (9) the king's family [......]. (10) Perhaps [......] (11) they appoint[ed ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 377. Events Preceding the Enthronement of a Substitute King (ABL 1004) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed or too fragmentary for translation) (3) On the 12th [......] after [... he went] to Calah. On the 13th he w[ent] to [Calah] with the sons of the king. (8) On the 14th Adad-šumu-uṣur enter[ed] Nineveh and [spoke] with Aššur-naṣir, the chief [eunuch], Sasî and Urad-E[a]: "Let him sit (on the throne) before the eclip[se occurs]." (r 4) The matter [...] spre[ad out] before them [......] (Remainder destroyed or too fragmentary for translation)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 378. (no title) (CT 53 508) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] said to me (2) [......] Issar-šumu-ereš (3) [...... Nabû]-naṣir (4) [......] Issar-šumu-ereš (5) [......] (6) [......] good (7) [......] I asked (9') (Break) (12) [I] shall pay [attention to it]; I rely [mu]ch upon it. (15) Even the commander-in-chief [...] (Remainder lost)

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~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 379. Auspicious Days in Iyyar (ABL 1140) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed or too fragmentary for translation) (3) [When] he reveres the gods, it (the day) is good [for p]raying. (5) The favourable days about which the king, my lord, spoke are: the 10th, the 15th, the 16th, the 18th, the 20th, the 22nd, the 24th and the 26th, altogether 8 days of the month Iyyar (II) which are good for undertaking an enterprise and revering the gods. (r 5) The 10th: at court, favourable; (r 6) The 15th: perfect seed; (r 7) The 16th: joy of heart; (r 8) [The 1]8th: convert the cleaned (barley); (r 9) [The 20th]: let him kill a snake, he will reach the first [rank]…

Daily Life·Economy

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 380. Complimenting the King (CT 53 117) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning lost) (1) [The ... of the king, my lord, is a [...]. (2) Now, th[en], the deeds of the king, [my lord], are like those of (the sage) Adapa. [Let the king, my lord], write wh]at has not been listed [...] (Remainder destroyed or too fragmentary for translation)

Daily Life·Economy

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 381. Rituals, Prayers, and Laments Because of Mars (CT 53 008) [miscellaneous]

(1) The 'farmer' should perform the apotropaic ritual against evil of any kind; the 'farmer' should (also) perform the penitential psalms for Nergal and the 'hand-lifting' prayer for Nergal. Let them write in the apotropaic ritual and the prayer as follows: (5) "In the evil of the planet Mars which exceeded its term and ap[peared] in the constellation Aries: may its evil not [approach], not come near, not press up[on (me)], not affect me, my country, the people of [my pal]ace and my army!" (r 5) Let them write like this in the apotropaic ritual and the 'hand-lifting' prayer.

Daily Life·Economy

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 382. Medicinal Plants (LAS 231) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed or too fragmentary for translation) (r 6) [...] will come out of [captivity] and inprisonment. (r 7) [Naṣ]iru showed me thornbush; it resembles the shoot of a date palm about to burst out this very day, and at its tip it looks like a wire cable. [...] it is a tree indigenous to Assyria; it [also] is a tree indigenous to Babylonia. (Break) (e. 1) [If ......: the k]ing will have no opponents [......]

Daily Life·Economy

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 383. Seeking Employment (ABL 1220) [miscellaneous]

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good heal]th to [the king, my lord! May Na]bû and M[arduk] very great[ly bless the king, my lord]! May Aššur, Mullissu, [Sin, Šamaš, Nabû] and Marduk [...] the king, my lord, in heal[th and vigour], and may they bless that [benevole]nt face! May Sin and Nikkal, with whom the king, my lord, has walked, give happiness, physical well-being, long-lasting days and everlasting years to the king, my lord! [May] Nabû and Marduk [......] to the king, [my lor]d! (Break) (r 4) Now [the ...] of the king, my lord, has discharged me, (though) my arms and legs have…

Daily Life·Economy

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 384. Obscure Inscriptions (CT 53 154) [miscellaneous]

(1) [......] my [lo]rd (2) [...]... till you come. (4) Perhaps there are, on the other side, sign-forms that he does not understand; I will explain to him all that I know. I shall go presently; [my brother] should know (this). (r 1) Now then, let them [sel]ect a Babylonian writing-board; (r 3) two with [...] intact, (r 4) which [...... emb]lems (r 5) [......] this (r 6) [......] for him (r 7) [...... El]am (r.e. 8) [...... si]gn-forms (r.e. 9) (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 385. (no title) (CT 53 939) [miscellaneous]

(1) (Beginning destroyed) (3) They keep watch [... in the] inner [...]; the rest of them [...] in the game preserve. (r 1) The apprentices should imitate and assist them. (r 4) Balasî [......] (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 386. Wailing Tammuz (LAS 347) [miscellaneous]

(1) [......] in the temp[le ......] (2) [at the tu]rn of the day [......] (3) Tammuz is [wailed]. (4) [On the 27]th is the rel[ease]. (5) [On the x]th, at the t[urn of the day], (6) [Tammu]z [...] the head. (7) [......] the god is [......] (8) [......] they perform [......] (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 387. Fending off Accusations (CT 53 196) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) And (as to) that man, his whole equipment and his clothes are at his disposal. The king, my lord, wrote to me: "Why do you act arbitrarily?" — (yet) in what resp[ect have] I [acted] arbitrarily? On my life, I [have] not [acted ar]bitrarily [......] (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 388. Inscribing Waxed Writing-Boards (CT 53 924) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [The ... of] the king [asked me]: "Who is this [NN], who is inscribing those waxed tablets of the king, my lord?" (r 1) I said: "Perhaps he personally told it to me; we ...[....]" (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 10

SAA 10 389. Inscribing a Statue (CT 53 926) [miscellaneous]

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [... h]ere [...]; (r 2) [let] it be sent to us for writing. We shall inscribe it on the seat before the thigh. The rest we shall inscribe upon another nišru.

Daily Life·Economy

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 012. New Moon on 30th Day [lunar]

(1) If the moon beco[mes visible] in Tebet (X) on the 30th day: the Ahlamû will dev[our] Subartu; a foreigner will rule the Westland. (5) From the Chief Scri[be].

Astronomy & Mathematics·Religion & Myth

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 8

SAA 08 022. (no title) [unclassifiable]

(1) [If the moon and sun] are in balance: [the land] will become stable; [reli]able [speech] will be placed in the mouth of people; [the king of the land] will make the throne last long. (5) [If the Field star] comes close [to] the front of the moon and stands (there): [......], variant: there will be an attack of the enemy. (7) [......] brother [...] (Break) (r 1) [...] watch [...] (r 2) [The]ir [apotropaic ritual] should be performed. Let them give orders [...], let him perform [the ritual]. (r 4) [From the Ch]ief scribe.

Astronomy & Mathematics·Religion & Myth

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