All tablets.

SAA 17 193. Battle at Bit-Bunakki (CT 54 338)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... a]ssemble (3) [...] and a defea[t] (4) [... Bit]-Bunakki (5) [...] and the towns (6) [...] have plundered (7) [...] the[ir ...] (Rest destroyed)

~710 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

SAA 17

SAA 17 194. Fragment Mentioning Bit-Yakin (CT 54 342)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) Now then they are in [...] (3) The ne[ws ...] (4) of Bit-Ya[kin ...] (5) I have as[ked ...] (6) They have fini[shed ...] (7) saying, "[...] (Break) (r 1) have [...] (r 2) after u[s ...] (r 3) in the shadow [...] (r 4) of the king, (my) lo[rd, ...] (r 5) and [...] (Rest destroyed)

Daily Life·Economy

SAA 17 195. Taking Captives (CT 54 349)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] legal case [...] (2) [...] I arrested and gave [...] to the [...] official (3) [...] 2 dependents [...] (4) [...] his [know]ledge early in the morning ... [...] (5) [... to] the bodyguard and to [...] (6) [...] I gave to Redi-ilu [...] (7) [... the ca]ptives of the Lit[amu] (8) [...] I am [in] N[u]nak (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 196. Fragment Mentioning Merodach-Baladan (CT 54 375)

(1) [Your servant NN: I would gladly die for the king, m]y [lord! S]ay to the ki[ng, my lord]: (5) [x] men with 3 ho[rses] have [...]ed [...]. (7) [Th]ey are [...] m[en of] Merodach-Bal[adan ...]. (9) On the 24[th] day [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 198. Fragment Mentioning Merodach-Baladan (CT 54 405)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... Aššur]-belu-taqqin (3) [...] kept guard (4) [...] the swordsman (5) [...] to the šandabakku (6) [...] entered and (7) [...] with him (8) [...] to Merodach-Baladan (9) [...] with the ey[es ...] (Break) (r 2) [... d]o and go! (r 3) [...] tell him (r 4) [...] that (r 5) [...] saved me (r 6) [...] lead up (r 7) [... i]n Der (r 8) [...] purse (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 199. Fragment Mentioning Esaggil and Merodach-Baladan (CT 54 447)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) [...] ... in [...] (4) [...] as he he[ld back ...] (5) [...] Bel-le'ann[i ...] (6) [...] Qibi-Be[l ...] (7) [...] their [...] (8) [... the pe]ople are con[fident ...] (9) [...] their [...] (10) [...] their [...] (11) [... w]ent out [...] (12) [... f]ro[m ...] (Break) (r 1) [...] wen[t ...] (r 2) [...] merchant [...] (r 3) [...] jeweller [...] (r 4) [...] Esaggil [...] (r 5) [...] he will take o[f ...] (r 6) [... will g]o up and [...] the gate o[f ...] (r 7) [...] against me not [...] (r 8) [...] Now then the arche[rs ...] (r 9) [...] Merodach-Balada[n...] (Rest destro…

SAA 17 200. Fragment Mentioning Merodach-Baladan (CT 54 449)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] ... Na[bû-...] (2) [...] which for Hudi-[...] (3) [...] Nabû-ahhe-erib[a...] (4) [...] Nabû-eṭir son of Nab[û-...] (5) [... Mar]duk-iddina and the [...] (6) [... Da]bibi and [...] (7) [... Meroda]ch-Baladan [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 201. Fragment Mentioning Merodach-Baladan and Dur-Ladini (CT 54 451)

(obverse completely destroyed) (1) [...] and at Der greatly [...]. (r 1) [...] And when they removed our writing-boards, they brought (them) to Merodach-Baladan. (r 3) And they themselves have verily destroy[ed] (them) on the shore. (r 4) They lie [encamped] at Dur-Ladini. (r 5) [...] in their battle equipment (r 6) [...] they do not eat bread (r 7) [...] they have contracted [...], have not rested. (r 8) [The warriors of the ki]ng, my lord, have pains in their legs. (r 9) [...] they are building [...] (r 10) [...] their eyes have become dark (r 11) [...] and the decision (r 12) [...... May ..…

SAA 17 202. Fragment Mentioning Merodach-Baladan (CT 54 452)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) from Bit-[...] (3) as far as Bab-[Marrat ...] (4) and the king has not [...] (5) Bit-Zabi[di ...] (6) Merodach-Bal[adan ...] (7) the king had [......] (8) of Bit-Ša[k...] (Break) SPACER (r 2) to [...] (r 3) of silver [...] (r 4) of the tra[cks ...] (r 5) and [...] (r 6) they confirm [...] (r 7) of the king [...] (r 8) before [...] (r 9) a[s ...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 203. Reporting to the King (CT 54 485)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...], but he did not speak with [us]. May the king do as he sees best. (4) We are now on our way (there); we shall without delay (lit. 'without staying overnight') find out what news there is [and quickly] write [t]o the king, [our] lo[rd]. (r 5) (As to) the order [which the king] g[ave us, under the pro]tection of the go[d(s) ...]. (r 7) [...] the Ba[bylonian(s) ...] (r 8) [t]o the city Ši[...] (r 9) [a]s w[e ...] (r 10) [t]o [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 204. News of Elam (CT 54 551)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) We have se[nt ... to the king], our [lo]rd. [The king, our lord] may do [as he sees be]st. [......] (4) [......] 2 eunuchs [......] (5) [......] with these men [......] (6) [......] messengers, lords [......] (7) [......] News of Elam: [...] (8) [......]s from Ela[m ...] (9) [......] the Ru['ueans ......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 205. Fragment Mentioning Humbe (CT 54 565)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] and [...] with him [...] (3) [...] brings up [...] and [...] (4) [...] from the beginni[ng ...] (5) [...] to darkness [...] (6) [... H]umbê of [Bit-Zualza] (7) [...] you did not cheat [...] (8) [...] treaty wi[th ...] (9) [...] tribute (payment)s [...] (10) [...] land [...] (11) [......] (12) [......] in the presen[ce ... (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 206. Greetings (CT 54 592)

(1) Tablet of [NN] to Nabû-šu[ma-iškun]. I am herewith sending my tablet as a gre[eting to my lord]. (4) [I heard] the news of [my] lord and became very glad. (6) [...] in your place (7) and for his servant [...] (8) Has not Enlil in an effus[ive way ...] (9) whom the king, your lord, not [...] (10) [...] daily [...] (11) [...] and [...] (Break) (r 1) of his lord, until [...].

SAA 17 207. (no title)

(1) Your [servant NN: I would gladly die] for [the king, my lord! Say to the king, my lord]: (3) ...[......] (4) to [......] (Break) (r 1) soldiers [......] (r 2) to [......]

SAA 17 001. Sending the Son of Balassu to Borsippa (CT 54 241)

(Beginning destroyed) (4) [His son] did not as[cend] his father's throne [...] (5) [...] his words: "He was not captured. [NN] (and) his father's house [...]." (6) [...] His son is now held as my hostage in my presence, [and] Balassu has died here. Would you [not] keep the guard of the house of [your] lo[rd], until I sen[d you] the son of your lord? (9) [... as] they sent Hullî back and as they saw [...] (10) [...] in his land, the servants and the [...] (11) were [...], until I [sent] the son of their lord [back to them]. (12) [...] ... a word as follows: "Sh[e ...] (13) [...] his wife is…

SAA 17 004. Withholding(?) Camels (CT 54 581)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) (As to) what you wrote: "[......], our wish [......]" — (r 3) When I sent to you, w[hy] did he bring [...] but [you withhel]d from him the 2 cam[els] (and) all the [...] that the Saba'u [had brought] as [tribute]? (r 6) Th[is] matter [......] (r 7) [...] wine that [......] (r 8) [...] listened to me, sa[ying, "....."] (r 9) [...] you throw [......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 120. Elamite Attack (ABL 1335+)

(1) To the king, our lord: your servants Nabû-šuma-lišir and Aqar-Bel-lumur. Good health to the king, our lord! Say to the king, our lord: The king's forts and troops are well. The mood of the people is good. The king, our lord, can be glad. (8) On the 8th of Kislev (IX), on the eve of the 9th day, a messenger of Šamaš-belu-uṣur, the legate of Der, arrived on a passageway horse. (While) the people [of] Zitta were organizing help, he said: "Go up to the fortified place! The king of Elam is (marching) against you!" (14) When we said to him, "Proceed against him! Tell us, why are you organizing…

SAA 17 129. Organising the Cult of Eanna (ABL 1200)

(1) Tablet of Sîn-duri to the king, his lord. The guard of Eanna and the temples of your gods are well. (5) Concerning [the ...] of the Lady of Reš [...] and the [...]s of Nanaya of which the king wrote: "Let [them] be in[stituted]" — (8) [...] the king for ever [...] (9) [...] well-being [...] (10) [...] with [...] (11) [...] they climb up [...] (12) [... they] bless [...] (13) [...] with [...] (14) I shall write everywhere as follows: "[If] you [... silver] and gold without the king's (permission) and giv[e out] prebends [...], you shall [...] (Break) (r 1) without [the king('s permission)…

SAA 17 131. (no title) (CT 54 040)

(1) [Tablet of] Sîn-duri, [prelate of] Eanna, [to the ...], his lord: (4) [...] of the Lady of Reš (5) [...] has chosen (6) [...] the elders (7) [...] stood (8) [thi]s [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 142. Puqudeans in the Marshes Should be Deported (ABL 1052)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) Let the vizier send a bribe to the governor that he should deport them. The messengers of the Puqudeans, who live in the Qatannu marsh, go daily to the son of Yakin. The vizier may also write to the governor that he should lead Sagibi-ilu, the Amukanean who lives in Bit-re'î, to them. If he delivers them into the hands of the vizier, my lord, he is a servant of the vizier. (r 2) If, (on the other hand), he does not deliver them into the hands of my lord, then my lord may know that his heart is not with my lord. (r 5) As to my lord's sending Ṣalamu to Nabû-ušabši, I…

SAA 17 152. May the Army Come Quickly! (ABL 0774)

(1) To the king, our lord: your servants Abi-yaqiya, Abi-yadi', Zerutu, Šulluma and Ahi-bigayanu. May Bel and Nabû bless the king, our lord. (5) As of now, Fort Šama'unu is abandoned. There is nobody there except 200 scratch soldiers, and there is no food there except for the travel provisions which they carry with them. Moreover, they have cut off the water between us and the land of Rašu. Nobo[dy] from Rašu has (been able to) c[ome] to you. (13) However, I have spoken with the sheikhs of [GN], of Dummuqu, and of [GN]. All of them are servant[s of the king, my lord]. They have sent their…

SAA 17 166. Selling Sinneans for Silver (CT 54 238)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) "[...] go and [...]! (3) [Do not s]ell the Sinneans for s[ilver]! You and [...] (5) [g]ather them! Monthly [...]" — (6) [...] what they said to the king [...] (7) [...] he had extended. From [...] (8) [N]N, the Uruk[ean ...] (9) [...] attac[ked ...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 169. Aššur-bel-taqqin Visited in Babylon (ABL 1067)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) not [......] (3) the king, my lord [......] (4) as [......] (5) settl[ed ......] (6) the deputy of [......] (7) the governor of [GN ...] (8) killed the people and destroyed [their houses]. (9) When the god [......], (10) he we[nt] to Babylon [...]. (r 1) Because Aššur-belu-taqq[in ...] (r 2) the governor said, "Go [... to] the king [...] (r 4) ask [......] (r 5) for the god (and) the kin[g ...] (r 6) will be sav[ed ...] (r 7) and the land [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 17 180. (no title) (CT 54 203)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) He kneels [...]. I am devoted to [the king]. (3) I am [indeb]ted [because of his...] (and) his favour. (4) And since (5) [... w]ith the soldiers (6) [... he] bent and (7) [...] to the king (8) I spoke [with him ...], and it turned out well. (9) [...] After we had waited [for ...], a report (10) [...] when our words (r 1) [...] left (r 2) [...] the soldiers (r 3) [...] were captured (r 4) [...] the agreements (r 5) [...] completed (r 6) [...] of the king entered (r 7) [...] were relieved. (r 8) May we hear [of the well-being of the k]ing, so we can give [... t]o the ki…

SAA 17 185. Fragment Mentioning Marduk-šarrani (CT 54 240)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 2) [...] brought up [...] (r 3) [...] took [...] (r 4) [...] Marduk-šarra[ni ...] (r 5) [...] gave, in [...] (r 6) [Ma]rduk-šarrani by the command [...] (r 7) [...] brought out, with [...] (r 8) [...], "Instead of [...] (r 9) [... yo]u did, he/it will appe[ar ...] (r 10) [...] and what [...] (r 11) [...] you did [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 11 019. Building Progress Report (CT 53 429+)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) [...]s of the magnates. (4) [... fourths of the ga]teway completed (5) [...... gatew]ay, a half, 2 brick-cour[ses] (6) [... fou]rths, 3 cross-[beams] (7) [......] brick-courses l[aid] (8) [......] fourths [...] (9) [......] brick-courses [...] (Break) (2') [...... brick]-courses [...] (3') [......] compl[eted ...] (4') [...]... 2 brick-courses l[aid] (5') [......] Arzuhin[a] (6') [......] Habruri (7') [...... Ni]neveh, Kilizi (8') [......] completed [...] (9') [...... br]ick-course [...] (10') [......] com[pleted ...] (11') [...... bri]ck-course [...] (12') [......…

SAA 11 033. Gifts from Western Clients (ABL 0632)

(1) 2 minas of gold, (2) (the ruler) of Bit-Ammon; (3) 1 mina of gold, (4) (the ruler) of Moab; (5) 10 minas of silver, (6) (the ruler) of Judah; (7) [x min]as of silver (Break) (r 2) [(the ruler) of By]blos; (r 3) (they) have delivered as [greet]ing(-gifts) for the king, my lord.

SAA 11 034. Tribute(?) Bowls from the West (CT 53 722)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) [... of the l]and of Que [...], (4) [...] the elders [...], (5) [... of the land] of Que [...], (6) [x+]100 si[lver] bowls [...], (7) [... c]hief [...] (8) [Total: x] talents 20 mi[nas silver ...] (9) [...] Yaman [...] (10) [...]...[...] (11) [...] the Moabite [......] (Break) (13) [...] headmen [..., (14) [... the town of] Ekron [......]. (Rest destroyed)

SAA 11 099. List of Commodities Including Animals (CT 53 515)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] donkey [...] (2) [x] ca[mels] (3) 10 sheep [...] (4) 3 seahs of oil [...] (5) (all) this [...] (6) of the day(s) [...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 11 145. Difficulty of Obtaining Justice? A Memorandum (CT 53 173)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) to Nabû-remanni [...] of the chief cupbeare[r ...], saying: "6 years [I have received] neither interest nor cap[ital]; twice I have approa[ched] the king." With me he sen[t ...], (but) the chief cupbearer has not dealt with [(my) c]ase. (9) Bel-lu-balaṭ, royal bodygua[rd] said: "7 people [...]," (11) [...] Dayyan-[...] (Break) (r 2) of meadow(-grazed) sheep.

SAA 11 156. Babylonians Working in the Library (ABL 0447)

(1) Bel-aha-iddin, (2) Ṣallaya, (3) these two are reciting from the tablets. (6) Ša-Nabû-šû is [not] present. He has been checking on the work assigned to Ukume. (8) Ninurta-gamil, the son of the šandabakku has completed the series and has been put in irons. He is assigned to Banunu in the Succession Palace and there is no work for him at present. (14) Kudurru and Kunaya have completed 'Evil Demons.' They are at the command of Sasî. (r 1) Marduk-šarrani, (r 2) Sulaya, (r 3) Balaṭu, (r 4) Naṣiru, (r 5) Sin-aha-iddin, (r 6) Remuttu, (r 7) Iddin-ahhe, (r 8) Bel-ušezib, (r 9) Nabû-šar-ahhešu; (r…

SAA 11 162. Dealings with the Arabs over Men and Camels (ABL 0631)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... Ya]-rapâ, [cohort co]mmander, will bring the [fugitives] of the Arabs [up t]o the lady Samsi; (and) he will bring those [o]f the lady Samsi up to the Arabs. (9) Ya-rapâ, cohort commander; (10) Hašilanu, cohort commander; (11) Gannabu, (12) Tamranu: (13) in all, four people for the fugitives. (r 2) 62, Hašilanu; (r 3) 63, Ya-rapâ: (r 4) in all, 125 stray camels. (r 6) [They have been c]ollected.

SAA 11 168. Deportees(?) from the North and East (CT 53 787)

(Beginning fragmentary) (2) people from Tillê, in addition [...] (3) [...; x] hundred and 24 people from Paddira; (4) [In all, x+]96 people (5) [......] (Rest destroyed)

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

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Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Between 1845 and 1851 CE, Sir Austen Henry Layard uncovered the cuneiform library of King Assurbanipal in Nineveh. These texts, most of which dated to the 7th century…

Economy·Daily Life

SAA 03 003. Assurbanipal’s Hymn to the Ištars of Nineveh and Arbela (OECT 6 11)

(1) Exalt and glorify the Lady of Nineveh, magnify and praise the Lady of Arbela, who have no equal among the great gods! (4) Their names are most precious among the goddesses! Their cult centres have no equal among all the shrines! (6) A word from their lips is blazing fire! Their utterances are valid for ever! (8) I am Assurbanipal, their favourite, most valued seed of Assur, offspring of Nineveh, product of Emašmaš and Egašankalamma, whose kingship they made great even in the House of Succession. In their pure mouths is [voic]ed the endurance of my throne. (13) I knew no father or mother,…

SAA 03 009. Psalm in Praise of Uruk (SAAB 01 40)

(1) Uruk; I love ditto, I love Eanna, my nuptial chamber! (2) Ditto; I love (its) ziggurat, house of my pleasure! (3) Ditto; I love Babylon, my father's house! (4) Ditto; I love Esaggil, house of my veiling! (5) Ditto; I love Ehiligar, house of my joy! (6) Ditto; I love Borsippa, house of my kingship! (7) Ditto; I love Ezida, along with our Nabû! (8) Ditto; I love Šapazzu, along with Bel-ṣarbi! (9) Ditto; I love Cutha, along with Nergal! (10) Ditto; I love Der, along with Ištaran! (11) Ditto; I love Kiš and Ehursagkalamma! (12) Ditto; I love Sippar, along with Šamaš! (13) Ditto; I love the…

SAA 03 013. Dialogue Between Assurbanipal and Nabû (ABRT 1 05-06)

(1) [I constantly spe]ak in praise of you, Nabû, in the assembly of the great gods; may [the host of] those who [wish] me ill not take possession of my life! (3) [In the temple of the Queen of Ni]neveh I approach you, hero among the gods, his brothers; [you are the t]rust of Assurbanipal for ever and ever! (5) [Ever since] I was [a small child] I have lain at the feet of Nabû; [do not abandon me] to the assembly of my ill-wishers, O Nabû!" (7) Pay a[ttent]ion, Assurbanipal! I am Nabû. Until the end of time your feet shall not grow slack, your hands not tremble; your lips shall not become…

SAA 03 015. Elegy in Memory of a Woman (BA 2 634)

(1) Why are you cast adrift like a boat in midstream, your crossbars broken, your tows cut; your face veiled, you cross the river of the Inner City? (4) How could I not be cast adrift, how could my tows not be cut! (5) On the day I bore fruit, how happy I was! Happy was I, happy my husband. (7) On the day of my labor pains, my face was overcast; on the day I gave birth, my eyes were clouded; (9) My hands were opened (in supplication), as I prayed to Belet-ili: You are the mother of those who give birth, save my life! (11) When Belet-ili heard this, she veiled her face: You [......], why do…

SAA 03 018. Epic of Sargon II

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] ... and the scorpion man [......] (3) [...] Šerua and Ninegal [......] (4) [To] the right and left of the gates burned [......] (5) The king makes a speech, the magn[ates ......] (6) The guard of the river [...] in front of [......] (7) One cavalryman, ...[......] (8) The equipment of another is of [......] (9) His horse is wind [......] (10) He does not [... befo]re the magnates [......] (Break) (r 1) [......]... like ...[......] (r 2) [...] the chassis of the wagon [......] (r 3) [The ...]s of the king occupied the mountain [......] (r 4) He courageously…

SAA 03 019. Assurbanipal Epic (Geers B 19)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) "[...]... when I came [......] (3) "I trod the sea road ...[......] (4) "I opened the gate of righteousness [......]." (5) Assurbanipal opened his mouth and [spoke, saying to divine Ištar]: (6) "Desire, desire, love, se[ek ......]! (7) "You, [Ištar ......] (8) "You indeed, ...[......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 03 021. Assurbanipal’s Wars in Elam (ABL 1462)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [To] the right ...[......] (2) who created you [......] (3) [and who ...]ed the kingship [......] (4) You glorify [......] (5) Those who entreat [......] (6) In Egašankalamma [......] (7) Her eyes on [......] (8) Your deeds [......] (9) choicest oil [......] (10) A deceitful woman, who [......] (11) loves yo[u ......] (12) vie[s ......] (13) Nabû-bel-šumati [......] (14) who with treachery [......] (15) your [...] ... [......] (Break) (r 3) Nabû-[bel-šumati ......] (r 4) with his servant [......] (r 5) speaks [......] (r 6) You will keep me alive [......] (r 7) the we…

SAA 03 022. Paean to Assurbanipal after the Conquest of Elam

(Beginning destroyed) (4) When he [......] (5) Elam to [......] (6) The king did not agree [to ......] (7) In [his] great wrath, the lord of kings [......] (8) until he had destroyed the camp [......] (9) and looted their gods, [......] the kin[g], (10) rav[aged] their graves, [......] (11) The king of Elam alone [......] (12) When Ummanaldasi [......] (13) He cried out and Nabû-[bel-šumati ......] (14) to the presence of the king [......] (15) With you [......] (16) Nabû-bel-šumati [......] (17) Come and [......] (18) He is a strong king [......] (19) I am [......] (20) He [......] (21) Like…

SAA 03 023. Epical Text Mourning the Death of a King (CT 54 513)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] is veiled in darkness. (3) [......] he looks on, the magnates [...] towards him. (4) [......] of kusītu and sāgu garments (5) [......] holding [...], wailed like an ecstatic. (6) [......]... his ... and his mouth (7) [......] is in labour, screaming (8) [......] her [...]: "Oh magnates [...]! (9) [......]... the king, your lord (10) [......]... the land and the king (11) [......]... like a snake" (12) [......]... he has put on [...]... (r 1) [......]... and the lower side (r 2) [......] tears rolled down [the cheeks] of his mother: (r 3) "[......]... you, I…

SAA 03 024. Fragment of a Royal Epic(?) (CT 53 404)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] to [......] (2) [......] Ummanaldasi [......] (3) [......]... and to the lord [......] (4) [......] you, the king, my lord ...[......] (5) [......] let it be a present, may my daughter ...[......] (6) [......]... he jumps, may [......] (7) [...] myself alone, ...[......] (r 1) (Break) (r 2) [......] bless [......] (r 3) [... No]w again ...[......] (r 4) [...] our [...] in ...[......] (r 5) [...] you killed, bless [......] (r 6) [......]... the remnants [......] (r 7) [......]... and to [......] (r 8) [... the lif]e of the king of [......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 03 025. Letters to Assurbanipal from his Son (AfO 18 382)

(Beginning destroyed) (i 1) [......] your ... to [your] seed. (i 2) [......] your [...] to your offspring (i 3) [......] may they give [... to] your offspring! (i 4) [......] your illustrious name, lord of kings. (i 5) [......] this kingship and dominion (i 6) [......] you can accomplish whatever you say (i 7) [......]... to you, lord of kings. (i 8) [Say to Assurbanipal, lov]er of truth, lord of kings: (i 9) [During your days , which Marduk l]oves, [...... of heaven] and earth has made peace with [.......] with you. (i 12) [...... of] the lands are strong; and with (i 13) [......]…

SAA 03 026. A Petition to Assurbanipal (ABL 1455)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Say to ...], the unrivaled [...], the tr[ue] deputy of [...], [the lord of] the lands, to the burning torch [......, to the creation] of the hands of Marduk, to the battle-axe [......, to] (4) the sun, whose radiance is strong and whose light [......, whose ...] were created before heaven and earth were created, and [......], (7) to Assurbanipal, the king [of the four regions], (8) to the stronghold [......, the ...] (9) of his heart [......: thus (speaks) your ...]: (10) Lord of kings [......] (Break) (r 1) [...]... [......] (r 2) [The ...]s of the lords of the…

SAA 03 027. Fragment of a Letter Praising Assurbanipal

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [The fire] with which I am burned, is of Marduk (3) [......]... let [...] go in front (4) [......] let them go [...] (5) [......]... of [......] (r 1) (Break) (r 2) [...... with which] my heart burned, A[nu] (r 3) [......] (r 4) [......] your [...], O heroic king (r 5) [......] I constantly bless you, Assurbanipal, (r 6) [who ......] have lifted [...] from my presence (r 7) [......] agreeable [...] from my presence (Rest destroyed)

SAA 03 028. Fragment of an Adulatory Letter to a King

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Say to Assurbanipal ......] (2) [the king whose rule] is made good over [all nations], (3) [......] the eloquent, intelligent one, [who] gives orders [to ......], (5) [the lord to whom all the kings from the Upper Sea] until the Lower Sea of [Sun]set [......] have brought tribute and submitted to his yoke, (7) [......] who gives life to the righteous one, [...... the] revealer of Šamaš, who does not countenance calumny, [......] who rescues the wronged one, (10) [...... of whose] features one does not get sated, [who]se sweet lips [......], [......] who turns [want]…

SAA 03 029. Warning to Bel-eṭir

(1) Open the tablet container and re[ad] the stele, [learn the fate] ... like a dog, Bel-eṭir, the son of Ibâ: (2) When Ṣallâ had not yet met his fate, he, a lowly [...] — the king did not know him —, a slave waiting upon Šamaš-ibni, the son of a lowly fisherman, not suit[able for ki]ngship, the shit bucket of Zeru-kinu, an empty talker, a raped comrade of Nummuraya, ...... said: (5) "In Assyria and in Babylonia there is no-one equal to me! The woman Nasqat has praised me; where in the whole world is my rival?" (7) ......[...] her, who did [...] to him reverently. (8) [...] did not drink, did…

SAA 03 030. Magic against Bel-eṭir

(1) [Inca]ntation. Bel-eṭir, raped captive, doubly so, runny-eyed one, doubly so, squint-eyed man, doubly so, (2) son of Ibâ, unspecified deadline, shit bucket of a farter, lowly family, servant of a dead god, house whose star has disappeared from the heavens, slave girl, woman, slave of the woman Balihitu, 'beard' of raped girls! (5) Bibiya, whose abuses are many — A[mmana]ppu gave your gypsum, saying: (6) "Firstly, his house is dark, beginning and start." He swore by Bel: "I will not let go until I have fornicated with him!" (8) Leave the (schemes) of Ammanappu, do not pursue (those) of Tamm…