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~665 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 13

SAA 13 209. (no title) (CT 53 909)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] their [mess]engers [...] (3) [...] as follows [......] (4) [...] meat ... [...] (5) We did not see. The work about which [...] issued [an order] to us [...] (6) As much as we did not [......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 13 209. (no title) (CT 53 909)

SAA 13 210. (no title) (CT 53 925)

SAA 13 001. If There is Extra Serpentine, You May Have Some (KAV 114)

SAA 13 005. There will be an Intercalary Adar (ABL 1258)

SAA 13 010. No Deliveries from Talmusu on the [5th] of Kanunu (ABL 1384)

SAA 13 021. Big Problems with Sheep Deliveries (CT 53 129)

SAA 13 040. (no title) (KAV 113)

SAA 13 041. (no title) and envelope (= SAA 13 042) (KAV 112, KAV 206)

SAA 13 070. Sacred Marriage of Nabu and Tašmetu (ABL 0366)

SAA 13 119. Fragmentary Report Concerning Egyptian Horses (ABL 1427)

SAA 13 135. It Is Not an Ancient Ritual (CT 53 965)

SAA 13 138. The Priest of Ea Robs the Temple (ABL 1389)

SAA 13 139. Bel Reconciles with Mullissu (ABL 1249)

SAA 13 144. Report of a Prophecy (CT 53 969)

SAA 13 147. Ištar Has Gone to the Divine ‘Party’ (ABL 0876)

SAA 13 157. Theft of a Gold Statue of Erra (ABL 1372)

SAA 13 178. Report to Esarhaddon on Recent Events in Babylonia (BBEA)

SAA 13 186. The Weavers Have Not Given the Garments (SAAB 02 72)

SAA 13 211. (no title) (CT 53 957)

SAA 21 001. Proclaiming the Might of Marduk (ABL 0926)

SAA 21 002. This No-Brother has Alienated You (Fs Grayson 227-234)

SAA 21 003. Don't Listen to Šamaš-šumu-ukin! (652-II-23) (ABL 0301)

SAA 21 004. Perhaps Babylon Can Still be Saved (ABL 0571)

SAA 21 006. Offerings for Babylon (ABL 1146)

SAA 21 007. God has Commanded the Destruction of the Land of Akkad (ABL 1165)

SAA 21 008. Fire Will Burn the Land of Akkad

SAA 21 009. Duplicate of No. 8 (CT 53 248)

SAA 21 010. Sparing Babylon (CT 53 496)

SAA 21 011. Fragment Relating to Babylon (CT 54 357)

SAA 21 012. I Raised You and Rescued You (CT 54 424)

SAA 21 014. Fragment Referring to Canonical Omen Texts (CT 54 163)

SAA 21 015. Fragment Mentioning Literary Texts and Zer-Babili (CT 54 244)

SAA 21 016. Cuthaeans in Samarra (652-VIl-5) (ABL 0944)

SAA 21 017. Elders of Nippur Visiting the King (ABL 0287)

SAA 21 018. His Weight of Gold to Whoever Catches Šamaš-šumu-ukin (ABL 0292)

SAA 21 019. The Job is Not Yet Done (ABL 0561)

SAA 21 020. He is Shut up in the City with All His Forces (ABL 1186)

SAA 21 021. This Cripple is Trying to Get Out of the City (CT 54 464)

SAA 21 022. I'm Sending You Two Hundred Horses (ABL 0273)

SAA 21 023. Longer Version of No. 22 (ABL 0543)

SAA 21 024. Duplicate of No. 23 (ABL 1108)

SAA 21 025. Draft of No. 23 (ABL 1244)

SAA 21 026. You Did Well With the Bit-Amukanians (ABL 0945)

SAA 21 027. Write as Follows to Bel-usallim (650-ii-25) (ABL 0517)

SAA 21 028. I'm Sending to You my Treaty Tablet (ABL 0539)

SAA 21 029. The Iron Sword of Aššur (ABL 0297)

SAA 21 030. They are Bringing the Wine (ABL 0294)

SAA 21 031. (no title) (ABL 1100)

SAA 21 032. (no title) (ABL 0296)

SAA 21 033. Turning Weeping into Joy (ABL 0518)