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~660 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

SAA 21

SAA 21 104. Shipping Grain to Elam (ABL 1385)

(1) A tablet of Šamaš-šumu-ukin to the king, my brother: Good health to my brother! May Marduk, Zarpanitu, Nabû, Tašmetu and Nanaya bless my brother. (7) Concerning the ships of that emissary about which I wrote to my brother, saying, “I have ordered that they be released” — (10) since I had repeatedly written to my brother without getting an answer, I became afraid. (14) The king knows that Ummanigaš, that crown prince, is hot-headed. I thought, “Perhaps he will put something in the sacks holding this grain and cause poisoning.” (r 3) The king also knows that we — any of us — are not able to…

Daily Life

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 117. The Corpse of Nabû-bel-šumati Sent to the King (ABL 1284)

(Beginning destroyed) (1') a[s ...... (2') [...... (3') [not] ye[t ...... (4') work [...... (5') with you [...... ... (6') in heaven [...... ... (7') the Elam[ites ...... (8') like servants [...... (9') to the land of Ak[kad ..... (10') does not agr[ee ...... (11') As soon as one [...... (12') from H[idalu...... (13') the town Alu-š[arri...... ... (14') the town Sam'u[na...... (15') ... and Bit-K[isiya ...... (16') of the town Kišadihubu [...... (17') Susa together with the town [...... (Break) (r 2') As to his servant Nabû-bel-[šumati ...... (r 3') we [...] a canvas in [...... (r 4') “Catch…

Daily Life

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 140. Appeal to Assurbanipal (ABL 1264 + ADD 0091)

(Beginning destroyed) (1') I went [to] my [......] (and) ap[pealed] to Assurbanipal, my lord, [for ...]. He released [the town Til-šikari] t[o me] as a [g]rant, [in the ...]th year, in the outskirts of [GN]. (5') [..., Ahi-d]uri came to me. I gave him [a field], saying: “It may not come out [...] from the presence of Ištar; Ištar [will ...] where you [...].” (8') [No]w Ahi-duri has [taken] a farm outside Til-šikari (and) sent me 25 souls of 3 orchards, saying: “See what I have given to my son!” (11') [I told him]: “You must cultivate 1,200 homers of seed. Why did you give possession of [the…

Daily Life

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 151. The Archers Sent by the King Have not Arrived (CT 54 589)

(Beginning destroyed) (2') the king [......] (3') opened [and ......] (4') did not go [......] (5') to Zabban [......] (6') ... [......] (Break) (r 2) [...] the archers [whom the king, my lord, s]ent, have not a[rrived ...] (r 4) And the dais [...] (r 5) which is behind [...], (r 6) those with the king of Babylo[n ...] (r 7) Bit-A[m]ukani messa[ge ...] (Break) (l.e. 1) [...] Natan, the brother o[f NN] (l.e. 2) [...] who [...]

Daily Life·Economy

~660 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 21

SAA 21 153. Tablet of Ashurbanipal' s Magnates Leftovers (ABL 1163)

(1) A tablet of the magnates of Assurbani[pal to the ...], who [take] care of the pebbles [......]: (3) What are these words of yours [...] (4) [...] the leftovers fro[m ...] (5) [... the l]oss that yo[u ...] (6) [......] ... [......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 21 104. Shipping Grain to Elam (ABL 1385)

SAA 21 117. The Corpse of Nabû-bel-šumati Sent to the King (ABL 1284)

SAA 21 140. Appeal to Assurbanipal (ABL 1264 + ADD 0091)

SAA 21 151. The Archers Sent by the King Have not Arrived (CT 54 589)

SAA 21 153. Tablet of Ashurbanipal' s Magnates Leftovers (ABL 1163)

SAA 14 001. Milki-nuri Buys the Village of Nabu-šezib (668-VI-19) (ADD 0472)

SAA 14 002. Milki-nuri Buys the Village of Bahaya (666-XII-19) (ADD 0627)

SAA 14 003. Milki-nuri Buys Ten Slaves (ADD 0727)

SAA 14 004. Milki-nuri Buys Five Slaves (ADD 0287)

SAA 14 005. Milki-nuri Buys Six Slaves (ADD 0316)

SAA 14 006. Milki-nuri Buys Land and People (ADD 0452)

SAA 14 007. Milki-nuri Buys [...] (ADD 0494)

SAA 14 008. Zarpi, Manageress, Buys a Woman (668-V-27) (ADD 0208)

SAA 14 009. Manageress of the Central City Buys a Slave (668-I-22) (ADD 0190)

SAA 14 011. The Lady Sinqi-Issar Receives a Slave Woman Instead of Silver (654-II-14) (ADD 0076)

SAA 14 012. Manageress Buys Two Slaves (ADD 0267)

SAA 14 013. Manageress of Assur Buys a Slave (650) (ADD 0206)

SAA 14 014. Manageress of Assur Buys a Woman (ADD 0209)

SAA 14 015. Court Decision on Behalf of Ninuayu, the King’s Eunuch (*641-VII-13) (ADD 0105)

SAA 14 016. Ninuayu Buys Slaves (*639-X-18) (ADD 0250)

SAA 14 017. Ninuayu Buys a Woman (*633-II-14) (ADD 0214)

SAA 14 018. Ninuayu Buys a Slave (ADD 0182)

SAA 14 019. Ninuayu Buys Two Slaves (ADD 0249)

SAA 14 020. Ninuayu Buys Three Slaves (ADD 0254)

SAA 14 021. Ninuayu Buys Slaves (ADD 0260)

SAA 14 022. Ninuayu Buys Land and People (ADD 0505)

SAA 14 023. Bel-duri Lends Barley and an Ox (658-VI-18) (ADD 0152)

SAA 14 024. Luqu, Cohort Commander of the Crown Prince, Buys Women (659-II) (ADD 0233)

SAA 14 025. Luqu Lends Silver (*648) (ADD 0111)

SAA 14 026. Luqu Lends Ten Shekels of Silver (*645-VI-5) (ADD 0004)

SAA 14 027. Purchase of a Vacant Lot (*640) (ADD 0358+)

SAA 14 029. Kiṣir-Aššur Buys a Woman (*636-XI-3) (ADD 0207)

SAA 14 030. Kiṣir-Aššur Lends 16 Shekels of Silver (*635-I-11) (ADD 0001)

SAA 14 031. Kiṣir-Aššur Lends Eight Shekels of Silver (*623-VII-21) (ADD 0023)

SAA 14 032. Kiṣir-Aššur Lends Straw (*618-I-15) (ADD 0151)

SAA 14 033. Kiṣir-Aššur Lends One Mina 30 Shekels of Silver (ADD 0080)

SAA 14 034. Kakkullanu Buys a Woman as a Wife for His Servant (*630-II-20) (ADD 0308)

SAA 14 035. Kakkullanu Buys an Outbuilding Adjoining His House (*630-V-22) (ADD 0349)

SAA 14 036. Kakkullanu Buys a Vineyard and Two Persons in Irbu (*630-XI-17) (ADD 0446)

SAA 14 037. Kakkullanu Buys a Woman as a Wife for His Servant (*630) (ADD 0309)

SAA 14 038. Kakkullanu Buys a Woman for His Servant (*629-I-19) (ADD 0711)

SAA 14 039. Kakkullanu Buys a Man in Exchange for a Woman (*625-II-20) (ADD 0318)

SAA 14 040. Kakkullanu Buys His Neighbour’s House in Nineveh (*625-III-17) (ADD 0325)

SAA 14 041. Kakkullanu Leases 20 Hectares of Field in Qurubi (*625-X-3) (ADD 0623)

SAA 14 042. Kakkullanu Buys 20 Hectares of Land in Abi-ila’i (*625-XI-13) (ADD 0414)

SAA 14 045. Kakkullanu Leases More Land in Bit-abi-ila’i (*623-X-7) (ADD 0621)

SAA 14 046. Kakkullanu Buys a Vineyard Next to His Garden in Appuni (*623-XI-6) (ADD 0361)

SAA 14 047. Kakkullanu Buys a House in Nineveh (*617-II-10) (ADD 0327)

SAA 14 049. Kakkullanu Buys Three Slaves (ADD 0235)

SAA 14 050. Kakkullanu Buys a Girl (ADD 0312)