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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…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SAA 08 231. Hemerology (ABL 1405) [calendrical]

SAA 10 003. Burying the Substitute King (ABL 1376) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 020. Arranging a Festival (LAS 343) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 021. Report on Temples in Assur (ABL 1378) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 027. Gems for a Statue (ABL 1375) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 062. Quoting the Astronomical Handbook Mul Apin (CT 53 115+) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 066. (no title) (ABL 0694) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 073. Šamaš-šumu-ukin to Visit Nineveh (ABL 1383) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 075. The Moon Makes an Eclipse (ABL 0407) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 085. Timing a Trip (ABL 1390) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 108. Leftovers (CT 53 159) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 110. New Moon on 1st Day; Appointment of Adad-šumu-uṣur (ABL 1373) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 112. Predicting the Fall of Mannea; Intrigues Against the King (CT 54 022) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 121. New Moon on 1st Day (CT 54 523) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 133. No Eclipse of the Moon (ABL 0909) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 140. No Crescent Seen (HAV 256f) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 178. Petition (ABL 1259) [from diviners]

SAA 10 185. The Promotion of Assurbanipal (CT 53 031) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 187. Half my Kingdom to the Man Who Cures my Child (CT 53 069) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 190. Going to Assur with the Crown Prince (ABL 0365) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 223. Medical Report (CT 53 130) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 230. Medical Report (CT 53 191) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 248. (no title) (CT 53 951) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 286. I do not Conceal Anything from the King (ABL 1166) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 288. (no title) (CT 53 962) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 299. Medical Report (CT 53 955) [from exorcists]

SAA 13 073. Complaint of Sickness (ABL 0203)

SAA 13 002. Gutters for the Temple of Aššur (CT 53 520)

SAA 13 003. Do Your Work (ABL 0607)

SAA 13 004. There will be an Intercalary Adar (ABL 0401)

SAA 13 006. Enlil will Go Out in Ayyar (ABL 1172)