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~680 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 3

SAA 03 033. The Sin of Sargon

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... I am Sennach]erib, the [circumspect] kin[g ......] who revered the gods of heaven and the go[ds of Assyria ......] (2) [In] my intense prayers and righteous[ness I daily spoke with my heart], saying: "Who [can comprehend] any of the deeds [of the gods]? Let me introduce into myself reverence for [their godhead], seize the shaft [of their (yoke), .......], frequent [their holy places], and l[et me ......]." (7) While thus [reverently] pondering [in my heart] over the deeds of the gods, the death of Sargon, [my father, who was slain in the enemy country] and…

SAA 03 033. The Sin of Sargon

SAA 03 035. Marduk Ordeal (Nineveh Version) (MEW 242)

SAA 03 042. Fragment of Aššur’s Response to a Royal Letter (JAOS 103, 148)

SAA 03 043. Fragment of the Same Text as No. 42

SAA 03 044. Aššur’s Response to Assurbanipal’s Report on the Šamaš-šumu-ukin War (CT 35 13ff)

SAA 03 045. Aššur’s Response to Assurbanipal’s Report on the Elamite Wars (CT 35 26)

SAA 03 046. Fragment of a Divine Letter (CT 35 30)

SAA 03 047. Letter from Ninurta to an Assyrian King (BA 5 657)

SAA 03 048. Childbirth Incantation and Ritual (ABRT 2 19)

SAA 03 051. Your Slanderous Lips

SAA 03 052. Unidentified Literary Fragment

SAA 20 002. Rituals on Shebat 18-22 (Babyloniaca 01, 206-207)

SAA 20 004. Rituals on [Shebat 22?] (Geers B 157)

SAA 20 005. Rituals on Shebat 23 (RIAA 308)

SAA 20 006. Rituals on [Shebat 23?] (RIAA 315)

SAA 20 007. Royal Coronation Ritual (KAR 135 + KAR 137 + KAR 216)

SAA 20 008. Brazier Offerings to Aššur (AsT 33)

SAA 20 012. Calendar of Psalms and Lamentations in the Aššur Temple (AJSL 42, 110)

SAA 20 014. Text Similar to No. 13

SAA 20 018. Victory and Lion-Hunt Ritual (AsT 39)

SAA 20 025. Ritual of Tukulti-Ninurta for the Lady-of-the-River (BA 05, 689 + BBR pl. 61)

SAA 20 026. Ritual of Tukulti-Ninurta for Sîn (BBR pl. 63 + 68)

SAA 20 027. Ritual of Tukulti-Ninurta for Nusku (BBR pl. 64 + 66 + 69)

SAA 20 028. Fragment of a Ritual for Singer (BBR pl. 65)

SAA 20 029. Initiation into the Secrets of Ištar of Heaven (KAR 139)

SAA 20 031. The Banquet of [DN] (BBR pl. 60)

SAA 20 033. Protocol for the Royal Dinner (MVAG 41 60f)

SAA 20 034. Burial of a Queen (ZA 045, 042-046)

SAA 20 040. Takultu for Assurbanipal (3 R 66)

SAA 20 046. Fragment of a Takultu Text (Takultu 9)

SAA 20 047. Fragment of a Takultu Text (ABL 1413)

SAA 20 053. Text Similar to No. 52 (PKT 14-15)

SAA 03 001. Assurbanipal’s Hymn to Aššur (ABRT 1 32-33)

SAA 03 004. Nanaya Hymn of Sargon II (ABRT 1 54-55)

SAA 03 006. Assurbanipal’s Hymn to Tašmetu and Nabû (KAR 122)

SAA 03 008. Hymn to the city of Arbela (LKA 032)

SAA 03 010. Blessing for the City of Assur (STT 087)

SAA 03 011. Assurbanipal’s Coronation Hymn (LKA 031)

SAA 03 012. Righteous Sufferer’s Prayer to Nabû (STT 065)

SAA 03 014. Love Lyrics of Nabû and Tašmetu (TIM 09 54)

SAA 03 016. Elegies Mourning the Death of Tammuz (STT 360)

SAA 03 017. Shalmaneser III’s Campaign to Urarṭu (STT 043)

SAA 03 032. The Underworld Vision of an Assyrian Prince (ZA 43 1)

SAA 03 034. Marduk Ordeal (Assur Version) (KAR 143, 219; GPA 268)

SAA 03 036. Myth Embedded in a Royal Ritual (Geers B 14)

SAA 03 037. A Cultic Commentary (CT 15 43f)

SAA 03 039. Mystical Miscellanea (KAR 307)

SAA 03 040. Commentary to the Assyrian Cultic Calendar (LKA 073)

SAA 03 041. Letter from Aššur to Šamši-Adad V (KAH 142)

SAA 03 049. Fragment Mentioning Gilgameš Epic (NE 50)