All tablets.

SAA 07 149. Accounts from Ceremonial Banquet (ADD 1125)

(Beginning destroyed) (i 1) [x saplišh]u sheep; (i 2) [x ... sheep, bur]nt offering; (i 3) [......]; (i 4) [x fa]t [sheep and spring lambs]; (i 5) [x sheep, serv]ed hot; (i 6) [x spring lambs, serv]ed hot; (i 7) [x fat]tened [sheep]; (i 8) [x sisal]hu [ditto]; (Break) (ii 1) [x] ditto, (of) the vigil; (ii 2) 1 ditto, in the inner precinct; (ii 3) 2 wood pigeons, vigil; (ii 4) 20 turtledoves, served hot; (ii 5) 10 ditto, hallam; (ii 6) 10 ditto, in the inner precinct; (ii 7) 5 gray partridges, of the meal; (ii 8) 25 ditto, from the meal ......; (ii 9) 20 jerboas; (ii 10) 10 fish of the meal;…

SAA 07 151. Accounts from Ceremonial Banquet (ADD 0981)

(Beginning destroyed) (ii 1) 2 oxen, people [of the palace]; (ii 2) 2 oxen, guest[s ...]; (ii 3) [...] wine [...] (Break) (ii 10) 10 [......] (ii 11) 10 ditto, [10 spring lambs, served hot]; (ii 12) 10 ditto, [fat]; (ii 13) 10 ditto, s[isalhu]; (ii 14) 10 ditto, r[oasted]; (ii 15) [10] ditto, hal[lam]; (ii 16) [10], small cooking-pots; (ii 17) [x sheep, k]irrutu-meal; (ii 18) [Total, x she]ep of the meal [...] (Break) (r i 2) [...] palace [...] (r i 3) [1, S]in-šarru-uṣur; (r i 4) many scholars; (r i 5) 1, Balassu, priest of Harran; (r i 7) 1, the treasurer of Harran; (r i 8) 10, central…

SAA 07 156. Account of Banquet(?) (ADD 0844)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] birds, Marduk-eṭir, (2) [...] ......s, Mannu-ki-Ninua, (3) [......] fish, Aššur-šarru-uṣur, (4) [......o]f almond, Šumma-Nabû, (5) [......] ..., Sin-šarru-uṣur, (6) [......] beer, Šulmu-[...], (Break) (r 2) [...], served hot, Arbailayu, (r 3) [......]s, Ṣalam-šarri-iqbi, (r 4) [......] Sin-iqbi.

SAA 07 196. Aššur Temple Offerings (ADD 1015)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [5 whole sheep, one sheep of] the temple; (2) [1 f]attened sh[eep. 1 go]ose, 1 duck, (3) [10 turtledo]ves. A tureen of bouillon; (4) [a tu]reen of soup. (5) 7 big loaves; 1 seah 1 'litre' of regular offering loaves; (6) 1 seah 1 'litre' of spiced bread. (7) A 2-seah jar of hammurtu-beer; (8) a flagon of bittersweet beer; (9) a ditto of beer of bruised grain. (10) A 2-seah jar of hinhinu-seeds; (11) 3 bags of chick-peas; (r 1) 3 ditto of sesame; (r 2) 7 ditto of (mixed) kernels. (r 3) A cup of fig-beer; (r 4) a ditto of small onions; (r 5) a ditto of quinces; (r 6) a…

SAA 07 198. Aššur Temple Offerings (ADD 1026)

(1) [Outer cuts], 2 cu[ts of shoulder]. (2) [Of x] oxen: the sto[machs, livers], kidneys, he[arts]; (4) [x] who[le] male sheep, (5) [x hea]d(s) (and) bre[asts of] 4 roas[t] sheep. (7) [A t]ureen of bou[illon]; (8) [a ture]en of sou[p]. (9) [1 go]ose, 1 du[ck], (10) [10 turtledo]ves. 5[+x ...] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 07 210. Aššur Temple Offerings, Day 22 (RA 69 183)

(1) A thigh, a shoulder, outer cuts; (2) 2 cuts of sho[ulder] from an ox, of the temple of Dagan — of the chief cupbearer. (4) 2 thighs, 2 shoulders, from the (oxen) of the pilgrims. (5) Of 5 oxen: the stomachs, livers, kidney(s), hearts. (6) 5 whole sheep; 1 sheep of the temple; 1 kimru sheep; (7) 1 fattened sheep; 12 dishes of saplišhu; (8) 1 sheep for ablution — of the chief cupbearer. (9) 1 goose, 1 duck, 10 turtledoves. A tureen of bouillon; (10) a tureen of soup. 7 big loaves, (11) 1 seah 1 'litre' of regular offering loaves; 1 seah 1 'litre' spiced loaves. (12) 3 2-seah jars of…

SAA 11 046. Contributions (perhaps Offerings) in Kind (ADD 0715)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [All] this [......] came in. (3) Month of Tammuz (IV), [...th day, eponym] year of Šulmu-beli-la[šme] (670 B.C.). (5) [...] barley, deficit (Break) (r 1) [...] salt [(...)] (r 2) [...] ... [(...)] (r 3) [...] karkar[tu spice (...)] (r 4) [...] leeks [(...)] (r 5) [...] cumin [(...)] (r 6) [...] ...... (Rest destroyed)

SAA 11 049. Sealing Accompanying Items sent to the Governor by Sargon (ADD 0766)

(1) State service which Sargon, king of A[ssyria], remitted to the provincial governor. Month of Tebet (X), 25th day, eponym year of Taklak-ana-Bel (715 B.C.).

SAA 11 050. From a Shipment of Silver from Ekron (Iraq 27 16b)

(1) 1 talent (of silver measured) by the royal light (talent). Pidî, the ruler of Ekron. (2) Month of Arahsamna (VIII), 23rd day, eponym year of Bel-šarrani (699 B.C.).

SAA 11 051. From a Shipment of Silver from Arbela (Iraq 27 16c)

(1) 1 talent (of silver) of the orchard of Arbela. (2) Month of Tebet (X), 4th day, eponym year of Aššur-belu-uṣur (695 B.C.).

SAA 11 052. From a Shipment of Silver from the Wine Master (Iraq 27 16d)

(1) 1 talent of sil[ver ...] Nabû-ahhe-[...], wine master [...]. (4) Month of Shebat (XI), 10[th] day, [eponym year of NN], chief eunuch.

SAA 11 053. From a Shipment of Silver from Bani-Nabu

(1) 1 talent of silver, of Bani-Nabû, [...]. (3) [Eponym year of Aš]šur-belu-uṣur (695 B.C.), [......]

SAA 11 054. From a Shipment of Silver from the Town of Hasutu

(1) [(...)] 1 talent of sil[ver (...)] town of Hasutu [(NN), c]hief cupbearer has received. (4) [(...), eponym year of] Aššur-belu-uṣur (695 B.C.).

SAA 11 055. From a Shipment of Silver

(1) 1 talent 2 minas [(of silver)].

SAA 11 056. From a Shipment of Silver from Nabu-gabbi-le’i (Iraq 27 16f)

(1) 1 talent of silver, of Nabû-gabbi-ile''i.

SAA 11 057. From a Shipment of Silver from Judaea (Iraq 27 16e)

(1) [1] talent of silver, of the Ju[daean].

SAA 11 058. From a Shipment from Kumme (Iraq 27 16g)

(1) [......, of] the Kummaean.

SAA 11 066. Accompanying Bowls

(1) Bowls [which the] chief [......]ed from out of the wine [...]. (3) For three years.

SAA 11 067. Accompanying Garments

(1) Cloaks [(and) ...] textiles, which ... Mannu-ki-Adad, the palace manager [...]

SAA 11 068. Accompanying Horses (Iraq 27 16a)

(1) 1 mare, which Marduk-bani-ahhe, the bodyguard brought in. (2) 4 horses of the Mannaean(s), in the house of the treasurer. (3) 9 horses of Para'u, in the town of Birtu. (4) Total 14 horses for meat. (5) Month of Kislev (IX), [xth] day, eponym year of Ṭab-ša[r-Aššur (717 B.C.)].

SAA 11 070. From a Shipment from Aššur-šarru-uṣur

(1) ...[...] which N[N] brought in to Aššur-[......] (and) which Aššur-šarru-uṣur sent. (5) Eponym year of Nabû-[......].

SAA 11 072. Fragmentary Jar Sealing

(1) Completed [acc]ount. [......].

SAA 11 073. Fragmentary Sealing

(Too broken for translation) (1) [......]-ibni (2) ...[...]...[...] (3) ... Pan-[...] (4) ... mon[th ...]

SAA 11 074. Fragmentary Sealing

(2) [......] which [NN ...]ed. (3) Month of Adar (XII), 18(th) day.

SAA 11 089. Note of Domestic Animals (Iraq 32 19)

(1) 7 o[xen], (2) 8 sheep, (3) 19th day. (4) In the charge of Šamaš-ila'i. (r 1) In the charge of Aššur-le'i.

SAA 11 100. Note of Silver from Sheep (SAAB 06 04)

(1) 20 talents 13 minas 18 1/3 shekels of silver of sheep, price of the shorn wool, penalty. (3) In the charge of Bel-šarru-uṣur, the prefect. (r 1) Month of Shebat (XI), eponym year of Sin-šarru-uṣur.

SAA 11 101. Flock Tally (SAAB 06 14)

(1) 29 full-grown (sheep), (2) 3-year-old, (3) 2-year-old, (4) 200 ewes, (5) 130 lambs. (6) 2 full-grown (goats), (r 1) 2 3-year-old, (r 2) 5 2-year-old, (r 3) 20 nanny-goats, (r 4) 8 kids. (r 5) Urda-Nanâ.

SAA 11 102. Flock Tally (SAAB 06 12)

(1) male goats, (2) 4-year-olds, (3) 3-year-olds, (4) 2-year-olds, (5) 1-year-olds, (6) nanny-goats. (r 1) Of NN ...

SAA 11 103. Flock Tally (SAAB 06 16)

(1) full-grown (sheep), (2) 3-year-olds, (3) 3 2-year-olds, (4) 93 ewes, (5) 46 lambs. (r 1) Aššur-[...].

SAA 11 110. Note of Horses (ADD 0700)

(1) 175 (horses): (2) Nabû-šarru-uṣur, (3) cavalry of the bodyguard.

SAA 11 121. Note from the Review Palace (SAAB 06 11)

(1) 33,960 (2) 5 donkeys [...] (3) of ... (4) of ... of the palace, (5) in charge of Sin-šarru-uṣur (6) and Ahu-eriba ... (r 1) Arrapha (r 2) Month Kislev (IX), eponym year of Sin-šarru-uṣur.

SAA 11 124. List of Chariot Troops and Military Scribes(?) (ADD 0912)

(i 1) Nabû-eriba, slave of Aššur-ahu-uṣur, (i 2) horse trainer of open chariotry; (i 3) Nabû-karṣi-ubaš, (i 4) Nabû-ahu-iddina. Total 2 slaves of Zaruti, chariot 'third man.' (i 6) Yata', ditto, Šamaš-naṣir, (i 7) chariot 'third man.' (i 8) Luppu, ditto, Gisa[...], (i 9) [NN] son of [NN] (Break) (r ii 1) [...]kit[...], scribe [...] (r ii 3) Urda-Nab[û, s]cribe [...] (r ii 4) Ahabû, Arama[ean] scribe. (r ii 5) All these are scholars of the watch. (r.e. 7) Total 85.

SAA 11 130. Fragment of List of Army Officers

(1) Nabû-ahhe-iddin, [...], (2) Apliku, El[amite] prefect, (3) Upaqa-ana-Aššur, [...], (4) Nabû-eriba, deputy of the chief [...], (5) [Reman]ni-Issar, [...] bo[dyguard], (6) [...]su, [...] (Rest destroyed or uninscribed)

SAA 11 134. Note of Officials(?) Assigned to Provinces (ADD 0859)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...]-ili; (2) [x, (chief)] cupbearer; (3) 1, treasurer; (4) 1, governor of Raṣappa; (5) 1, governor of Arrapha; (6) 1, ditto of Lah[iru]; (r 1) 1, Bel-eṭir; (r 2) 1, Bel-ibni. (r 3) Month of Iyyar (II), 7th day, eponym year of Bel-Harran-šadû['a] (650 B.C.).

SAA 11 194. List of Men, Women and Children (ADD 0811)

(1) ......, (2) Ahu-iddina, 1 son, 1 wi[fe of his: in all 3]. (3) The woman Bassî, 3 sons, in all [4]. (4) The woman Sagibê, 1 son, in all 2. (5) The woman Ezibtu; the woman Ṣihat[i]; (6) the woman Uburtu; Pan-Issar-lamu[r]; (7) Ahu-lamur, confectio[ner]; (8) Mannu-lu-zitti, farmer; (9) Nanî, gardener. (Rest destroyed or uninscribed)

SAA 11 210. Fragment of Census Tablet (ADB 10)

(Beginning destroyed) (r ii 1) 1 son; [...]; (r ii 2) Hanî, ditto; 1 son [...]; (r ii 3) Našuh-..., ditto; 2 [sons]; (r ii 4) Mu-[...]: (r ii 5) total [......] (r ii 6) in [......] (Break) (r iii 1) 7,621 sheep, — tax quota assigned; 450 sheep, not inspected. (r iii 3) 12 hectares of arable land in Harran; (r iii 4) 1517 hectares of arable land in the environs of Harran; (r iii 6) 320 hectares of arable land near the city of Hauri[na]; (r iii 8) 682 hec[tares of arable land] in the province of [...]; (r iii 10) 20 hectares [of arable land ...] (Break) (iv 2) [x vil]lages in their entirety; [x]…

SAA 11 222. Survey of a Large Estate Sold (ADD 0806)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) 10 h[ectares of land in] the town of Niramayu — the servants of the governor of Si'immê were split off in lieu of blood money; (4) 40 hectares of land, undisturbed in Inner City: in all 270[+x] hectares of land, which date from the time of Tiglath-Pileser. (7) 40 hectares of land — Bel-ahhešu, the kallapu-messenger bought (them); (9) 30 hectares, ditto, — in usufruct; 2 orchards, 1 gardener, Hatuk[u...]. (11) In all, 70 (hectares) of land, 2 orchards, 1 [garde]ner, (which date) from the time of Shalmaneser. (13) [x] hundred (hectares) of land in usufruct, [in] the…

SAA 11 229. Schedule of Estate Assignments (ADD 1130)

(Beginning destroyed or too broken for translation) (Break) (ii 1) in the town of Še[...]; (ii 2) 40 hectares of land in [...], belonging to [...], assigned to Si[...]; (ii 5) 30 ditto, ditto, in [the town of GN], assigned to N[N], ... (Rest destroyed)

SAA 12 003. Possibly Part of No. 1 (AfO 21 t3)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... Habi]l-keni [......] (3) [...]...[...] (4) [...] water from the cistern that is bet[ween ......] (5) [...] water from the cistern that is betwe[en ......] (6) [... G]uzana from Dur-Šamaš [......] (7) [......] Abu-iddina in central Hani[galbat ......] (8) [......] Šamaš-remanni, the governor of Har[ran ......] (9) [... the] commander-in-chief; adjoining Kapri-ša-Sin-[......] (10) [......] ...; adjoining the cemetery of [......] (11) [......] Mar-yababa; adjoining the cemete[ry of ......] (12) [......] the meadow of the town ...[......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 12 004. Fragment of a Text Similar to Nos. 1-3 (KAV 116)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) adjoining the road [......] (2) Total: an estate of 10 hectar[es of field ......] (3) An estate in Kapr[a... ......] (4) adjoining the field of Ra ...[......] (5) An estate of 8 hectares of field, adjoining the fi[eld of ......] (6) adjoining the field of Ahu-[......] (7) son of Nabû-lada of [......] (8) an estate of 300 (hectares) of field, a house, an orcha[rd] of 5 hectares [......] (9) adjoining the town of Bab-burti of the house of the te[am] commander [......] (r 1) adjoining the town of Bit-ili of the house [of ......] (r 2) adjoining the orchard of Iq[bi-... .…

SAA 12 005. Fragment of a Text Similar to No. 1 (NARGD 50)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [may] Aššur, [the great] lo[rd, establish ...... by his command]. (Blank space) (r 2) Whoever [takes away from Aššur] any o[f the towns that I have given to Aššur, may] Aššur, the gre[at] lord, [cast a furiously angry eye upon him]. Do not [remove any of the towns of Aššur, (but) add to the towns of Aššur. Aššur, the great lord, will hear your prayer]. (r 5) [He shall not give these] towns, [fields, houses and orchards to any other governor, he shall give them (only) to the governor of the temple of Aššur. The king will punish the one who gives them to another gover…

SAA 12 028. Part of Preceding Text (ADD 0741b)

(Beginning destroyed) (31) [......]...[......] (32) [......] 20 hectares (of field) in the village of [NN; ......] (33) [......], 1 house in Nineveh, [......] (34) [......] Sambuk..., [......] (35) [......] Hatter Town, [......] (36) [......; NN], farmer, 4 person[s; ......] (37) [......; NN], shepherd, [......] (Rest destroyed)

SAA 12 069. Decree of Expenditures for Various Ceremonies in the Aššur Temple (NARGD 42)

(1) Adad-nerari (III), [representative of Enlil], overseer, son of Šamši-Adad (V), [representative of Enlil], overseer, son of Shalmaneser (III), [representative of Enlil], likewise overseer. (4) When Adad-nerari (III), king of Assyria, instituted [the expenditures] of oil and honey for the temple of Aššur and the sanctuaries of [... fo]r Shebat (XI) and for Tishri (VII) and for five days of intercalary Adar (XIIa), and entrusted them to Šamaš-naṣir, the treasurer of Aššur — (Blank seal space) (7) The expenditures for the pandugāni ceremony of the king: The confectioner takes 8 litres of…

SAA 11 024. Harvest Record (SAAB 06 03)

(1) From on the 2nd of Nisan (I): (2) 133 sheaves — Nabû-[...] (3) 32 sheaves — Nuraya (4) 60 sheaves — Šumaya (5) 112 sheaves — Urda-Na[bû] (6) 73 sheaves — Ahu-lešir (7) 58 sheaves — Mullissu-iddina (8) 24 sheaves — Qite... (9) 4 sheaves — Nanî (10) 12 sheaves — Ami[...] (r 1) 2 sheaves — Aplaya (r 2) 3 sheaves — Šulmu-šarri (r 3) 1 sheaf — entrance supervisor (r 4) 1 sheaf — Ubru-Nabû, attendant of teams. (r 5) 1 bale — Bite' (r 6) From on the 6th of Nisan (I): Ahi-pada, cohort commander of ... — 3 bales. (r 8) 16th day: Hurea, Ahi-pada — 4 bales. Total: 8 bales. (r 10) Total: 515 sheaves (…

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Gilgamesh Tablet XI.svg

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

~695 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 3

Sennacherib 212

(1) The Seal of Destinies [by which] (the god) Aššur, king of the gods, seals (the destinies of) the Igīgū and Anunnakū gods, the heavens, the netherworld, and man[kind]. (6) Whatever he seals cannot be changed. Whoever (tries to) change (what he seals), may (the god) Aššur, king of the gods, (and) the goddess Mullissu, together with their children, kill him with their mighty weapons. (11) I am Sennacherib, king of [As]syria, the ruler who reveres you. (13) Whoever erases (my) [inscr]ibed name (or) alters this Seal of Destinies belonging to you, erase his name (and) his seed from the land.