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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 1

SAA 01 253. The Conquest of Marqasi (CT 53 878)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) I said to him [as foll]ows: (3) "[......] Now consider within yourself (4) [......] of Assyria (5) [......] the governors who [went] with the king (6) [......] of Marqasa (7) [......] ... (8) [......] carried away [... of] Assyria (9) [......] is waiting [for th]em (10) [......] wherever the king [sets] his eye (Rest destroyed)

SAA 01 253. The Conquest of Marqasi (CT 53 878)

SAA 01 254. Arpad (CT 53 873)

SAA 01 255. The River of Samaria Dries up (CT 53 458)

SAA 01 256. (no title) (CT 53 802)

SAA 01 257. Settling Deportees in Marqasi (ABL 0966+)

SAA 01 258. Sending Out Captives (ABL 0860)

SAA 01 259. Receiving Captives (CT 53 269+)

SAA 01 260. Barley for Captives (CT 53 096+)

SAA 01 261. (no title) (CT 53 863)

SAA 01 262. Išmanni-Aššur and Horses (CT 53 618)

SAA 01 263. Keeping an Eye on Harran and Halahhu (CT 53 419)

SAA 01 264. The Akitu Chapel of Isana (CT 53 214)

SAA 01 265. (no title) (CT 53 348)

SAA 05 001. No News is Good News (ABL 0200)

SAA 05 002. Attacks on Forts (ABL 0548)

SAA 05 003. Urarṭu Gets Ready for War (ABL 0424)

SAA 05 004. Floating Logs down the River (CT 53 210)

SAA 05 005. Bringing Soldiers into Eziat (CT 53 478)

SAA 05 006. Transporting Logs (ABL 0732)

SAA 05 007. Log Driving (CT 53 280)

SAA 05 008. Fragment Referring to Messengers and Timber (CT 53 631)

SAA 05 009. (no title) (CT 53 616)

SAA 05 010. (no title) (CT 53 708)

SAA 05 011. An Urarṭian Governor in Muṣaṣir (ABL 1083)

SAA 05 012. Fragment Referring to Military Operations and Spies (ABL 1043)

SAA 05 013. (no title)

SAA 05 014. Chaldeans in Bit-Zamani (ABL 1193)

SAA 05 015. Building a Town, a Fort and a Palace (CT 53 065)

SAA 05 016. Exempt Land Provides no Straw (ABL 0201)

SAA 05 017. Work on a Bull Colossus and Stone (CT 53 386+)

SAA 05 018. (no title) (CT 53 335)

SAA 05 019. Rendezvous (CT 53 625)

SAA 05 020. (no title) (CT 53 264)

SAA 05 021. Tension on the Urarṭian Border (ABL 0506)

SAA 05 022. News from the Urarṭian Border (CT 53 584)

SAA 05 023. (no title) (ABL 0508)

SAA 05 024. People from a Mountain Town (ABL 0509)

SAA 05 025. Felling Trees in Šubria (ABL 0507)

SAA 05 026. No Water in the River (CT 53 213)

SAA 05 027. Pulling up Fruit Tree Saplings (ABL 0510)

SAA 05 028. Red Wool for the King (ABL 0431)

SAA 05 029. Forwarding Hewn Stone Objects (ABL 0952)

SAA 05 030. (no title) (CT 53 328)

SAA 05 031. Argisti Puts Pressure on Hu-Tešub of Šubria (ABL 0139+)

SAA 05 032. Soldiers Captured by the Šubrians (ABL 0138)

SAA 05 033. Cutting Timber in Urarṭian Territory (ABL 0705)

SAA 05 034. Problems in Cutting Timber in Šubria (CT 53 095)

SAA 05 035. The King of Šubria Refuses to Extradite Deserters (CT 53 160)

SAA 05 036. Joint Sacrifices (CT 53 163)

SAA 05 037. Defense Against Accusations (CT 53 101)