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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 022. Fragment Mentioning Arrapha (CT 53 251)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] the king, my lord [...] (2) [......] Place! [...] (3) [......] before [NN] (4) [......] Arrapha [...] (5) [......] ...[...] (6) [......] ...[...] (7) [has en]tered but no[t ...]. (8) [As the king], my [lo]rd, commanded, [w]e shall pou[r ...] (10) [......] "From [...] (11) [......] in [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

SAA 15

SAA 15 023. Hailstorm (CT 53 902)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [about which the king, my lord, wr]ote to me: "Let them excavate it and remove it downwa[rds]" — [on the x]th day it rained there for the first time, and just now hai[l] has fallen [fr]om the mid[st of the sky]. (r 9) [I have written t]o the king, [my lord ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 024. Dispute over Ownership of Towns and Lands (ABL 0168)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-belu-ka''in. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Why have you appropriated towns and fields of Il-yada' in the province of Arrapha and in Šamaš-naṣir?" — what towns of his have I taken in the province of Arrapha? (10) As to Šamaš-naṣir, did I not appeal to the king, my lord, that it be given to him? The king, my lord, (however) gave Šamaš-naṣir to me, saying: "[Gi]ve (him) a town in its stead." The town I gave him lies right [a]head of his city. Is Šamaš-naṣir (as much) [at] my disposal? And he is…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 025. Attending to an Expedition of 3,000 Men in Zabban (CT 53 019)

(1) [T]o the king, my lord: your [servant] Nabû-belu-ka''in. Good health to the king, [my] lord! (4) The messenger of Il-yada' told me this news: "An expedition of 3,000 men has come up to me." All the men and horses are in the mountain; I am 'clean.' (If) I go all the way to them to Zabban, as far as Daduni, attend to them, put up guards, and return from there going to the piedmont, surely these men [......] (Break) (r 4) [Perh]aps [the king], my [lor]d, [will say]: "[Are] all the m[en (and horses) ......] until [......]?" (r 10) [... x h]orses (and) some [...] m[en ...] in [...].

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 026. Harvesting in Dur-Bel-ila’i and Lubda (ABL 1191)

(1) [To the king], my [lor]d: [your servant Nabû]-belu-ka''in. [Good health to the kin]g, my lord! (4) [Perhaps the king], my [lord], says: "[What are y]ou doing?" — (6) [...] I came (7) [...] together (8) [... wh]atever was boiled (9) [...] has been harvested. (10) I have blocked [...] (11) I am [in] Dur-Bel-ila'i. (12) [...] from Zabban (13) [...] iron sickle (14) [When] I [com]e from Lubda, (15) [...] their harvest (16) [...] the[re is] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 027. Keeping Watch in Lubda (ABL 0810)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-belu-ka''in. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) [Concerning the ...]s which are in [...] (5) [...] I and [......] (Break) (r 1) [... is eat]ing in Dur-Bel-[ila'i]; I am keeping watch in the pi[edmont, in] Lubda, until we hear the news of these caravans. Thereafter I shall release the king's men.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 028. Imposing a Peace Treaty near Lubda (CT 53 166)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) the peopl[e ...] from there to the t[own ...] below Lubd[a]. The king, my lord knows that I am spending the night [there]. I have made peace and imposed [...] (Break) (r 1) goes [...] (r 2) fills [...] (r 3) does not [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 029. Fragment Referring to Mountains (CT 53 356)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) i[f ......] (2) in the mountain [......] (3) outside [......] (4) wood [......] (5) on the 3rd day [......] (6) married [......] (Break) (r 2) of [.......] (r 3) [......] (r 4) the off[icial ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 030. The Son of Yakin is in Babylon; I Cannot March to Meturna (ABL 0455)

(1) To [the king, my lord]: your servant [Nabû-belu-ka''in]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) Concerning what the king, my lord, w[rote to me]: "I [gave] you [explicit orde]rs regarding the work on [...], but you do not obey [me]" — if I did not obey the king, my lord, whom else would I obey? Now, the king, my lord, has (already) three or four times written to me in this manner; how can I live? My heart does not beat, blood has dried up in my veins. (15) I do my work like my equals. I am not the first among them, nor am I the worst; I do as they do. Why does the king, my lord, single…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 031. Fragment Referring to the Son of Yakin (CT 53 596)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [are not c]ollecting th[eir] travel [prov]isions [...] (4) [...]... toge[ther ...] (5) [he sp]oke: "[...] (6) [...] king's men [...] (7) [... the] son of Yaki[n ...] (8) [...] Da[...] (r 1) [...] ... [...] (r 2) [...] ... [...] (r 3) [...] I said: "[...] (r 4) [...] ... [...] (r 5) [...] I said: "[...] (r 6) [...] yo[ur hea]rt [......] (r 7) [...] ... [...] (r 8) [Afte]r he has returned, [I shall wr]ite t[o the king, my lord, whatever n]ews there is. [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 032. Merodach-Baladan’s Envoys Meet the Elamite King’s Brother-in-Law (ABL 1453+)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-belu-ka''in. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) Nabû-iqiša sent me the following report on Elam: "Two messengers of the son of Yakin went to meet the king's brother-in-law, saying: 'Go to the city of HAR.' The king's brother-in-law did not agree to return but said: 'I have reached the border, how can I return unopposed from a used-up territory without the king's permission?' (13) "He (then) sent one of his two messengers to the king of Elam, the other one [......] (Break) (r 3) "The ki[ng]'s brother-in-law w[r]ote [to ...]: 'Bring us [the ...]s,…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 033. News of Borsippa, Sippar, Elam and the Son of Yakin (ABL 1003)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) ["...] ..., tell [... to Eṭiru] and Iddin-ahhe [...]! And if [he comes] to Sippar, [let] Eṭiru and Iddin-[ahhe tell it to him. ......] the (good) name of Sippar, he will become afraid, get up, [...], go away, [and ...] there. [Guard] this word like [...]!" — (9) I did neither fetch him up here nor did I tel[l him (to come)]. They brought him to me, and I [and NN s]poke [with him] in accordance with the k[ing]'s words: (12) "(Any)one who [......] may live [in] one of my villages; (14) ["...] within these [...] (15) "[...] It is the king's word [...] (16) ["...] Re[ap]…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 034. A Bodyguard Sends the Magnates Off (ABL 0598)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN]. The best of he[alth to the king, my lord]! (2) [...] the bodyguard Sîn-kenu-uṣur came and told the magnates: "Set out and go!" Now then they have set out and are going. Should I go with them? What is it that the king, my lord, commands? (11) [...] to Sîn-kenu-[uṣur] (Remainder too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 035. Letter to Nabu-iqiša; King’s Magnates in Ellipi (ABL 0169)

(1) [To the ki]ng, my lord: [your servant Na]bû-belu-ka''in. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! (4) [The letter which] the king, my lord, [se]nt to me, saying: "Dispatch a copy of it [to] Nabû-iqiša, and let him copy it and [disp]atch it [t]o the royal delegate of Araši" — the letter of his [which] he dispatched [has disappeared] from the hands of his messenger, and no[bo]dy knows [...]. (12) Two [...]s who came ... [have to]ld me: "The king, my lord, [...] the cohort commanders [who we]nt (there); they have been ki[l]led. [...] has collected them, they are [......]" (Break) (r 1) [The king's…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 036. Letter of Naṣibi to Nabu-iqiša (ABL 0170)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-belu-ka''in. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The report [on the Elam]ite which [I s]ent t[o the king] (6) [......]s (7) [......] (8) [...... Nabû]-iqiša (Break) (r 1) [I shall s]end [......] of the king of Elam. (r 3) [Now th]en I am sending to the king, my lord, the letter of [Na]ṣibi that came to [Nabû-iqiša]. (r 7) I went as far as Meturna with Il-yada', passed those people through, returned, and met Balaṭî on the 9th day in Dur-Bel-ila'i. Now then I am going where the king, my lord, sent me to. I have sent (word), and my king's men are on t…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 037. Shipping Tribute Oxen and Sheep from Der (CT 53 092)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) Perhaps the king, [my] lord, [will say]: "To [whom did] the oxen and sheep [belong?]" (5) They are of tribute. [He wrote to me] repeatedly: "Let them come and pass them through!" I wrote to him that they should graze here, but he (insisted): "While my lord is [in] Meturna, let them come [and p]ass them through!" (10) (So) I sent [x] soldiers [fr]om here, saying: "Let them pass them through." They had covered one league of ground [from] Der, (when) he sent (word) and had them returned, saying: "The enemy is attacking them." The soldiers [we]nt (back) and [sta]yed five…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 038. An Attack in the Reed Thicket (CT 53 322)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [... p]lundered their [...] which were in [...], and [hid] within the reed [thicket]. (4) We attack[ed the]m together [and brou]ght them up (7) [......]ed them (Break) (r 1) [...... o]f the [...] (r 2) [...] I have [...ed ... th]em (r 3) [... the king], my lord, [in] Ass[yr]ia (r 4) [......]s the king, my lord, [...] (r 5) [... se]nt me [...] (r 6) [......] I gathered (Rest uninscribed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 039. The Scholar in my Service (ABL 0172)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-belu-ka''in. Good health to the king, my lord! (5) The scholar who is in my service — the treasurer wro[te that ...] (Break) (r 1) will enter [with] the sch[olar].

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 040. Deporting People from Babylonia (ABL 0712)

(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Nabû-belu-ka''in. Good health to the king, [my lor]d! (4) Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote [to me]: "Why [did you not ...] with the treasu[rer (and) ...] the Calahite [...]? Do you not know [...]?" — [when] this [... came to] me (11) [......] in my presence (12) [......] the image (13) [......] to (14) [...... depo]rt me (Break) (r 2) We must deport [the house of Ilumma-tak]lak, and we must also deport [...], so they will fear [the king. After] we have deported the house of Ilumma-taklak, let us thereafter deport the latter too there. (r 8) Perh…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 043. Retaliation for Deserters (CT 53 630)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) They have bound [the ...] of the men [who] defected to me, and they ref[use] to eat bread in my presence, saying: "Why [... NN and ...]-palu'a-ikšud [...]? (Break) (e. 1) "What [......] (e. 2) to [......]

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 044. Fragment Mentioning a Hundred Chariots (CT 53 554)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) "sur[ely ......] (3) "...[......] (4) this cit[y ......] (5) "to [him]se[lf ......] (6) "seized [......] (7) "...[......] (8) "all [......] (9) "the riv[er .......] (10) "the chief [.......] (Break) (e. 1) [...... sa]id to me: "100 chariots [......] (e. 2) [......]s to [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 045. Reviewing Implements in Bab-bitqi (ABL 1312)

(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant Nabû-[belu-ka''in]. Good health to the [king, my lord]! (4) Concerning the repo[rt about which the king, my lord], wrote to me: "Write [to NN]" — I have written to hi[m, and as soon as] he has provided a detailed [report], I shall send t[o the king, my lord, whatever] there is to report. (9) Concerning what the ki[ng, my lord, wrote to me: "Review] the implements and [...] in Bab-bitqi, [seal them with] your seals, and [entrust them in the hands] of Nergal-belu-uṣur!" — [now the]n I have revie[wed them ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 046. (no title) (CT 53 689)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] his ears [......] (3) [... A]gain, what I (4) [...] spe[ak] with him (5) [what the king], my lord, does [...] (6) [...] me, saying: "[...] with [...] (7) [...] assign [...] (Rest too fragmentary for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 047. (no title) (CT 53 790)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) in the presence of [......] (3) Mannu-ki-Adad, the [......] (4) has made [......] (5) ar[rived ......] (Break) (r 2) terra[ce] house [......] (r 3) of ...[.....] (r 4) my inside [......] (r 5) not [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 048. Tabaleans on a Military Campaign (CT 53 039)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king, my lord]! (4) [......] (5) [......] (6) [... I departed from] Zabban [and en]tered [GN on the x]th. [The magnate]s had passed on [be]fore me, saying: "Keep (going)!" I went after them, moving on. Those Tabaleans, Pišermu and [...]kuka, are [in] my [pr]es[ence. If the ki]ng, my lord, commands, they may stay behind [here]. (r 6) [Alte]rn[atively, let] them [g]o with me to where the camp is being assembled, so that their animals [...]. In whose care [should I l]eave them?

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 049. Giving Out Land (CT 53 287)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) Concerning [the field] about which the king, [my lord], wrote to me: "Giv[e it] to [NN]" — he to[ok] half a league in the town Za[ddi] on the [other] side of the river Ša[...], because of the town [...]. (r 3) The field which I ga[ve him], the one that [had been given] to Nabû-[...] son of Ya-hari (r 6) [...] the village of [NN] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 050. Cultivating Fields for Kar-Šamaš (CT 53 479)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) [......] his towns (4) [......] ... (5) [... ...-ahh]e-lešir [...] the paths (6) Let them give me [th]is [..., and I will ...... d]o the king's work. (8) The enemy (9) [......] 10 towns (Break) (r 1) [......] the temple of Nergal (r 2) [......] the yield of his threshing floor (r 3) [......]s in ...ing the seed (r 4) [...] became good (r 5) [......] Kar-Šamaš (r 6) [... bec]ame good (r 7) [... they culti]vated (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 051. Fragment Mentioning Naṣib-ilu (CT 53 571)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) "his purchase [......] (3) "he t[ook] one third [......] (4) "the other half [......]." (5) Naṣib-i[lu and NN] heard this and ca[me ...] (7) from his servants [......] (8) was delayed [......] (9) "You [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 052. Fragment Mentioning Naṣib-ilu (CT 53 806)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] "[...] (2) [......] ground to [...] (3) [......]... against u[s ...] (4) [......] after [...] (5) [... cam]e [and reported] as f[ollows]: "The cities [...] (7) [......] upon [...] (r 1) [......] fod[der] (r 2) [......] the exempts [...] (r 3) [......] "Naṣib-[ilu ...] (r 4) [... W]hy [did] Nas[hur-Bel ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 053. Horses from Parsua (ABL 0165)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-remanni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) I met a messenger from Parsua (who told me): "The Zalipaeans have come forth; they have come forth with 100 ho[rs]es in their hands. Four men from among them ran away to the desert and came to Nikkur, (where) they said: 'We have brought horses from our country, but the Mannean has detained (them) inside his country.'" (6) I am now writing to the king, my lord: Let the king, my lord, send a bodyguard to listen to what the Zal[ipaeans] have to say. Perhaps they will bring [the horses] out. (12) I shall sup…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 054. Tabalean Captives in Nikkur (ABL 0556)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... sto]od (3) [...] some 50 men came [to me] to Nikkur. (5) From [the men] at my disposal, [1]35 had died. (7) [When] the caravan of Kar-Šarrukin arrived, I sent (word), had them (= the Tabaleans) brought to me, had them occupy the houses of the deceased, and gave them oxen, sheep and women. The king's bodyguard took advantage of their oxen, sheep and wo[men], (but) did they [run a]way for lack of things? If they really had run away for [lac]k of things, they should have come to [me]. Why did they g[o] to [Mann]ea? (18) By the gods of the king, my lord: I did…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 055. Report on Deportees (CT 53 161)

(1) [To the king], my [lo]rd: [your servant Nabû]-remanni. [Good health to] the king, my lord! (4) [Concerning the ...s about whom] the king, my lord, [wrote to me: "W]hy have you not sent [...] until now?" (7) [......] ... (8) [...] said [to the gove]rnor: "Make his [...]s enter [...], and make the [depor]tees enter [...]!" (11) [......] the h[i]red men (12) [...... the depor]tees (Break) (r 1) [...... I shall] check it out (r 2) [......] If it is not intact, did my [offi]cial d[o it]? (r 4) [They squan]der [the ...], and the king, [my lord, blames] me! May the king, my lord, write [to Nabû-b…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 056. (no title) (CT 53 537)

(1) To [the king, my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good heal[th to the king, my lord]! (4) Concern[ing the ... about which the king, my lord], wr[ote to me ...] (6) to [......] (7) [NN ......] (8) I [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 057. Report on Crops and City Wall (CT 53 422)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [to the king], my [lord]! [...] (2) We inspected the crops (about which) the ki[ng], my lord, wrote to me, it is excellent. ... on account of it. (6) Now then (7) [...] the city wall (Break) (r 2) [about which the king], my lord, [wrot]e to me, (r 4) [...]... (r 5) [...]... (r 6) [a]ccordin[g to] the Malahu (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 058. Submission of Bit-Kapsi (CT 53 310)

(1) [To] the k[ing, my lord: your servant NN]. Good health to the k[ing, my lord]! (3) Concerning what the king, m[y] lord, [wrote to me]: "The chief of trade has to[ld me]: 'Bit-Kapsi of Ki[...] has not [submitted] to the command of the king, my lord'" — now (as to) what the chief of trade [said], let the king, my lord, ask and investig[ate: ...] (9) some 20 men [......] (Break) (r 2) they give [......] (r 3) he said [......] (r 4) has not settled [......] (r 5) from my presence [......] (r 6) [Concerning] the town Piusi [about which the king, my lord], wrote to me: "[......] (r 8) the distri…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 059. News from Gizilbunda and Bit-Kapsi (CT 53 460+)

(1) [To] the king, [my] lord: yo[ur servant] Aššur-be[lu-uṣur. Good he]alth to the ki[ng, my lord]! The land [of the king, my lord], is well. (5) (Concerning) Ezî, about whom the king, [my lord, wrote to me]: "Let him send three men wi[th ...], whom he will tell you, [......] to Zalâ and to [NN]" — I wen[t ......] (10) they went away [......] (11) [...] Mannea[ns ...] (Break) (r 1) [I ap]pointed [... who had c]ome [...] to guard the [...eans], but the Bit-Kaps[ians roun]ded up [x] lone horses in an ambush and killed them. [I] fear the king, (so) I did not bri[ng back a single] lone horse out…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 060. Delivering Tribute via Bit-Hamban to Babylon (ABL 0242)

(1) To the ki[ng], my lord: your [ser]vant Aššur-belu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Set out with your troops and tribute, and come" — I shall do my best to set out with the troops and tribute, but because of the snow I had to leave one chariot that came with me in Bit-Hamban. The king knows that there is very much snow. (12) Moreover, the recruits, chariot fighters, and all their king's men who were dragging the tribute, [are ...]. Thirty tribute horses (16) [......] his cavalry (17) [......] which the king [imposed] upon me (18)…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 061. Delivering an Audience Gift to the King in Babylon (ABL 0241)

(1) To the king, my lord: your [servant] Aššur-belu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! (3) Concerning the audience gift of the month Kanun (X) about which the king, my lord, wrote: "You are to bring me two horses, two bulls, 20 sheep, and 20 jugs (of wine)" — the letter arrived only on the 3rd of Shebat (XI); when can they possibly (deliver it)? Moreover, the king knows that the bulls of this country are very small. Would I not know (the size of) the bulls (given as) audience gift to the house [of my lords]? (12) Ever since [the king, my lord], (13) commanded, [...] to (14) two horses of…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 062. Retrieving Runaway Traitors With Lutu (CT 53 055)

(1) To the ki[ng, my lord]: your servant Aš[šur-belu-uṣur]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! (4) The servants of the ki[ng, my lord, who ...], have escaped, and are staying [with ...] of Lutû [in ...]. I have written to L[utû], telling him to [deliver] the tr[aitors], and he (responded): "Come; let you and me g[o] and bring them out (together)." I fear the king; what is it that the king commands? (12) Concerning the sto[red] barley of the house of the master of teams [about which the king, my lord, w]rote to me, saying: "You have squandered it" — [as soon as the ...] has come up, [...] in…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 063. Collecting Harvest (CT 53 286)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) Now then [......]: (2) "Cultivate [......]! (3) "... [......] (4) [......] in the presence of the king, [my] lord. (5) The king, my [lo]rd, sho[uld ......] (6) [...] before [NN] (7) [...] three da[ys ......] (8) ...[......] (9) kil[led ......] (10) to [...]-il[a'i ......] (11) Let him [...] the harvest [...] (12) Let [...] mine [...] (Break) (r 3) collected [......] (r 4) made the [...] of the king, my lord, enter [the ...]. (r 5) As [to the ......] about which the king, my lord, [wrote to me]: (r 7) "Twenty men [......] (r 8) "your [...]s [......] (r 9) [s]aid t[o ..…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 064. (no title) (ADD 1136)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant] Aššur-belu-[uṣur]. (3) [W]hen I [was ....], (4) [...] the king in the pala[ce ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 065. Dispatching Horses (ABL 0226)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nergal-eṭir. The best of health to the king, my lord! The land of the king is well. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. (8) The bodyguard came to me on the 6th of Iyyar (II). The horses set out on the 7th of Iyyar.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 066. The Messenger of Dalta on his Way to the King (ABL 0227)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nergal-eṭir. The very best of health to the king, my lord! The land of the king is well. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. (10) The messenger of Daltâ has [l]eft for the king, my lord. There are [x ho]rses [in] his charge. He is accompanied by a dispatch rider.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 067. Retrieving ilku Dues (ABL 0230)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nergal-eṭir. [The be]st of health [to] the king, my lord! (5) [The retr]ieval of ilku dues which the king [im]posed on me — [...] 30 oxen, [x] sheep from Pa[rs]ua (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 068. Report on Humbe of Bit-Zualza; Sending Horses to the King (ABL 0983+)

(1) To the king, [m]y lo[rd]: your servant Nergal-e[ṭir]. The best of health to the king, my lord! The land of the king [is] well. The king, my lord, [can b]e glad [ind]eed. (8) [...]ragaya, the di[spatch] rider [of] Bit-Zualza came [to] me on the 15th of Adar (XII), [saying]: "[Hu]mbê [sen]t me [......]." (16) Now then [I] am sending him to the king, my lord, [in charge of] my messenger, so [the ki]ng, my lord, can question him. I myself will set my horses in motion on the 20th of Adar. Let the king, my lord, send me instructions.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 069. Fight for the Control of Šingibutu; Magnates in Media (ABL 0174)

(1) [To] the king, my lord: [your servant] Marduk-šarru-uṣur. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! The land of the king my lord i[s well]. (5) [Concerning the n]ews of the district, they told me [previously: "Ašpa-ba]ri [has t]old Kibabiše and Dasukku: 'The king gave Ellipi to me and I shall enjoy it. He gave Šingibutu to Marduk-šarru-uṣur. It is your towns that have been snatched away. If you (want to) fight, do so, or leave it; I am not involved in it.'" He spoke thus before the people of the country. (19) Now Kibabiše and Dasukku are constantly running about opposite [me] with a hundred…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 070. Returning a Son (ABL 0715)

(1) [To] the king, my lord: [your servant] Marduk-šarru-uṣur. [Good heal]th to the king, my lord! The land of the king my lord i[s well]. (5) [...] Erra-dalâ (6) [who] came [...] (Break) (r 2) [broug]ht him with [his ...] before Bel-uṣur. (r 4) [Now he ...]: "Bring me my son!" [......] should send the man [...] here.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 071. Sending Cavalry (ABL 0772)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Marduk-šarru-uṣur. [Good] h[ea]lth [to the king, my lord]! (Break) (r 1) [I] have sent [...... ca]valryman [...]. (r 2) I will do whatever the king, my lord, commands.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 073. Criminal Actions (ABL 1224)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) a piglet [......] (3) in the Hiritu river [......] (4) threw [......] (5) I kept asking, and he said: "[......] (6) "I will tell you [......] (7) informers t[o ......] (8) Issar-na'di sai[d: "......] (9) "Let [......] me (10) "[lest] I shall die [......] (Break) (r 2) [...] transport [......] (r 3) in Singi[butu ......] (r 4) Nabû-ahu-uṣur (and) his brother we[nt to the house of] Aššur-remanni; they killed the man [and ...ed] the wife; indeed, they are inciting the people [......] and selling [...]. (r 9) I s[ent (word) ...] (r 10) there be [......] (r 11) "fez-make[r…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 074. A Man Sells his Daughter to Karalla (CT 53 027)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... T]his [man] had so[ld his] daug[hters for money i]n Karalla. (Later) he put [...] salt in a bag and put his seal in it, went off, and sent it to his daughter(s), saying: "Run away and come to me!" (7) An Itu'ean whom I had appointed as a ... in the fort, and who returned this salt, said it to a bodyguard, and the bodyguard wrote (about it) to the king, my lord. (r 1) As to what the king, my lord, wr[o]te to me, no Karalleans remained (here so) I (could) not ask them, nor are there corn rations, wine, ... (or) kudimmu (salt) that they would be giving them. (r…

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