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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 123. People for the Rab Mugi (ABL 1343)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [PN], a [...] maker — (3) [...] a parasol (4) he will make [the]re — (5) [PN], chief singer (6) [PN], from Arbela (7) [PN], from Arbela (8) [PN], an Aramean [scrib]e (9) [total x people] at the disposal of the rab-mūgi (10) [......] his sister (11) [PN, ...] of Commagene (Break) (r 2) [...] has released (r 3) [...] ... (r 4) [...] bundles (r 5) [...], servants of the king [who] have been sold [for mon]ey. (r 7) [If the kin]g, my lord, commands, [I will sen]d them over. (r 9) [... whom] your [...] know(s) (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

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~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 004

(i' 1') (No translation warranted) (i' 2') [Moreover, I struck with] the sword [Teušpa, a Cimmeri]an, [a barbarian whose home is remote, together with his entire army, in the territory of the land Ḫub]ušnu. (i' 5') [The one who treads on the necks of the people of Cili]cia, [mountain dwellers who live in inaccessible mountains in the neighborhood] of the land Tabal, [evil Hittites, who from earliest days had not been] submissive to the yoke — [I surrounded, conquered, plundered, demolished, destroy]ed, (and) burned with fire [twenty-one of their fortified cities and small cities in] their…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 007

(i' 1') [and its army; I put] to the sword [Išpakāia], a Scythian, [an ally who could not save himself]. (i' 3') [I plundered the land Bīt-Dakkūri, which is in Chaldea, an] enemy of Babylon. [I captured Šamaš-ibni, its king, a rogue] (and) outlaw, (i′ 5′) [who did not respect the oath of the lord of lords, who took away fields of the citizens] of Babylon [and Borsippa by force and turned (them) over to] himself. [Because I know the fear of the gods Bēl and Nabû, I returned those fields and entrusted (them) to the citizens of Baby]lon [and Borsippa. I placed Nabû-šallim, son of Ba]lāssu, [on…

SAA 16 123. People for the Rab Mugi (ABL 1343)

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