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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 001. Ru’uaean Eunuch Returned from Damascus; the City Wall of Meturna (ABL 0158)

(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant Issar-du[ri]. Good health to the king, [my l]ord! (4) Nabû-zeru-ibni, the Ru'[uean] eunuch whom the king, my lord, retur[ned] from Damascus from the servi[ce] of Bel-duri and sent to Abdudu to Be[l-...] in the hope that the Ru'u[ean] and his people would co[me] to him — (11) (when) Merodach-Bal[adan] heard of his having come, he had all his brothers brought (before him), and spoke with them as follows: "Now that his brother has come, you will run aw[ay] to him!" They said to him, "Why should we run away? (This) brother of ours who has come is on the…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 002. Dangerous Boat Trip; King Approaching Uruk (ABL 1056)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Iss]ar-du[ri. Good health t]o the king, [my] l[ord]! (4) [Concerning the g]uard about whom the king, my lord, [wrote to m]e, whom the servants [of the kin]g my lord have hired, he will depart [tom]orrow. (8) [The boa]tmen [sa]id to me as follows: "Are we to go as he says? The [te]rritory is not safe, there are bandits w[ho ...] there. Surely [... will] hear [about it and] send [...]s [who will t]ake the boats away from us. [...] in the ri[ve]r [...]. Let m]e go [...] and give [......], (and) let us wait [fo]r the king, my lord. As soon as the king is…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 003. Cavalry of Nibe (ABL 0159)

(1) [T]o the king, my lord: your [servant] Issar-duri. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) Concerning the cavalrymen of Nibê about whom the king, my lord, wrote to me, we were already in Media (when) the le[tte]r of the king, my lord, came t[o m]e. (10) [...] I se[nt (word) ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 004. Physicians for the King; Inscriptions for a Temple in Der (ABL 0157)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Issar-duri. [Good] health to the king, my lord! (4) [Concerni]ng Nabû-šumu-iddina and Nabû-eriba, the physicians [about whom I sp]oke to the king, my lord, now then I am sending them [care of] my messenger to the [kin]g my lord's presence. Let them enter the king my lord's [pres]ence, and let the king my lord speak with them. Truly, I have not disclosed nor told them where the king, my lord, is sending them. (17) Šamaš-belu-uṣur wrote to me from Der: "Should we really not put any inscriptions in the walls of the temple?" I am now writing to the king, my…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 005. We Did not See the Moon (ABL 0162)

(1) [To] the king, my lord: yo[ur servant] Issar-dur[i. Good he]alth to the king, [my lo]rd! (4) We [watc]hed for the gods on the [2]9th [day]. There were clouds in [the sk]y, and therefore [w]e did [not] see (anything). How[ever], my messenger who has been staying [in the presence] of Marduk-šarru-[uṣur has] now [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 006. Claiming Reward for Good News of Rain (ABL 0707)

(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant Issar-duri. Good health to the king, [my] lord! (4) In the night of the 5th day it started to rain hail. The ra[in poured dow]n through the night, the whole early morning and the next day. [... Aš]šur (Break) (r 1) I appealed for [...]. (r 2) Now I have announced to the king, [my] lord, the good news of the rain. For my good news let them (now) give me what I appealed for. (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 007. Servants of Bel-ahhe-eriba Appeal to the King (ABL 0708)

(1) [To the king], my [lo]rd: [your servant] Issar-duri. [Good health] to the king, my lord! (4) [The servants o]f Bel-ahhe-riba [who ca]me and appealed to the king, [my lord, saying: "There a]re [brothe]rs of ours in Na[...]" — Inurta-šakin-[..., the bodyg]uard (whom) the king, [my l]ord, sent [with the]m, [has ...ed t]hese [...] of [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 008. The People and Goods of Nabu-ahhe-iddina (ABL 0163)

(1) [To] the king, [my] lord: your servant Issar-duri. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) Concerning the people and the goods of Nabû-ahhe-iddina about which the king, my lord, gave me orders, [...] in a[ccordan]ce with the writing-board (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 009. The Palace Manager of Arrapha and Writing-Boards (ABL 0160)

(1) [To] the king, [my] lo[rd]: yo[ur servant] Issar-du[ri. Good he]alth to [the king, my lord]! (4) Concerning the [palace] manager of Arrapha ab[out whom the king, my lord], ga[ve me] orders, now then [...] (8) 1 writing-boa[rd ...] (9) 1 writing-boa[rd ...] (10) which he [...] (11) 1 writ[ing-board ...] (12) 1 writ[ing-board ...] (13) which I [...] (14) [I have ...ed] the palace manager (15) and [...] to the pres[ence of ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 010. Distributing Barley Rations (CT 53 481)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) according t[o ......] (3) in the cit[y ......] (4) a writing-board [......] (5) to the palace [......] (6) in the domestic quarters [......] (7) They should have sen[t me a sealed order] according to the wr[iting-board], and I would have gi[ven] the barley accordingly, wherever it i[s]. (r 3) The barley which is in the town Ša[bbu ...]. (r 4) The rest which is in [...] (r 5) indeed [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 011. Providing for Bel-iqiša (ABL 0161)

(1) [T]o the king, [my lo]rd: your [servant] Issar-[duri]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! (4) [Concer]ning Bel-iqi[ša ... ab]out whom the king, my lord, wr[ote to me]: "Give him prov[isions!" — now then I have given to him] four oxen [...], [x] hundred (homers) of barley [...], [x hect]ares of land i[n ...] (Break) (r 1) [The re]st of [..., everything] that the king, [my lor]d, commanded, [is ... at] my disposal.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 012. Escorting Captives to [Dur]-Šarrukin (ABL 0552)

(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant Issar-[duri]. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The captives entrusted to the bodyguard Guhuru are on their way to [Dur]-Šarrukin. [On the x]th [day ...] (8) (Break) (14) [...... we]nt (15) [... the] captives (Break) (r 1) [...] in [...] (r 2) [...] ... [......] (r 3) I wrote as follows [to] the bodyguard accompanying them: "[Bring th]em to Baqarru and let them stay there. [Give the]m bread and water and send [a report] about them to the Palace. Whatever they write to you from the Palace, you shall do accordingly!"

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 013. Captives (ABL 0164)

(1) [To the ki]ng, [my l]ord: [your servant Is]sar-du[ri. Good heal]th to the ki[ng, my lord]! (4) [Concerning the cap]tives [about whom the king], my [lord], wrote to me, the former [...] (Rest destroyed or uninscribed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 014. Itu’eans Working in Dur-Šarrukin (ABL 0711)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Is[sar]-duri. Good health to the [ki]ng, my lord! (4) [Concerning what] the king, my lord, [wro]te to me: "[The] I[tu'ean ...s] who [are do]ing work [in Dur-Šarru]k[in ...] (Break) (r 2) Let him return [...]. My guard is strong. The king, my lord, [can] be glad.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 015. Exempting the Recruits of the Chief Eunuch (ABL 0709)

(1) [To the king], my [lord]: your servant Issar-duri. [Good health t]o the king, my lord! (3) [Concerning the recrui]ts of the chief eunuch [about whom the king, my lord], wrote: "They are to be exempt; [no]body may litigate [against them] (and) [no]body may exact [corn taxes from them]!" — (7) [... the coho]rt [commander]s and the recruits (8) [...] his sons (9) [...] ... their [...]; their sons (10) [...] are [e]xempt. The rest of (11) [...] the campaign of the king, my lord (12) [...] Previously (Break) (r 1) [who appe]aled [...], the king, my lord, [...]. (r 2) [Those who] appealed [to…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 016. Entering Deportees into Fortified Places in Arrapha (ABL 0443)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Bel-le'i. (4) The people with whom I am coming — I and the dišanu-official [are brin]ging them into fortified places. (9) [...] for their protection (10) [... Arr]apha (11) [... I shall se]nd.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 018. Captives in Arrapha (CT 53 217)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [These] c[ap]tives in Arrapha [...] are 4,100 in number. I asked [NN] and L[ansî] (who said): "[There are] 1,000 k[ing's] men among them." Their watch is v[ery] strict. (10) And right now the chief eu[nuch] will go [wi]th them to Urz[uhina]. He is reviewing [them]. Befo[re they go], Lan[sî ...] in the pres[ence of ...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 019. Bought Slaves and Captives (CT 53 202)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) "[O]n the day when [Be]l-ila'i and Apl[aya bring the dependents] who [have been b]ought for money now, along with the (dependents) of [tho]se capti[ves] who [fe]ll to me from Arraph[a] (r 1) [...] Arrapha [...] (r 2) [...] ... two [...] (r 3) [...] will lea[ve ...] (r 4) [I ques]tioned [them] (r 5) [They said: "The da]y that [...] (r 6) [...] Apl[aya] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 020. Fragment Concerning Mule Express in the Province of Arrapha (CT 53 503)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) [...] mule express [...] (4) [...] my teams [...] (5) [...] I with [...] (6) [... the pr]ovince of Arrapha [...] (7) [... t]his [...] my team [...] (8) [...] my teams [...] (9) [...] teams ...[...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 15

SAA 15 021. Partitioning Fields in Arrapha (CT 53 887)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to] the king, m[y] lord! (4) [...] of Arrap[ha] (5) [...] in the cities [...] (6) [...] to the king, [my] lo[rd] (7) [NN the] bodyguard [...] (8) [...] ... [...] (9) [... The d]ay that [...] Arra[pha] (10) [...] he part[itioned] the fields (Break) (r 2) [...] one [...] (r 3) [... the king], my [lord] should know [......] (r 4) Let the king, my lord send (word) [to ... that they should br]ing me ...[...]. Let them [...] them wor[ds] and let them com[e here and do] their [work]! (r.e. 9) [Concerning ...]nanu [...] (r.e. 10) [...] ... [...]…

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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-AssyrianSAA 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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