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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 173. Report on an Urarṭian Defeat (CT 53 099)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [about which] my [lo]rd [inquired, they previously informed me] as follows: (3) "Their king [and his magnates] have been [utterly] defeated on (their) expedition; [x] of his magna[tes] have been killed." (7) I did [no]t have more detailed information, and (thus) did not wr[ite] t[o] my [lo]rd how it happened. (11) Now they have e[ntered] my country from [...] and [are ...ing] the forts [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 174. The Defeat of the King of Urarṭu (CT 53 583)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] of [...] (2) [When] the (king) of Urarṭu [w]ent [against the Cimmerians, a]ll [his governors and his troops] were kil[led; n]ot [one] has returned [from there]. (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 175. (no title) (CT 53 621)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) kill[ed ......] (4) says [......] (5) in the [......] (6) opposite [......] (7) as far as [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 176. Military Movements in the Northeast (CT 53 133)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) Ass[yria ......] (4) one [......] (5) to And[ia ......] (6) to Assyria [......] (7) [will be] completed [......] (8) the road to [......] (9) I shall go [......] (10) Whoever [lays] hands [on ......] (11) I shall cut [...]; at the same time [...] (12) the king of Assyria aga[inst ......] (13) the pass of Sua [......] (14) which the Shepherd [......] (15) [t]hese [......] (Break) (Reverse too broken for translation) (e. 1) [When] I came [to ...], they brought the criminals and thieves of [...] away [from the p]ass. Truly, [...]; I did not trespass [up]on Urarṭian terri…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 177. Military Movements in the Urarṭian Camp (CT 53 122)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... I have hea]rd that he has gone to [...]. (2) As to [......] the Andian [...], (4) [the ... o]f the Urarṭian [...] (5) has descended [to ... and ...ed] the [citi]es [...] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 178. Fragment of a Report on Urarṭu (CT 53 124)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... I said]: "100 (2) [......]ed (3) [......] placed (4) [......] day (5) [...... be]ams (6) [......] his messenger (Break) (10) [...] I [...]. (11) [By the go]ds of the kin[g, my lord], (r 1) [......] 1,000 Itu'eans (r 2) [...... Ṭ]urušpâ (r 3) [will] call [... to account]. (r 4) I have sent [my messenger to ...]; (r 5) [having g]one [...], he [sent] back [...], saying: (r 6) "The king of Urarṭu has written [to] his [governors]: (r 7) "Your [troops] should go and [...]." (r 9) The Urarṭian [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 179. Purge in an Urarṭian Province (ABL 1295)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [Ever since the king of Urarṭu] came [...], the country has been in a state of alarm. He has taken the governor with him to Ṭuruš[pâ]; he has been discharged. (r 5) The deputy and the village manager have been discharged [as well]. The mighty of the land have been raging among themselves [...], saying: (r 9) "Why, [wh]en you [...], (r 10) [...] the overseer of [......]" (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 180. Troubles in Urarṭu (CT 53 799)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... the mount]ain [...] (2) [......] the gov[ernors] (3) [......] after [the king] (4) [... ar]e co[ming] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 181. News of Urarṭu (CT 53 586)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king], my [lo]rd! (4) [As to the news of] the [Ur]arṭian [about which the king, my lord, wr]ote me, (6) [NN], the e[un]uch [whom] I sent [to ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 182. Fragment of a Military Report (CT 53 891)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king, my] lord! (4) [As to the Urarṭ]ians [about whom the king, my lord], wrote me: "[Whatev]er is the ne[ws about th]em?" — (8) [...] who asked [......]. (9) He is a eunuch [...] (10) who in their presence [......] (Break) (r 1) their [...] changed [...] for us, [and we took] our replacement from it. [They are] guar[ding him/them] now. (r 5) How [should] we [proceed]? It is a cohort formed by the king, [my] lo[rd]; if it suits the king, [my lord], [let them ...] like [...]; (r.e. 11) [oth]erwise [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 183. Sending People to Palace (CT 53 519)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] upon (it) (2) [... royal body]guard (3) [...] eunuch (4) [...] Urarṭu (5) [...] the royal house (6) [...]... (r 1) [... t]heir [...]. (r 2) [I am herew]ith [sen]ding them [to the Pa]lace.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 184. Urarṭian Subjects Submit to Assyria (CT 53 445)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) Later he went and [assembled] the m[en]; 50 of them we[re] killed. [He proclaimed]: (4) "Y[ou] are subjects of the king, my lord; [y]ou are no more subjects of the U[rarṭian]!" (6) They submitted [......] (r 1) [...] stro[ng ......] (r 2) [......] (r 3) [...] 2,000 [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 185. Fragment of a Report on Urarṭu (CT 53 789)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] as regards (3) [...... the Ura]rṭian (4) [......] the town Ušti (5) [...] barley rations (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 186. Exchanging Messengers (CT 53 407)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...-er]eš, a [...], [and ...]ayu, a subordinate of [NN, have co]me to me. The king kn[ows that they are] distant [...]. (6) [I have now sent] m[y messenger] to [him]; as soon as he returns [t]o me, [I shall immediately w]rite to the king, [my lord]. (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 187. Military Operations in Muṣaṣir (CT 53 427)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... Ur]zana [...] (2) [...] the fort[s ...] (3) [... w]e capture; in the ci[ty ...] (4) [... t]o the river [...] (5) [...] opposite hi[m ...] (6) even [Rus]a against [...] (7) [... they pl]aced him [...] (8) [...] they are [...] (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 188. Fragment Referring to Zikirtu (CT 53 272)

(Beginning destroyed) (3) [...] re[quested a fi]eld [...] (4) [He did not g]ive him [...] (5) [... ab]out Zik[irtu], (6) [gav]e him [...] and sen[t him to me]. (7) [...] m[y] messenger [...] (8) I asked h[im about the Urarṭ]ian, and he informed me [as follows]: (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 189. (no title) (CT 53 912)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [t]o g[o out ......] (2) [in] my [mou]th [......] (3) [N]ow, the king of Z[ikirtu] (4) [...] a team [of horses] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 190. Arrested by the Governor (CT 53 194)

(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [I] sent him [with] Aššur-šarrani [to the ...] on the border [of] his father's household; the governor arrested [him]. (r 6) [N]ow Adâ [has ...ed] Baziya, the s[on of] the Ukk[ean] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 192. The Hubuškian has Arrived (CT 53 415)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) "The (ruler) of [...] has writ[ten to me]: 'The Hu[buškian] has arr[ived] in [...].'" (6) On the 14th day, [I] se[nt Šulmu-beli], (my) deputy, t[o ...]. (Rest uninscribed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 193. Fragment Mentioning Šulmu-beli (CT 53 261)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...] his [...] who [......] (3) [......] Šulmu-beli [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 194. Emissaries from Labdudu (ABL 0936)

(1) [To the king], my [lo]rd: [your servant Mannu-k]i-Arbail. [Good health to the k]ing, my lord! (4) [......] Hubuškia (5) [......] we have departed (Break) (r 2) ... [......]; perhaps they [will o]bey us as regards [...]. (r 4) The Lab[d]ud[eans are coming] up and getting here; which way should we take to [meet] the emissaries? Now, should they come up [to ...], or [...]? (r 9) [Let the king send a messenger] to come and [tell] us what the orders are.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 195. Messenger from Hubuškia (CT 53 581)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Pe]rhaps the [emissaries] of Hubu[škia] will co[me wi]th me (4) [...] from/with [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 196. A Letter from Hubuškia (CT 53 409)

(Beginning destroyed) (5) [...] of the house of Tu[...], (6) [wh]en his son f[led], (7) [... U]rmakinn[u ...] (8) [did not] come [...] (9) [...] Iau-'a[...] (10) [No]w he and [...] (11) [At]â-idri [had an au]dience [with me] (13) [... the mo]untain from Hub[uškia] (14) [...] Hubuš[kia ...] (15) [...] on [...] (Break) (r 2) "There is one [...]; (r 3) "he is Bel-qatua [...]. (r 4) Now, muc[h ...] (r 5) opposite them [...] (r 6) [...] the hands of the king [...]. (r 7) [As to what I said t]o the king, [my] lo[rd]: "Ever sinc[e the king, my lord, sent me t]o Hubuš[kia], they have [...]ed me in [..…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 197. (no title) (CT 53 485)

(Beginning destroyed) (6) [...] Marduk-[......] (7) [from] there [......] (8) Inurta-ku[......] (9) show[ed ......] (10) [......] (11) The kallāpu messenger [......] (r 1) [...]ed his work quota [...] (r 2) Let [the king, my lord,] ask the kallāpu messenger [...] whether in [...] (r 4) to Harmas[aeans ......] (r 5) Ha[rg]aeans to [......] (r 6) When you have taken coun[sel ......] (r 7) kill him [......] (r 8) to my son [......] (r 9) my house [......] (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 198. On the Road Again (CT 53 533)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) I have [now] set out [from] Dur-Ša[maš to where] the king, my lord, sent me.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 199. Time to Set Out for a Campaign (ABL 0311)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Šarru-emuranni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Why did you set out early without waiting for the governor of Arrapha?" — (8) for the governor of Arrapha, the road in question is very slow. He sets out from Zaban, and it takes him three days to get there, while I can make a round-trip to Parsua going this way. (13) For this very reason I went up to the fort first. Last year, too, I and he [...] accordingly [...] (Break) (r 1) [...] Shall I not leave [the h]orses [and free men] in [the fo]rt, but ta[ke]…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 200. Sending Boys to War (ABL 0312)

(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant Šarru-emuranni. Good health to the king, [my lord]! (4) As to what the king, my lord, wro[te me]: "Orga[nize] your army and be on the alert! If [feasible], take the road to Hirite by [...]" — (8) it is not at all feasible! The terrain is difficult; it lies between the mountains, the waters are constricted and the current is strong, not fit for using either wineskins or keleks. The king, lord, knows that the men cannot swim. (14) The troops are assembled, and I am going up to Sumbi, making a detour to [...], [then descend] to Bit-Hamban [......] (Break)…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 201. (no title) (ABL 0321)

(1) [To] the king, m[y] lord: your [servant] Šarru-emuranni. [Good he]alth to the king, [my] lord! (4) [The govern]or of Arz[uhina ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 202. Horses for the King (ABL 0310)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Šarru-emuranni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to what the king, my lord, wrote me: "If horses of such size fall into your hands, get them and send them to me!" — (9) Kumesaean merchants have reviewed (their stock and) together [...] (Break) (r 1) my lord [......]. (r 2) I waited f[or them], but since they did not come to m[e], I sent the servants of the king, my lord, to terrorize Kibatki, and they put people to the sword. After this act of terror on Kibatki, they got afraid and wrote to me, and I imposed a deadline upon them. (r 17) If they co…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 203. When the King Established the Debt Remission (ABL 0387)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Šarru-emuranni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the wine about which the king, my lord, wrote me: "Set aside 200 homers for the garrison!" — I have set aside as much of it as the king, my lord, wrote. (10) As to Kubaba-satar about whom the king, my lord, wrote me: "Speak nicely with him!" — (14) my [mo]uth is closed. [As the ki]ng, my lord, [wr]ote me, [I shall speak nic]ely [with him ......] (Break) (r 3) [He] will st[ay in] my [pre]sence. (r 4) I have now se[nt] (word), and I shall find an interpreter in [...], acquire him for the king, my…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 204. Sending a Message to Mannea (CT 53 056)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Šarru-emuranni. Good health to the king, my lord]! (4) [The forts and the land of the king, my lord, are well]. (6) [As to those] words which the king, my lord, sent [us] through [Nabû-ahu-uṣur], the royal bodygu[ard]: "Send in this way to the son of Inṣabri" — (12) when Nabû-ahu-uṣur arrived, on that very same d[a]y Šamaš-ukin, a trustworthy and chosen [man] of the fort commander, able in words — (r 1) we implanted the very words that the king, my lord, sent us, in the mouth of (this) messenger of the fort commander; he left on the 4th day and went to I…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 205. Precious Stones (ABL 0758)

(1) To the king, [my] lo[rd]: your servant Šarru-em[uranni]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) While I [was in ...], (5) milhu stone [...] (6) nukur[...] stone [...] (7) at [my] disposal [...] (8) to the dy[ers] (9) I provi[ded ...] (10) The king, my lord, [...] (11) ...[...] (12) [en]graver [...] (Break) (r 1) [As to what] I sa[id to the king], my [lo]rd, [in] Cal[ah]: "I will [...] and we will [...] with it" — (r 6) if that is all right, we shall [......] with it.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 206. Opening the Treasury (ABL 0319+)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Šarru-emuranni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) On the 27th day, at dawn, we opened the treasury of metal scraps at the entrance to the house in the palace upon the terrace. (8) [We] weighed 420 talents of bronze scraps and plac[ed] it in the storehouse [of] the cupbearer. (11) We also weighed [x talen]ts of bronze objects [...] (Break) (r 1) [......] city, (r 2) [...... of the R]eview [Palace]. (r 3) Alternatively, we can do the (inventory) of the Review Palace on the 29th and go in the remaining days to Dur-Šarruken, to seal those tunics.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 207. (no title) (ABL 0761)

(1) [T]o the king, my lord: your [servant] Šarru-emuranni. [Good health] to the king, my lord! (4) The royal bodyguard [...]-naṣir [has brou]ght [... Ba]šimeans to Kar-Nergal [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 208. (no title) (CT 53 527)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) As to the [......] (2) equipment t[o ......], (3) the royal bodyguar[d ......] (4) with the depu[ty ......] (5) cam[e ......] (6) took [......] (7) which [......] (8) hors[e(s) ......] (Reverse too broken for translation)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 209. (no title) (CT 53 779)

(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant Šarru-[emuranni]. (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 210. Taking over the Forts of Allabria (ABL 0208)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-hamatu[a]. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The forts of the king, my lord, are well. (6) A Mede forwarded me the (attached) letter from the governor, saying: "Let your messenger bring it to the Palace." (10) I have spoken kindly with the countrymen of the son of Bel-iddina and encouraged them. The son of Bel-iddina (himself) is a criminal and a traitor; he does not obey [the king's orders]. (r 2) [I said]: "Do your work, each in [his house and] field, and be glad; you are now subjects of the king." (r 7) They are peaceful and do their work. I…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 211. Building Forts (ABL 1068)

(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant Na[bû-hamatua]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! (4) The for[ts] of the king, [my] lord, are well. (5) [NN], a te[am] commander, br[ought me a letter] from the govern[or ...], saying: "[......] Aššur-[......] (Break) (r 1) The king, my lord, should k[now] (this). (r 2) The king, my lord, should not say: "He is a negligent servant; he does not do (his) work." (r 7) I drive the servants of the king, my lord, day and night; they are glazing kiln-[fired bricks] all day long [...] and bringing them into [...].

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 212. Fragment Mentioning an Interpreter (CT 53 432)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... h]ow not [...] (2) [......] "the peopl[e ...] (3) [...]; "how [...] (4) [...] "an inter[preter] (5) [...] "the audience gi[ft ...] (6) [...] "the in[terpreter] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 216. Fragment Mentioning Aza, King of Mannea (CT 53 885)

(1) To the kin[g, my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) The day that the [army and the ...] of the Urarṭian [......], (6) Azâ [......] (7) ...[......] (8) to the [......] (9) we [......] (Break) (r 1) ca[me] (r 2) [......] (r 3) came [......], (r 4) saying: "Why [......] (r 5) no bread [......]?" (r 6) The palace herald [......] (r 7) "The Urarṭian [......] (r 8) from/with [......] (r 9) [...] 7 [...] (r 10) the rest [......] (r 11) "Of [......] (e. 1) [......] the sartinnu; take [...] (e. 2) and put [......].

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 217. Preparing for War in Mannea (ABL 0342)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Adad-issiya. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) I se[n]t two cavalry cohort commanders to Sanha and Ulušia to the king's subjects who are there. They went and saw them: the equipment (they had received) there and the barley rations specified in their tablet were there. (12) They warned them, and their guard is very strong. The king, my lord, can be glad. (16) The king, my lord, knows that Kubaba-ila'i masters the language. I sent him to Tikriš, and he gave us this detailed report. We are herewith sending it to the king, my lord. (r 6) All the time I…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 218. Ullusunu Bribes Aššur-le’i of Karalla (ABL 1058)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) "in [......] (2) "the house of the wi[dow ......] (3) "Aššur-le'[i ...] (4) came [...] (5) he is safe and has [...]. (6) Nabû-hamatua wrote m[e] that Aššur-le['i] is going to Ullusunu, and that Ullusunu has given five horses to Aššur-le'i. Nabû-hamatua has itemized the horses he gave him by colour in a clay tablet (which) he (also) sent me. I have forwarded the letters of Nabû-hamatua to Nineveh, and they will have read them to the king (by now). (r 1) As to the eunuch of Aššur-le'i who is with Nabû-hamatua, about whom the king my lord wrote me, it is the third year…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 219. Fragment of a Report on Mannea (CT 53 271)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... ki]ngship of [...] (2) [... o]f the table [...] (3) [......] Aššur-šarru-[...] (4) [......] Aššur-le['i ...] (5) [......] after th[em] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 220. Military Operations in Mannea (CT 53 250)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] our lord [...] (2) [...] have seiz[ed ...]. (3) His [troops are] in [...]. (4) [...] "Ullusun[u] (5) [...] "[His] army, [which] had come [..., has] en[tered ...]. (7) [Pe]rhaps h[e ......] (8) [...] my servants [...] (9) [... has not] emerged [...] in the p[ass ...] (10) not [......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 221. News from Mannea (ABL 1416)

(1) To [the king, my lord]: your servant [Adad-issiya]. Good he[alth to the king, my lord]! (4) As to what the king, [my] lo[rd, wrote me]: "Why have you [not sent me] an[y news] of the Mannean that you have h[eard]?" — (7) [he has come] to our border, [made] his sacrifices, and returned (home); [the ... have gone] to greet him. (11) The messengers o[f ... have come] from Bar[..., and presented him] the greetings of [...]. (Break) (r 2) [......] where they are [...]. (r 3) As to [NN] about whom the king, [my] lo[rd, wrote me]: "Wh[y does he not ...] to m[y] presen[ce]?" (r 7) He does not…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 222. Military Movements in Mannea (CT 53 585)

(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... the Man]nean(s) (3) [...... the Ura]rṭian(s) (4) [......] our [hear]t (5) [...... NN] from the city of [...] (6) [......] the Urar[ṭ]ia[n] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 223. Preparing for Battle with Urarṭian Troops (ABL 0596)

(Beginning destroyed) (1) as many as [...] remain in [......]... (4) "The Urarṭian troops advanced to the border; he went out to meet them in [...] of [......]" (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 224. Buying Horses in the East (ABL 0529)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Adad-issiya. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the merchants about whom the king my lord gave me orders, I met Šarî of Kannu' in Arzuhina. He had 70 horses. (11) I asked him where the rest of his horses were, and he said: "[I have bou]ght 200 horses over there and will b[ring them] (later)." (r 2) [I also met NN] and ask[ed him] about [the horses]; he said: "We have bought [all of them]; they are on their way towards yo[u ...]." (r 10) I encountered 21 horses and 2 mules of Nabû-eriba of Calah, a subordinate of Sanî, in Arzuhina.

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 225. Not All Reap What They Sow (CT 53 079)

(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Adad-issiya. Good health to] the king, [my] lo[rd]! (4) [As to] the seed corn [about wh]ich the king, my lord, wr[ote me]: "Nabû-[...] must cultivate 1,000 (homers of) seed, Mannu-ki-Adad must cultivate [1],000, and you too must cultivate [1],000 (homers of) seed corn" — [wh]ere? I cannot do it! (10) [I] cultivate corn in the face of harsh [...]. They, by contrast, having planted their seed, [e]at from it, feed [their] horses [fr]om it, and (even) cultiva[te s]eed fro[m it]. (16) [They] have seized [...] from the Med[es ......] (Rest destroyed)

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 5

SAA 05 226. Orders to Magnates (ABL 0884)

(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-ahu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The king, my lord, sent me to the magnates; I have (now) communicated them all the orders that the king, my lord, gave me. (10) As to the town where they are encamped, Ir[š]umu is in their hands; they are soon to leave for the king, my lord. (16) As [to] Šarru-emuranni, about whom the king, [my] lo[rd], gave me [or]ders, (I told him): "Not one of your horses and men may be missing if they are to pass before the king." (r 5) As to Nabû-hamatua, about whom the king, my lord, told me: "Let him come and…

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