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SAA 19

SAA 19 030. Orchards of the Villages of Helbon (CTN 5 p. 158)

(1) [To] the king, my lord: [yo]ur [servant] Qurdi-Aššur. Go[od he]alth to the kin[g], my lord! (4) [Ever since the kin]g, my lord, appointed me here, the [...s] appointed [...] ov[er m]e. (6) [...... DN]-ila'i (7) [...... A]s to what I wrote to him: "[...] the town of Helbon (9) [......]... refused [to ...... but w]e[n]t (Break) (16) [......] Nabû-bani says: "[...] I am not involved in it. (18) [...] read(s) now [...] the king (19) [......] towers [...] (Break) (r 1) [...]... says: "The town of [......] (r 2) [I swear] I do not give [t]he orchards of the villages [of] Helb[on to a]nybody! If…

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SAA 19 030. Orchards of the Villages of Helbon (CTN 5 p. 158)

SAA 19 031. Sending Four Deserters to the King (CTN 5 p. 272)

SAA 19 034. Taking Care of the King’s Oxen (CTN 5 p. 211)

SAA 19 035. Extracting the iškaru Dues on Horses (CTN 5 p. 251)

SAA 19 041. Sending a Chiliarch to the King (CTN 5 p. 255)

SAA 19 044. Archers Arrested and Sent to the Palace (CTN 5 p. 177)

SAA 19 047. Dispute of Three Towns in the West (CTN 5 p. 313)

SAA 19 048. Information from a Deserter (CTN 5 p. 229)

SAA 19 050. The Yield of the Threshing-Floor (CTN 5 p. 271)

SAA 19 052. Work Allotments (CTN 5 p. 214 and p. 271)

SAA 19 053. Unsuccessful Pursuit; Oxen Needed for the Harvest (CTN 5 p. 266)

SAA 19 056. Bringing the Puqudu to the Palace (CTN 5 p. 84)

SAA 19 059. Equipping Troops (CTN 5 p. 306)

SAA 19 061. Hampered by Snow (CTN 5 p. 143)

SAA 19 062. My Major-Domo is Coming (CTN 5 p. 148)

SAA 19 064. Another Letter Fragment from Duri-Aššur to the King (CTN 5 p. 320)

SAA 19 065. Ullubaean Deportees in Inurta-ila’i’s Care (CTN 5 p. 111)

SAA 19 068. “Your Country and the People of Your Country are Well” (CTN 5 p. 200)

SAA 19 070. Urarṭian Attacking Forts on the Border (CTN 5 p. 109)

SAA 19 071. Chief Cupbearer Defeated by Rusa (CTN 5 p. 119)

SAA 19 075. Business with Kummeans (CTN 5 p. 251)

SAA 19 076. “Aššur and Šamaš Will Deliver Ṭurušpa into the King’s Hands” (CTN 5 p. 136)

SAA 19 077. Itu’eans Requested (CTN 5 p. 136)

SAA 19 078. Report on a Vassal King(?) (CTN 5 p. 201)

SAA 19 079. Fragment by Nabu-šumu-iškun (CTN 5 p. 202)

SAA 19 081. Barley for Captives (CTN 5 p. 49)

SAA 19 082. The King of Elam in the Vicinity of Der (CTN 5 p. 41)

SAA 19 084. Reserves on the Way (CTN 5 p. 42)

SAA 19 085. “What Are the King my Lord’s Orders?” (CTN 5 p. 48)

SAA 19 087. Power Struggles between Chaldean Leaders (CTN 5 p. 25)

SAA 19 088. Dredging a River (CTN 5 p. 261)

SAA 19 089. Land Dispute between High Officials (CTN 5 p. 208)

SAA 19 091. Receiving Horses and the Tribute of Kišesim (CTN 5 p. 297)

SAA 19 092. Speaking with Witnesses in Apinunu (CTN 5 p. 118)

SAA 19 093. Fragment Mentioning Şil-Bel (CTN 5 p. 318)

SAA 19 095. The City of the Mazamuans (CTN 5 p. 146)

SAA 19 097. Appointment of a Vice Governor (CTN 5 p. 259)

SAA 19 098. Peace Negotiations with the Babylonians (CTN 5 p. 19)

SAA 19 099. Answer by the Babylonians (CTN 5 p. 74)

SAA 19 100. Troop Movements in Babylonia (CTN 5 p. 26)

SAA 19 105. The Prefect is not Holding Back Any People (CTN 5 p. 206)

SAA 19 109. Barley from Babylonian Cities (CTN 5 p. 33)

SAA 19 112. “Should We Detain the Boats?” (CTN 5 p. 32)

SAA 19 113. Killing Locusts (CTN 5 p. 199)

SAA 19 114. Theft in the Palace (CTN 5 p. 232)

SAA 19 115. Fragment Mentioning Boats, Barley and Houses (CTN 5 p. 296)

SAA 19 116. Fragment Referring to Boats and River Transport (CTN 5 p. 243)

SAA 19 122. Merodach-Baladan’s Barley and Boats (CTN 5 p. 17)

SAA 19 123. Revetment from Materials in the Trunk (CTN 5 p. 95)

SAA 19 125. Babylonia in Turmoil (CTN 5 p. 22)