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SAA 19 124. Sacrifices before Bel and Zarpanitu (CTN 5 p. 71)

SAA 19 129. Failed Efforts to Win Hearts and Minds in Babylon (CTN 5 p. 21)

SAA 19 134. Horses and Troops to Borsippa and Dilbat (CTN 5 p. 63)

SAA 19 136. My Messages Do not Reach the King (CTN 5 p. 53)

SAA 19 137. No News Yet from Babylon (CTN 5 p. 52)

SAA 19 141. Men for the Royal Mule Express Service (CTN 5 p. 89)

SAA 19 142. Letter to the Grand Vizier (CTN 5 p. 79)

SAA 19 145. Confined to Babylon (CTN 5 p. 80)

SAA 19 148. (no title) (CTN 5 p. 69)

SAA 19 155. Don’t be Negligent (CTN 5 p. 262)

SAA 19 158. Silver and Chariot Owners from the Household of the Queen (CTN 5 p. 200)

SAA 19 164. Guards are Appointed (CTN 5 p. 97)

SAA 19 167. Dying of Hunger (CTN 5 p. 224)

SAA 19 172. Distributing Barley (CTN 5 p. 308)

SAA 19 175. The Pack Animals of the Suhaean (CTN 5 p. 283)

SAA 19 178. Two Emissaries Bringing Silver (CTN 5 p. 150)

SAA 19 181. Officials Inspecting Samaria (CTN 5 p. 151)

SAA 19 183. Building Works on the Urarṭian Border (CTN 5 p. 120)

SAA 19 185. Urarṭian Fort Commanders in Arbela (CTN 5 p. 107)

SAA 19 187. Fragment Mentioning the Chief Cupbearer and Nashur-Bel in Šubria (CTN 5 p. 59)

SAA 19 194. Providing Road Stations with Horses (CTN 5 p. 142)

SAA 19 195. Wayward Gurreans and Eunuchs (CTN 5 p. 130)

SAA 19 196. Booty in Mazamua (CTN 5 p. 114)

SAA 19 197. An Orchard in Kiṣirtu (CTN 5 p. 104)

SAA 19 198. Building a Fort (CTN 5 p. 237)

SAA 19 199. Messengers from Dur-Ladini (CTN 5 p. 36)

SAA 19 200. Distributing Men and Barley (CTN 5 p. 268)

SAA 19 202. I Shall Complete my Brother’s Mission (CTN 5 p. 75)

SAA 19 203. Cultivating and Harvesting (CTN 5 p. 88)

SAA 19 204. Report on Stored Grain (CTN 5 p. 320)

SAA 19 205. Let the King my Lord Ask Him (CTN 5 p. 311)

SAA 19 208. Treasury Horses (CTN 5 p. 294)

SAA 19 209. Distributing Fields (CTN 5 p. 205)

SAA 19 212. Fragment Mentioning the Town of Renni (CTN 5 p. 72)

SAA 19 216. “Why Did I Appoint You?” (CTN 5 p. 250)

SAA 19 220. “His Brother Will Come” (CTN 5 p. 264)

SAA 19 221. Digging out Boats (CTN 5 p. 265)

SAA 19 223. Fragment of a Letter to the King (CTN 5 p. 270)

SAA 19 225. Seed, Stored Grain and Barley Given to the People (CTN 5 p. 280)

SAA 19 226. Copper Cooking Pots (CTN 5 p. 284)

SAA 19 227. Collecting Silver (CTN 5 p. 306)

SAA 19 003. The Commander-In-Chief Defeated the Arabs (CTN 5 p. 175)

SAA 19 004. The King Encourages Amurru-šumu-iškun (CTN 5 p. 80)

SAA 19 009. Crown Prince Ululayu Sending Bales of Reed (CTN 5 p. 204)

SAA 19 011. All is Well (CTN 5 p. 194)

SAA 19 012. Arabs Removed from Hindanu (CTN 5 p. 87)

SAA 19 013. Šarru-duri to the Palace Scribe (CTN 5 p. 241)

SAA 19 014. Palace Scribe’s Business in Assur (CTN 5 p. 202)

SAA 19 015. Farmers of the Town of Aššur-nirka-uṣur (CTN 5 p. 196)

SAA 19 017. Provisioning Aramean Troops (CTN 5 p. 281)