SAA 1

Ch. 1 (Royal Letters) [28]

Ch. 2 (Letters from Sin-ahhe-riba, the Crown Prince) [12]

Ch. 3 (Letters from Ṭab-šar-Aššur, the Treasurer) [34]

Ch. 4 (Letters from Ṭab-ṣill-Ešarra, Governor of Assur) [35]

Ch. 5 (Letters from Calah) [14]

Ch. 6 (Letters from Dur-Šarruken) [9]

Ch. 7 (Miscellaneous Letters) [38]

Ch. 8 (Letters from Western Provinces) [12]

Ch. 9 (Letters from Carchemish, Til-Barsip and Harran) [21]

Ch. 10 (Letters from Raṣappa, Suhu and Laqe) [16]

Ch. 11 (Letters from the Lower Khabur) [6]

Ch. 12 (Letters from Nabu-dammiq) [7]

Ch. 13 (Letters from Guzana and Naṣibina) [17]

Ch. 14 (Varia and Unassigned) [16]

SAA 2

Ch. 1 (Treaties of the Ninth and Eighth Centuries B.C.) [2]

Ch. 2 (Treaties of the Seventh Century B.C.) [13]

SAA 3

Ch. 1 (Hymns to Gods, Temples, Cities and Kings) [11]

Ch. 2 (Elegaic and Other Poetry) [5]

Ch. 3 (Epical Poetry in Praise of Assyrian Kings) [8]

Ch. 4 (Literary Letters) [4]

Ch. 5 (Royal Propaganda) [5]

Ch. 6 (Mystical and Cultic Explanatory Works) [6]

Ch. 7 (Letters from Gods) [7]

Ch. 8 (Varia) [5]

SAA 4

Ch. 1 (Queries Relating to Asia Minor and Cappadocia (Reign of Esarhaddon)) [17]

Ch. 2 (Queries Relating to Šubria, Urarṭu, Scythia, and Mannea (Reign of Esarhaddon)) [23]

Ch. 3 (Queries Relating to Media (Reign of Esarhaddon)) [33]

Ch. 4 (Queries Relating to Elam and Ellipi (Reign of Esarhaddon)) [7]

Ch. 5 (Queries Relating to Egypt and the Levant (Reign of Esarhaddon)) [13]

Ch. 6 (Unassigned Military and Political Queries (Reign of Esarhaddon)) [34]

Ch. 7 (Queries Concerning Written Plans (Reign of Esarhaddon)) [10]

Ch. 8 (Insurrection Queries (Reign of Esarhaddon)) [10]

Ch. 9 (Appointment Queries (Reign of Esarhaddon)) [34]

Ch. 10 (Medical Queries (Reign of Esarhaddon)) [17]

Ch. 11 (Queries - Varia (Reign of Esarhaddon)) [10]

Ch. 12 (Queries - Unclassifiable (Reign of Esarhaddon)) [52]

Ch. 13 (Queries Relating to the Cult of Marduk (Reign of Assurbanipal)) [5]

Ch. 14 (Military Queries (Reign of Assurbanipal)) [7]

Ch. 15 (Appointment and Medical Queries (Reign of Assurbanipal)) [5]

Ch. 16 (Extispicy Reports Concerning the Šamaš-šumu-ukin War (Reign of Assurbanipal)) [13]

Ch. 17 (Extispicy Reports Concerning Other Military Affairs (Reign of Assurbanipal)) [7]

Ch. 18 (Extispicy Reports Concerning Appointment of Officials (Reign of Assurbanipal)) [16]

Ch. 19 (Extispicy Reports - Varia (Reign of Assurbanipal)) [8]

Ch. 20 (Extispicy Reports - Unclassifiable (Reign of Assurbanipal)) [32]

SAA 5

Ch. 1 (Letters from Nashir-Bel) [20]

Ch. 2 (Letters from Tušhan) [23]

Ch. 3 (Letters from Vassal Kings and Bit-Zamani) [8]

Ch. 4 (Letters from the Rab Šaqe Province) [22]

Ch. 5 (Varia) [10]

Ch. 6 (Letters from Kumme and Ukku) [29]

Ch. 7 (Letters from Kurbail and Nearby Provinces) [20]

Ch. 8 (Letters from Eastern Kurdistan) [40]

Ch. 9 (Fragmentary Letters Relating to Urarṭu and Zikirtu) [26]

Ch. 10 (Letters from Mazamua) [28]

Ch. 11 (Letters from Šamaš-belu-uṣur, Governor of Arzuhina) [10]

Ch. 12 (Varia and Unassigned) [40]

Ch. 13 (Letters from the King, the Crown Prince and the Treasurer) [14]

Ch. 14 (Miscellaneous Letters) [10]

SAA 6

Ch. 1 (Mušallim-Issar, Village Manager of the Chief Eunuch) [9]

Ch. 2 (Inurta-ila’i ) [7]

Ch. 3 (Varia) [17]

Ch. 4 (Royal Charioteers) [26]

Ch. 5 (Bahianu, Village Manager of the Stewardess) [21]

Ch. 6 (Harem Governesses and Other Royal Women) [19]

Ch. 7 (Aplaya, 'Third Man' of Arda-Mullissi, Crown Prince) [9]

Ch. 8 (Se’ -madi, Village Manager of the Crown Prince) [4]

Ch. 9 (Varia) [88]

Ch. 10 (Mannu-ki-Arbail, Cohort Commander) [20]

Ch. 11 (Silim-Aššur) [18]

Ch. 12 (Dannaya) [8]

Ch. 13 (Harem Governesses and Other Royal Women) [10]

Ch. 14 (Varia) [39]

Ch. 15 (Remanni-Adad, Assurbanipal’s Charioteer) [55]

SAA 7

Ch. 1 (Lists of Court Personnel) [7]

Ch. 2 (Lists of Lodgings for Officials) [5]

Ch. 3 (Lists of Professional Groups) [10]

Ch. 4 (Lists of Female Personnel) [4]

Ch. 5 (Lists of Debts) [14]

Ch. 6 (Various Financial Memoranda) [8]

Ch. 7 (Tablets and Writing Boards) [8]

Ch. 8 (Metals and Stones) [36]

Ch. 9 (Textiles) [24]

Ch. 10 (Miscellaneous Commodities) [13]

Ch. 11 (Food Contributions from Officials) [7]

Ch. 12 (Various Accounts of Food, Drink and Aromatics) [11]

Ch. 13 (Accounts of Banquets) [10]

Ch. 14 (Miscellaneous Temple Offerings) [24]

Ch. 15 (Offerings for the Aššur Temple) [38]

SAA 8

Ch. 1 (Issar-šumu-ereš) [38]

Ch. 2 (Nabu-ahhe-eriba) [41]

Ch. 3 (Balasi) [20]

Ch. 4 (Akkullanu) [13]

Ch. 5 (Bulluṭu) [13]

Ch. 6 (Nabu’a) [17]

Ch. 7 (Nabu-mušeṣi) [17]

Ch. 8 (Assyrian reports - varia) [24]

Ch. 9 (Assyrian reports - unassigned) [60]

Ch. 10 (Nergal-eṭir) [44]

Ch. 11 (Nabu-iqiša) [12]

Ch. 12 (Zakir) [16]

Ch. 13 (Munnabitu) [7]

Ch. 14 (Ašaredu the Older) [13]

Ch. 15 (Ašaredu the Younger) [20]

Ch. 16 (Aplaya) [13]

Ch. 17 (Nabu-šuma-iškun) [11]

Ch. 18 (Rašil) [36]

Ch. 19 (Nabu-iqbi) [21]

Ch. 20 (Ṭabiya and Ṭab-ṣilli-Marduk) [12]

Ch. 21 (Babylonian reports - varia) [52]

Ch. 22 (Babylonian reports - unassigned) [67]

SAA 9

Ch. 1 (Oracle Collections) [4]

Ch. 2 (Oracle Reports to Esarhaddon) [2]

Ch. 3 (Oracle Reports to Assurbanipal) [5]

SAA 10

Ch. 1 (Nabu-zeru-lešir and Issar-šumu-ereš, Chief Scribes) [38]

Ch. 2 (Balasi, Astrologer) [28]

Ch. 3 (Nabu-ahhe-eriba, Astrologer) [17]

Ch. 4 (Akkullanu, Astrologer) [25]

Ch. 5 (Bel-ušezib, Astrologer) [13]

Ch. 6 (Astrologers - Assyrian varia) [32]

Ch. 7 (Astrologers - Babylonian varia) [19]

Ch. 8 (Marduk-šumu-uṣur, Chief Haruspex) [5]

Ch. 9 (Haruspices - varia) [7]

Ch. 10 (Adad-šumu-uṣur, King’s Exorcist) [48]

Ch. 11 (Marduk-šakin-šumi, Chief Exorcist) [40]

Ch. 12 (Nabu-nadin-šumi, Exorcist) [16]

Ch. 13 (Urad-Gula, Exorcist) [7]

Ch. 14 (Nabu-naṣir, Exorcist) [12]

Ch. 15 (Exorcists - varia) [6]

Ch. 16 (Urad-Nanaya, Chief Physician) [14]

Ch. 17 (Physicians - varia) [10]

Ch. 18 (Urad-Ea and Nabu-zeru-iddina, Lamentation Priests) [9]

Ch. 19 (Mar-Issar, Esarhaddon’s Agent in Babylonia) [24]

Ch. 20 (Miscellaneous - varia) [19]

SAA 11

Ch. 1 (Geographical Lists) [14]

Ch. 2 (Building Texts) [8]

Ch. 3 (Miscellaneous Commodities) [26]

Ch. 4 (Sealings) [27]

Ch. 5 (Domestic Animals) [30]

Ch. 6 (Horses) [16]

Ch. 7 (Military Personnel) [22]

Ch. 8 (Deportees and Displaced Persons) [56]

Ch. 8 (Harran Census) [1]

Ch. 9 (Harran Census) [19]

Ch. 9 (Schedules of Land and People) [1]

Ch. 10 (Schedules of Land and People) [14]

SAA 12

Ch. 1 (Grants of Tiglath-pileser III and Earlier Kings) [18]

Ch. 2 (Grants of Sargon II and Later Kings) [26]

Ch. 3 (Fragments of Grants or Schedules to Grants) [23]

Ch. 4 (Edicts and Decrees for Temple Maintenance) [14]

Ch. 5 (Royal Appointments) [4]

Ch. 6 (Royal Votive Donations and Gifts) [6]

Ch. 7 (Private Votive Donations) [7]

SAA 13

Ch. 1 (Royal Letters - Letters from the King) [7]

Ch. 2 (Letters from Assur - Marduk-šallim-ahhe, Scribe of the Aššur Temple) [10]

Ch. 3 (Letters from Assur - Dadi) [7]

Ch. 4 (Letters from Assur - Sin-na’di, Mayor of Assur) [5]

Ch. 5 (Letters from Assur - Varia) [25]

Ch. 6 (Letters from Calah - Urdu-Nabu) [14]

Ch. 7 (Letters from Calah - Nergal-šarrani) [8]

Ch. 8 (Letters from Calah - Nabu-šumu-iddina/Nadinu, Inspector of the Nabu temple) [46]

Ch. 9 (Letters from Calah - Varia) [14]

Ch. 10 (Letters from Arbela - Aššur-hamatu’a) [5]

Ch. 11 (Letters from Arbela - Varia) [11]

Ch. 12 (Letters from Nineveh - Varia) [7]

Ch. 13 (Letters from Babylon - Urdu-ahhešu) [12]

Ch. 14 (Letters from Babylon - Rašil and Šuma-iddin) [13]

Ch. 15 (Letters from Various Locations - Kurba’il, Harran, Kilizi, etc) [5]

Ch. 16 (Unassigned and Unattributed Letters) [21]

SAA 14

Ch. 1 (Milki-nuri, Eunuch of the Queen) [7]

Ch. 2 (Royal Women) [7]

Ch. 3 (Ninuayu, King’s Eunuch) [8]

Ch. 4 (Officials of the Crown Prince) [11]

Ch. 5 (Kakkullanu, Cohort Commander of the Crown Prince) [25]

Ch. 6 (Varia) [70]

Ch. 7 (Unassigned) [25]

Ch. 8 (Varia) [20]

Ch. 9 (Harem Manageresses) [4]

Ch. 10 (Varia) [53]

Ch. 11 (Unassigned) [193]

Ch. 12 (Private Archives) [2]

Ch. 13 (Private Archives) [31]

Ch. 14 (Private Archives) [5]

Ch. 15 (Varia) [18]

SAA 15

Ch. 1 (Letters from Arrapha) [23]

Ch. 2 (Letters from Lubda and the Hamrin Area) [29]

Ch. 3 (Letters from Parsua, Bit-Hamban and Šingibutu) [30]

Ch. 4 (Letters from Kar-Šarrukin) [28]

Ch. 5 (Letters from Der and Yadburu) [44]

Ch. 6 (Letters from Northern Babylonia) [62]

Ch. 7 (Letters from Central and Southern Babylonia) [57]

Ch. 8 (Additions to SAA 1 and SAA 5) [14]

Ch. 9 (Varia and Unassigned) [103]

SAA 16

Ch. 1 (Letters from the King and the Crown Prince) [20]

Ch. 2 (Letters from Other Members of the Royal Family) [8]

Ch. 3 (Petitions to the King and the Crown Prince) [19]

Ch. 4 (Petitions to Officials and Private Letters) [11]

Ch. 5 (Denunciations) [17]

Ch. 5 (Letters from Nineveh and the Royal Court) [1]

Ch. 6 (Letters from Nineveh and the Royal Court) [18]

Ch. 7 (Letters from Other Cities of Assyria) [31]

Ch. 8 (Letters from Phoenicia and Transpotamia) [10]

Ch. 9 (Letters Pertaining to Elam, Urarṭu, Media and Babylonia) [21]

Ch. 10 (Additions to SAA 10 and 13) [21]

Ch. 11 (Varia and Unassigned) [69]

SAA 17

Ch. 1 (Letters from the King) [6]

Ch. 2 (Letters from Sippar and Birati/Harratu) [13]

Ch. 3 (Letters from Babylon) [39]

Ch. 4 (Letters from Šabhanu) [3]

Ch. 5 (Letters from Borsippa and Bit-Dakuri) [24]

Ch. 6 (Letters from Dilbat, Larak and Nippur) [6]

Ch. 7 (Letters from Gambulu) [37]

Ch. 8 (Letters from Uruk) [16]

Ch. 9 (Letters from Nemed-Laguda) [4]

Ch. 10 (Letters from Tubliaš) [7]

Ch. 11 (Letters of Unknown Provenance) [13]

Ch. 12 (Letters of Unknown Authorship) [39]

SAA 18

Ch. 1 (Letters from the King and the Crown Prince of Babylon) [7]

Ch. 2 (Letters from or Relating to Akkad and Cutha) [6]

Ch. 3 (Letters from or Relating to Babylon) [40]

Ch. 4 (Letters from or Relating to Kish, Borsippa, Bit-Dakkuri and Marad) [14]

Ch. 5 (Letters from Nippur and Larak) [11]

Ch. 6 (Letters from Uruk) [6]

Ch. 7 (Letters from the Sealand) [7]

Ch. 8 (Miscellaneous Letters) [32]

Ch. 9 (Additions to SAA 10 and SAA 13) [19]

Ch. 10 (Letters from or Relating to Birati, Dur-Šarrukku and Cutha) [15]

Ch. 11 (Letters from or Relating to Babylon) [15]

Ch. 12 (Letters from Borsippa, Dilbat, and Bit-Dakkuri) [19]

Ch. 13 (Letters from Nippur) [13]

SAA 19

Ch. 1 (Letters from the King and the Crown Prince) [11]

Ch. 2 (Letters from Central Assyria) [10]

Ch. 3 (Letters from the Western Provinces) [31]

Ch. 4 (Letters from the Northern and Northwestern Provinces) [27]

Ch. 5 (Letters from the Eastern Provinces) [18]

Ch. 6 (Letters from Babylonia) [54]

Ch. 7 (Letters from the King and the Crown Prince) [7]

Ch. 8 (Letters from Central Assyria) [11]

Ch. 9 (Letters from the Western Provinces) [13]

Ch. 10 (Letters from the Northern and Northwestern Provinces) [6]

Ch. 11 (Letters from the Eastern Provinces) [11]

Ch. 12 (Letters from Babylonia) [4]

Ch. 13 (Varia and Unassigned) [26]

SAA 20

Ch. 1 (Rituals in the Temple of Aššur) [8]

Ch. 2 (Reports on Royal Rituals in the Aššur Temple) [3]

Ch. 3 (Manuals for Chanters of the Aššur Temple) [3]

Ch. 4 (Rituals in the Akitu House and in Temples of Ištar) [9]

Ch. 5 (Rituals for Singers) [5]

Ch. 6 (Rituals for Private Devotees) [4]

Ch. 7 (Miscellany and Fragments) [4]

Ch. 8 (Temple Service and Takultu Manuals) [12]

Ch. 9 (Cultic Topography of Assur) [1]

Ch. 10 (Royal Decrees) [2]

Ch. 11 (Records of Cultic Reforms and Events) [4]

SAA 21

Ch. 1 (Letters to Babylon, Borsippa, Cutha, and Nippur) [21]

Ch. 2 (Letters to Uruk, Ur, and Kissik) [21]

Ch. 3 (Letters to Bel-ibni and the Sealanders) [7]

Ch. 4 (Letters to Gambulu and Raši) [8]

Ch. 5 (Letters to Elam) [17]

Ch. 6 (Letters to Vassal Rulers, and Miscellany) [26]

Ch. 7 (Letters from the King’s Brothers) [4]

Ch. 8 (Letters from Babylonia) [10]

Ch. 9 (Letters from Elam and Urarṭu) [10]

Ch. 10 (Varia and Unassigned) [37]

SAAS 2

1 (Assyrian Eponym List) [9]

2 (Assyrian Eponym Chronicle) [13]

Names

  • SAA 10 065

Numbers

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Details

  • Neo-Assyrian
  • Written ca. 00.000.00.00
  • Kuyunjik (Nineveh)
  • Scholarly Letter
  • from astrologers

Bibliography

SAA 10 065; LAS 112

SAA 10 065. (no title) (CT 53 483) [from astrologers][via saao/saa10]

Obverse
beginning broken away

(Beginning destroyed)

1'1'

[x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣+[x]

2'2'

[x x x x KASKAL šu-ut d]a-nim [x]

(2) [...... the Path of] the Anu stars

3'3'

[x x x x x x] ṣi ir [x]

(3) [......]...

4'4'

[x x x x x x] ⸢il⸣-ta-pat

(4) [......] touched

5'5'

[x x x x x x] ⸢us⸣-se-ti-⸢iq⸣

(5) [......] made it pass by

6'6'

[x x x x x x] ⸢ṭa⸣-a-ba

(6) [......] is good

7'7'

[x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣-lak

(7) [......]...

8'8'

[x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ É LUGAL be-lí

(8) [......] where the king, my lord

9'9'

[x x x x x x me]-me-e-⸢ni⸣

(9) [...... an]ything

rest broken away

(Rest destroyed)

Reverse
rr completely broken away

Adapted from Simo Parpola, Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars (State Archives of Assyria, 10), 1993. Lemmatised by Mikko Luukko, 2016, as part of the research programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Chair in the Ancient History of the Near and Middle East at LMU Munich (Karen Radner, Humboldt Professorship 2015). The annotated edition is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike license 3.0. Please cite this page as http://oracc.org/saao/P313896/.