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| Abbreviations | Original Publication |
|---|---|
| SAA 3 (poetry) | A. Livingstone, Assyrian court poetry and literary miscellanea (State Archives of Assyria 3), Helsinki 1989 |
| SAA 4 (queries) | I. Starr, Queries to the Sungod: divination and politics in Sargonid Assyria (State Archives of Assyria 4), Helsinki 1990 |
| SAA 8 (reports) | H. Hunger, Astrological reports to Assyrian kings (State Archives of Assyria 8), Helsinki 1992, with the author's corrections and additions incorporated into this online publication |
| SAA 9 (prophecies) | S. Parpola, Assyrian prophecies (State Archives of Assyria 9), Helsinki 1997 |
| SAA 10 (scholarly letters) | S. Parpola, Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian scholars (State Archives of Assyria 10), Helsinki 1993 |
| SAA 13 (priestly letters) | S. Cole and P. Machinist, Letters from priests to kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal (State Archives of Assyria 13), Helsinki 1999 |
| SAA 16 (political letters) | M. Luukko and G. Van Buylaere, The political correspondence of Esarhaddon (State Archives of Assyria 16), Helsinki 2002 |
| SAA 18 (Babylonian letters) | F. Reynolds, The Babylonian correspondence of Esarhaddon (State Archives of Assyria 18), Helsinki 2003 |
All eight original publications were reviewed in specialist Assyriological journals. In general we have not taken those reviews into account in the online edition but strongly recommend that they be consulted when using this site as a resource for specialist Assyriological research.
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