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The important corpus of Neo-Assyrian political and administrative letters discovered in ancient Calah (present-day Nimrud) by Sir Max Mallowan in the early 1950s has been partially accessible to Assyriologists in marvellous hand-copies and preliminary transliterations and translations since 1955, thanks to the pioneering efforts of the late H. W. F. Saggs. Nevertheless, his long-awaited edition of the entire corpus, which appeared in 2001, left a great deal of room for improvement. This critical edition, based on careful study of the originals in the British Museum and the historical background of the letters, clarifies a host of problems and details pertinent to the reign of Tiglath-pileser III in particular, and for the first time makes this extraordinary collection of letters completely accessible to the historian.

Akkadian language --- Assyro-Babylonian letters. --- Akkadien (Langue) --- Lettres (Genre littéraire) assyro-babyloniennes --- Texts. --- Textes --- Babylonia --- Assyria --- Babylonie --- Assyrie --- History --- Sources --- Histoire --- 935.2 --- Akkadian letters --- Assyro-Babylonian literature --- Geschiedenis van Assyrië, Assur, Ninive --- Politics and government. --- 935.2 Geschiedenis van Assyrië, Assur, Ninive --- Lettres (Genre littéraire) assyro-babyloniennes --- Assyro-Babylonian letters --- Tiglath-pileser --- Sargon --- Politics and government --- Kings and rulers --- Sources. --- Assur (Kingdom) --- Asshur (Kingdom) --- Vavilonii︠a︡ --- Bavel --- Bābil --- Babylonien --- Sumer --- Akkadian language - Texts --- Tiglath-pileser - III, - King of Assyria, - -727 B.C. - Correspondence --- Sargon - II, - King of Assyria, - -705 B.C. - Correspondence --- Assyria - Politics and government - Sources --- Assyria - Kings and rulers - Correspondence --- Tiglath-pileser - III, - King of Assyria, - -727 B.C. --- Sargon - II, - King of Assyria, - -705 B.C.