Neo-Assyrian

“(1) [To the Vizier, my lord: your servant Taklak-ana-Bel. Good he]alth to [my lord!] (4) [Bahian]u being [the key witness to the cr]imes co]mmitted by Be[l-lu-balaṭ], my lord wro[te to me]: "Let Bahianu come here." He (= Bel-lu-balaṭ) heard (of this) and ambushed 50 men on Mt. Kukab before his arrival. They killed Bahianu along with his attendants and took three minas of gold, two talents of silver, four mules and ten donkeys. (15) [...]si heard (of this), went in pursuit [after them, killed ... men] of them, [and retrieved] the mules and the donkeys. [He captured ...] men from among them and…”

Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P334820/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [As to PN] about whom the king, my lord, [wrote to me]: "Send (word) that he should [be arrested] and brought to me!" — (2) I sent (this order) and they searched [for him] in Barhalza but could not find him. They went to Mutianni, his home town, but again to no avail; just a lone brother of his was living there. They seized him and brought him to me; I asked him where his brother was, and he (answered): "He did certainly not come to me." (r 5) I am now sending [him] to the king, my lord. (r 7) Further, a fu[gitive has arrived on the ...]th to Šul[mu-...... (Rest destroyed)”

Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P334727/

“(1) To [the king, my lord]: your servant [...]. Good hea[lth to the king, my lord]! (4) As to [PN] the servant of [Adad]-remanni about whom the king my lord wrote to me: "I gave him to Nabû-šumu-iddina but he took his clothes and his ... and fled; send (word) that the should be arrested wherever he is and brought to me!" — (13) he [went] to Barhalza and appealed [to me ...] with a messenger [...... (Break) (r 4) I have [put] his hands and fe[et] in irons and sent him to the king, my lord.”

Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P334687/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [As to the ... whom the king my lord sent] to me with the captives, I have brought them [into the land of] the Chief Cupbearer and into [the cities of Ti]llê, Si'immê, Naṣibina and Isana; the exhausted ones I made enter Naṣibina on the 23rd. (r 2) I impressed upon the deputies that it was a royal command that they should bring the people into fortified places where there is good water. [The]y said to me: "[...... (Rest destroyed)”

Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P334403/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [As to what the king, my lord wrote to me: "PN] will give trunks to [...]-dala, and he will also show the mountain to your men (who) should cut down the rest of the trunks" — (8) I moved the men up (the mountain) and sent an official with them; they went to have a look and came back saying: "They showed us 900 cut trunks but they are not at all suitable for the work; and nobody showed us the mountain." (r 9) Now then [...... (Rest destroyed)”

Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P314275/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Taklak-[ana-Bel]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! (4) As to what the king, my lord, [wrote to me ...... (Rest destroyed)”

Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P334923/

“(Beginning destroyed) (2) "[......] I shall march against you." [I] told him: "[Th]is [land] is not mine, it belongs to the mighty king; I will not give it to you." (7) Now, we have clashed together on the king's border; may the gods of the king act best as they can. Let him dispatch me troops [...... (Break) (r 1) [......] released [the ...] of the city of Šibirtu and commanded: "Bring the property of Huhhi and a washbasin set in gold!" These were given to them. (r 6) The soldiers previously on duty plundered [the country of ...]riuni; [(should) I re]turn, by what means [...] the city of Tabal? Accordingly, when [......], I will [...] food [...... (Rest destroyed)”

Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P334791/

“(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant .... Good health to the king], my lord! (4) [As to ...] the god [about whom the king] my lord wrote to me, I have done [as] the king my lord [wr]ote to me, I have erected a [...] on the river and placed her in it. (11) [...] wrote and [as]ked [......] she [.......] she [...... (Break) (r 1) [As to] Aššur-šarru-uṣur the governor of Que [......] about whom [the king] my lord wr[ote to me]: "What ...... (Rest destroyed)”

Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P393855/