Neo-Assyrian

“(Beginning destroyed or too broken for translation) (r 2) Now Bel-i[qbi] (is telling me): "Bring me the barley I gave to your [...] and let me give it to the king's captives!" (r 8) Has the king my lord sent a messenger, and [has he s]een their houses and silos? They have weakened me, and no matter what is told them, they refuse to listen to me. (r 18) Aššur-ašared, a bea[rded] (courtier) [...] in the city of Ni[......]. (Break) (e. 1) [The container]s of water [......] have been finished [.....]”

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/P313511/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [The king] my [lo]rd should know this. [Wh]y are they [bring]ing me towards Arihu? [He] will deport us! (5) [...h]e said [that the Laq]ean(s) [...... (Rest destroyed or too broken for translation)”

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/P314272/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) the king [......] (2) As to what the ki[ng, my lord, wrote to me]: "Šimanni- Aššur [......] horse[s ......] guard [......]" (Break) (7) The Ruqa[hu tribe ......] guard [......] in the presence [...... (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/P314030/

“(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] I will inspect the [...] there (3) [...... I will g]o to Harran (4) [......] the mayors (5) [......] have descended ... (6) [......] I will go to Halahhu, and (7) [whatever] I see (8) [wharever] they do (9) [......] I will tell to the king, my lord. (10) [......] It rained on the 16th; (11) [......] pour[ed ...] (12) [......] that [...] (13) [...... who] loves [...] (14) [......] to the king [my lord] (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/P313832/

“(Beginning destroyed) (2) I have appointed [......] of Isana. All is well, nobody is missing. 30 courses of bricks of the akitu chapel were laid on the 3rd. (r 2) The king my lord knows that I have no grain stores. I would like to appoint my major-domo with [my] (other) offici[als] so I could go and [...] grain stores [... (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/P313629/

“(Beginning destroyed) (2) [......] why to [...] (3) [......] the official (4) [......] with Nabû-šumu-uṣur (5) [......] went to Nineveh (6) [......] of their [work as]signment (7) [......] who [...] (Break) (r 2) [At this very mo]ment seven per[sons] (r 3) [......] from [......] (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/P313762/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nashir-Bel. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The land of the king is well; the forts of the king are well. The king, my lord, can be [gl]ad. (7) Perh[aps the king, my lord], will say: "Any news of the Urarṭian?" He is still over there; nobody has come from there, we haven't heard any news about them y[e]t.”

Source: Lanfranchi, G.B. & Parpola, S. 1990. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces. SAA 5. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa05/P334145/

“(1) [To the k]in[g, my lo]rd: [your servant Nashir]-Bel. Good health t[o the king], my [lord]! (3) [The land] of [the ki]ng is well; the for[t]s are well. The king, my lord, can be glad. (6) As to the news of the Urarṭians, the messenger of mine [wh]om I sent [to] the governor opposite me has come back; he spoke to him as the king, my lord, wrote me, saying: "Why do you capture our forts, while we are at peace?" (r 1) He said: "What should I do? If I have trespassed on your territory or your forts, call me to account." (r 5) His troops are assembled with him; he is keeping watch in Harda. This was the news about them.”

Source: Lanfranchi, G.B. & Parpola, S. 1990. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces. SAA 5. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa05/P334373/