Neo-Assyrian

“(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 are well. The king, my lord, can be glad. (6) As to the news of the Urarṭians, the spies I sent to reconnoiter have informed me as follows: (9) "The governor opposite us is keeping watch with the deputy governor in the city Harda, opposite the Vizier; levied troops are positioned town by town in battle array as far as Ṭurušpâ. (15) "A messenger of Argisti has come by, saying: 'As to the work I ordered you to do, don't do it! Feed your horses until I send you a…”

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/P334291/

“(Beginning destroyed) (6) carries [......] (7) brought out [......] (8) [aler]ted the forts. (9) [I sa]w him and retur[ned] (10) [......] (r 1) I went [t]o Ša-Aššur-dubb[u]; the ci[ty] was taken in [my] presence, and they brought garrison troop[s] into it. (r 5) [The tr]oops inside their country are mo[bilized and as]sembled. (r 6) As for me, I did throw the log[s] into the river. Downstream from Eziat, past [which] I float [the logs], there are tr[oops ...] (Rest destroyed)”

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/P313625/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) I entered [... through] the pa[ss of ...r]uni, [mo]unting [...] on mu[les]. (4) I made 90 soldiers enter Eziat — there is a tower there — and brought 30 soldiers out of it. The vanguard [who] made the soldiers enter [......] (Rest destroyed)”

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/P313891/

“(1) [To the ki]ng, 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] a[re well]. The king, my lord, can [be glad]. (7) I have b[rought 1],200 [door-beams] and [1],200 roof-b[eams] to the river. [...] the king [...] (Break) (r 2) [...] the [...]s in the r[iver]. (r 3) [As soon as] I have bro[ught] an equ[al number] of troops [into the forts, I will promptly bring them to the ri[ver] bank; afterwards, the king, my lord, may do as pleases.”

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/P334521/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) 2,000 [door-beams ......] (2) 500 roof-b[eams ......] (3) former [......] (4) bri[ng ......] (5) as soon as [......] (6) have co[me ......] (Break) (r 1) [of] the ki[ng ......] (r 2) should req[uest ......] (r 3) The king, my lord, [wrote to me]: (r 4) "[...] the [logs] (r 5) quick[ly ...]" — (r 6) the water [in the river] (Rest destroyed)”

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/P313695/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] ... (2) [......] they appoint (3) [... they have retu]rned [...] the wo[rk] (4) [......] of ... (5) [... spoke] as follows: (6) ["W]e are his messengers (7) [......] after you [...] (8) [......] in my presence [...] (9) [......] ...[......] (Break) (r 1) [...... o]f the logs (r 2) [......] we sto[od] (r 3) [......] will hau[l] the logs (r 4) [...... f]or the watch [...] (r 5) [...... se]ttled (Rest destroyed)”

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/P314043/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] are entrusted to them (2) [......] said (3) [......] let them return (4) [......] ... (5) [...... On the ...th o]f She[bat] (XI) (6) [......] mul[es] (Rest destroyed)”

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/P314028/

“(Beginning destroyed) (2) he[re ......] (3) the troop[s ......] (4) the for[t ......] (5) to A[ssyria ......] (6) Now [......] (Rest destroyed)”

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/P314118/