Neo-Assyrian

“(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant [Nashir-Bel]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) The land [of the king] is we[ll, the forts] are [well. The king, my lord, can be glad]. (Break) (r 2) in order to make [...] agree [...], (r 3) the Hubuškian w[rote to him], saying: "[They are] no spies; they are Nuraeans who have run away fr[om ...]." (r 6) When the governor of Waisi en[tered] Muṣaṣir, the Hubuškians stood [in his presence, saying: " If] you send [......] (e. 1) you light [...] his [......] (e. 2) [......] Muṣaṣir (e. 3) [......] for the lives [......]”

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/P334725/

“(Beginning destroyed) (r 1) [As to the ... of] the [Hubu]škian, the sc[outs whom I sent] have r[eturned] from his presence, (reporting): (r 3) "He is [in front of] the city, opposite [...]. They [have atta]cked the rest of the [Urarṭian] cam[p]; now, [......]." (r 6) [As to] the Ur[arṭian] spies [about whom the king], my lord, wrote me: "Has the [comman]der of the fort [not] held [them] back?" — [...] the Hubuškian [...] said: (r 10) "[Whichever] spie[s sa]ved themselves [have entered] the towns; we [are sending] fire (signals) [in m]y [country ...]." (r 13) I said: "No [......] (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/P334694/

“(Beginning destroyed) (2) news of [......] (3) Already before [they] wro[te to me from the Palace], (5) [(when) there was little] water in the river, (6) [I sent out] scou[ts]; (7) [they went] to the 'head' of the ci[ty], (8) (reporting): "[......] (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/P336635/

“(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 fo[rts of the king] are well. The king, [my] lo[rd, can be glad]. (7) When the king, my lord, set out to [the country of ...], the ki[ng, my lord], arrived in [...], and I [wrote to ...] to Bit-Zaman[i ...] concerning the kin[g's] me[n]: (12) "Go and get 100 king's men, and come and b[ring them]; I should do [......]." (15) The 'third man' [......] (Break) (r 1) "Why [...] the horses [...]? (r 3) "Why [......] to the Chaldeans? [They should cultivate] the arable…”

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/P334783/

“(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Liphu]r-Bel. [Go]od hea[lth] to the king, my lord! (4) The land of the king is well; the forts [are w]ell. The king, my lord, can be [gl]ad. (7) [As to] the fields of the patrimony of Aššur-remanni, about which the king, my lord, wrote me, the royal bodyguard shocked me when he said: "Give up the pro[perty], the well, and the arable land!" (14) (Regarding) the fields, the king, my lord, knows that [x] years ago I built a town in the king's field. Under the aegis of [the ki]ng, my lord, I have bought and added to it 400 (hectares of) field from [the…”

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/P313480/

“(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant Nashir-[Bel]. Good health to the king, [my] lord! (4) The king, my lord, told [me] the Itu'ean (prefect) should be exempt, so his bow field is exempt from straw and barley (tax). (8) (As for) the field of the Assyrians, held in tenancy, I have told (them) [to ...], but they have not a[greed to ...] (Break) (r 2) I have been using old straw for the work but have run out of it. May the king, my lord, do as he deems best.”

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/P334146/

“(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 fo]rts [are well. The king, my lord, can be glad]. (7) [......] (8) [... Bit]-Zamani. (9) [...] for the watch (10) [... should] come up (11) [... should] come out. (12) [... bull] colossus (13) [...] with me (14) [... they should] drag. (r 1) [... in x] days they should alternate. (r 2) [...] the bull colossus (r 3) [...] the stone thresholds (r 4) [... Se']-gabbar (r 5) [... the king], my lord (r 6) [...] I shall forward.”

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/P397189/

“(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant] Nashir-B[el. Good health] to the king, my lord! (4) The land of the king, my lord, [is well]; the forts [are well]; the king, my lord, [can be glad]. (7) [The ...] have left (8) [... fr]om the country [...] (Break) (r 2) [......] "Come (r 3) [... to] greet (r 4) [...] the king, my lord, (r 5) [...] from his presence (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/P313750/