Neo-Assyrian

“(1) To [the king, my lord]: your [servant Nashir-Bel]. Go[od health to the king, my lord]! (Break) (r 4) "We [shall be] in the city [... by the ...th of ...]; (r 7) They left on the f[irst], saying: "[......] for 5 days in the city [...] before us." (e. 1) [I said]: "Find out [what]ever it is [and report it to me]." (e. 2) I am [now] waiting [for th]em, and sh[all] write [to the king, m]y [lord, as soon as they have returned].”

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/P314037/

“(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Nashir-Bel. Good he]alth t[o the king, my lord]! (3) [We are doing] the king's [wor]k. (4) As to the oxe[n concerning which NN wrote] to the king, my lord, saying: "Nashir-Bel [......] " — (8) [...] before the king [...] (Rest too broken for translation)”

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/P313679/

“(1) [To the king], my lord: [your servant] Ašipâ. The best of health to the king, my lord! (5) The forts and the land of the king, my lord, are well. (7) The 'third man' of the king, my lord, who came, told me: "Your guard should be strong!" The guard is very strong. (11) Three governors in Pulua and another three in Danibani are gathered with pack animals opposite us. We are keeping watch opposite them. All the people are inside fortified places; the oxen and sheep are on this side [o]f the river. We are standing by and keeping wa[tch] in [...]. (r 1) As to the stra[w] concerning which 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/P334347/

“(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Ašipâ]. The bes[t of health t]o the king, [my lord]! (5) [The f]orts [and the land of] the king, my lord, [are well]. (7) [As to the news] of the Urarṭians, (8) [......] opposite [me] (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/P313996/

“(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant Ašipâ. The bes[t] of health to the ki[ng], my [lo]rd! (5) The [forts] and the land of the king, my [lord], are [we]ll. (7) [x] governors [......] (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/P334349/

“(1) [To] the king, my lord: your ser[vant] Ašipâ. The bes[t] of health to the king, my lo[rd]! (5) The forts and the land of the king, my [lo]rd, are well. (7) (Regarding) these later people from Abâ whom they are now bringing out, I have, [firs]tly, left [x] men carrying ... [wi]th the prostitutes. (13) [I have assigned x] men as scouts to guard the pass of [Ab]â above them. (16) [...] the town at the foot [......] (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/P334350/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ašipâ. The best of health to [the king], my lord! (5) The forts and the land of the king, [my] lo[rd], are well. (7) The Šubrian (king) makes a detailed [report] in Kulimme[ri], and they [act] in [th]is way in the Palace! They [have s]eized [......] and [...] (12) [...] he [...] (13) [...] ... (14) [... roof-be]ams and door-beams [...] (Break) (r 2) [I shall th]row the [rem]aining [door-beams in the ri]ver, and transport and deliver them. (r 4) All (my) men are in the mountains, felling trees in groves where there are (trunks suitable for) door-beams and roof-beams.”

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/P334348/

“(Beginning destroyed) (2) has been sending [...] (3) you cam[e ...] (Break) (9) [Because] it has neither rained nor snowed [...], the[re is] no water in the river. (r 2) Ever since I ca[me] (back) from the [king], my lord, and cros[sed] (the river), I have been at ease [...]. (r 6) 3,000 door-bea[ms ......] (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/P313628/