Neo-Assyrian

“(Beginning destroyed) (2) "The messen[ger] of Aššur-pa[tinu] is n[ow] com[ing]." (r 1) As to [...] (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/P314053/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-dur-paniya. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The Šubrian emissaries came to Šabirešu on the 23rd of Adar (XII). (6) Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Who are they?" (They are) Yata', his man in charge of the towns near the Urarṭian border, and with him Abi-yaqâ, a local inhabitant. (10) Perhaps the king, my lord, will say: "Why did his brother and his deputy, who at the review said they would come, not come?" They say: "Hu-Tešub is ill; these (people) have come to bargain." (16) They have written down on clay tablets the king's men and 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/P334187/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-dur-paniya. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) A commander-of-fifty of mine, of the Gurrean (troops) from Meturna, killed the mayor of Meturna. From the moment the expedition came, he did not show up to do work with his fellows but, afraid of his deed, took with him 15 Gurreans and went away to Urarṭu. (10) (When) they came and reported it to me, I sent Il-dalâ to Šubria, saying: "Go and bring down your servants." He went, but did he bring down his servants? (13) I sent my messenger back to Il-dalâ, telling him: "This commander-of-fifty and his…”

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/P334186/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... The ki]ng, my lord, [should know this]. (2) [As to what the king], my [lo]rd, wrote me: "[Where] is he?" — They told me: "[After he had] been deported [..., he fl]ed [and went] to Šubria." (6) [Perha]ps the king, my lord, will say: "[Has he retu]rned [and come back] from Šubria?" [I have aske]d and investigated; [they say that since he fl]ed [and went] to Šubria, [...; he has not] yet [retur]ned and come back to the country. (12) [I sent ...]... to [...], saying: "You [......]; now, [......] is staying in your court!" (16) [He replied: "He] has not fallen…”

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/P334772/

“(1) [To the ki]ng, [my] lord, [your servant] Aššur-dur-paniya. [Good] health to the king, [my] lord! (4) My [sco]uts in the m[ountain] have captured an informer [who] was g[oing from A]rgistiani t[o Ar]iye, over the mountain. (9) [I as]ked him about [the ne]ws of the Ura[rṭian], and he informed me: (11) "The [...]tinaean(s) [...] (12) ...... (13) [has n]ot [yet] come out [...] (Reverse remains 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/P334528/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-dur-paniya. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the master builders concerning whom the king, my lord, wrote me: "Give junior ones to the magnates, so they can perform their work assignment with their help" — (8) (out of) my 16 master builders three are with the palace herald, three are working in the centre [of the city], and ten are engaged in bricking my work allocation of the city wall. (This makes) a total of 16 master builders engaged in work. (13) As for their junior sons, [they are] apprenti[ces], incapable of doing any (serious)…”

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/P313448/

“(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-dur-pani]ya. [Good health to the king], my lord! (4) [As to the bull] colossi of Ad[i]a [about which the king, my lord], wrote me, [the ... by which] I am going to raise them (7) [... c]hests (8) [...] they have given me (9) [...] to the prefects (10) [... will] modify them (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/P313761/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] he is [...] (2) he [......] (3) [th]ey are bringing to him [......] (4) [......] (5) [Pe]rhaps [the king, my lord], will say: (7) "[How] are you doing [the w]ork?" (8) [...] to finish it (9) [...] I am raising (10) [...] Adia (11) [...] bull colossi (12) [I] shall h[aul ......] (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/P334896/