Neo-Assyrian

“(1) [To the ki]ng, my lord: [yo]ur [servant] Aššur-reṣuwa. [Good] health to the king, my lord! (4) Burê, Eziye, Gamalu and Ehiye, in all four (men) under Ariazâ; Kumayu and Biriaun, in all two (men) under Ariye — these six Kummeans go and stay in Bususu, a town in the domain of the chief cupbearer. (12) The inhabitants of Bususu purchase Assyrian luxury items in Calah and Nineveh and sell them to these Kummeans. These Kummeans enter the town Aira of the house of Kaqqadanu, ruled by Saniye, a city lord subject to the governor of Calah, and bring (the merchandise) from there to Urarṭu. From…”

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/P337150/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [... K]umm[e] (2) Perhaps [the king], my [lord], will say: "[W]hat are the [...val]uables? (r 1) [......] of bronze (r 2) [......] of bronze (r 3) [......]... of leather (r 4) [...] hundred bronze quivers (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/P336636/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] (2) from the [In]ner City [...] (3) [...] transported [...] (4) [...] Kumme [...] (5) [H]e [.....] (6) the Ukk[ean(s) ......] (Break) (r 2) [...] Šamaš-išmanni [...] (r 3) [...] to [...] (r 4) Ariye [......] (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/P313905/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) "Have the men re[ally] not fallen into [their hands] in the city [...]?" (5) I sent Saniye, the city lord, and Kaqqadanu to bring (them), and asked them where the men are. (9) They said: "The men have got scared," and informed me as follows: "The men are in there; let them extend the ... for us until they fall into our hands." (r 5) If the king, [my] lo[rd], orders, Saniye [and Kaqqadan]u [...] before [......] (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/P334405/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-uṣall[a]. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) Three powerful men of the Kummeans have come and had an audience with me and Mar-Issar, the royal bodyguard. Here is what they said to me: (10) "Our people may go where the king said, but your messenger should take us to the Palace. There is a matter [concerning] another country we (wish to) discuss [in] the king's [pres]ence. [...] ...; we [will] not tell it to you, [n]or will we tell it to the royal bodyguard. (r 3) "Else if you do not take us to the Palace, sooner or later we shall say to the king: (r 8) "'We spoke with the governor and the royal bodyguard, but they did not agree to bring us to the Palace'." (r 12) What are the king my lord's orders?”

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/P334150/

“(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant [NN]. Good health t[o the king], my [lord]! (4) As to what the king, my lord, wrote me in the sealed order, I and Issar-duri, the royal bodyguard, told them every word that was in it and let them hear the sealed order [which] came concerning them. They say: (11) "The king, our lord, is the lord of all; what can we say? The king, our lord, may take all the Kummeans who hold houses in (other) countries to wherever it is appropriate." (16) But the Kummean scouts who went from Kumme for hire have not yet returned but are still there! The king, [my] lo[rd],…”

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/P334369/

“(Beginning destroyed or too broken for translation) (2) died [......] (3) [I swear by the g]ods of [the king, my lord,] that th[is w]ork [...]; if we have been negli[gent, may ......]! (6) [The k]ing, my lord [......] (7) has done [......] (8) I am a servant of the k[ing, my lord ...]; (9) when [......] (10) and when the gods ta[ke action, I] wi[ll do accor]dingly [...]. (12) The Kummeans w[ho previously] appealed [to] the king, [my lord, h]ave returned and [c]ome t[o me], saying: "The city of Kummu in its entirety can't stand the royal delegate; [but] we can, and will bear 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/P313553/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) "['Drive the enemies of] Kumme from yo[ur] midst!' (2) "Now then [the whole] city of Kumm[u] has turned [ag]ainst Ariye; they [...] speak of killing [the royal delegate]." (6) [The day th]at the letter [of Aššur-reṣ]uwa came [to me] with the messenger [of ...] (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/P313513/