Neo-Assyrian

“(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Šarru-emuranni. Good health to the king, my lord]! (4) [The forts and the land of the king, my lord, are well]. (6) [As to those] words which the king, my lord, sent [us] through [Nabû-ahu-uṣur], the royal bodygu[ard]: "Send in this way to the son of Inṣabri" — (12) when Nabû-ahu-uṣur arrived, on that very same d[a]y Šamaš-ukin, a trustworthy and chosen [man] of the fort commander, able in words — (r 1) we implanted the very words that the king, my lord, sent us, in the mouth of (this) messenger of the fort commander; he left on the 4th day and went to Izirtu. (r 7) As soon as he returns, [I] shall write [t]o the king, my lord, everything that he tells us.”

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/P313471/

“(1) To the king, [my] lo[rd]: your servant Šarru-em[uranni]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) While I [was in ...], (5) milhu stone [...] (6) nukur[...] stone [...] (7) at [my] disposal [...] (8) to the dy[ers] (9) I provi[ded ...] (10) The king, my lord, [...] (11) ...[...] (12) [en]graver [...] (Break) (r 1) [As to what] I sa[id to the king], my [lo]rd, [in] Cal[ah]: "I will [...] and we will [...] with it" — (r 6) if that is all right, we shall [......] with it.”

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/P334535/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Šarru-emuranni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) On the 27th day, at dawn, we opened the treasury of metal scraps at the entrance to the house in the palace upon the terrace. (8) [We] weighed 420 talents of bronze scraps and plac[ed] it in the storehouse [of] the cupbearer. (11) We also weighed [x talen]ts of bronze objects [...] (Break) (r 1) [......] city, (r 2) [...... of the R]eview [Palace]. (r 3) Alternatively, we can do the (inventory) of the Review Palace on the 29th and go in the remaining days to Dur-Šarruken, to seal those tunics.”

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/P313640/

“(1) [T]o the king, my lord: your [servant] Šarru-emuranni. [Good health] to the king, my lord! (4) The royal bodyguard [...]-naṣir [has brou]ght [... Ba]šimeans to Kar-Nergal [......] (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/P334538/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) As to the [......] (2) equipment t[o ......], (3) the royal bodyguar[d ......] (4) with the depu[ty ......] (5) cam[e ......] (6) took [......] (7) which [......] (8) hors[e(s) ......] (Reverse 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/P313940/

“(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant Šarru-[emuranni]. (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/P314189/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-hamatu[a]. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) The forts of the king, my lord, are well. (6) A Mede forwarded me the (attached) letter from the governor, saying: "Let your messenger bring it to the Palace." (10) I have spoken kindly with the countrymen of the son of Bel-iddina and encouraged them. The son of Bel-iddina (himself) is a criminal and a traitor; he does not obey [the king's orders]. (r 2) [I said]: "Do your work, each in [his house and] field, and be glad; you are now subjects of the king." (r 7) They are peaceful and do their work. I…”

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/P334152/

“(1) To the king, [my lord]: your servant Na[bû-hamatua]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! (4) The for[ts] of the king, [my] lord, are well. (5) [NN], a te[am] commander, br[ought me a letter] from the govern[or ...], saying: "[......] Aššur-[......] (Break) (r 1) The king, my lord, should k[now] (this). (r 2) The king, my lord, should not say: "He is a negligent servant; he does not do (his) work." (r 7) I drive the servants of the king, my lord, day and night; they are glazing kiln-[fired bricks] all day long [...] and bringing them into [...].”

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/P334713/