Neo-Assyrian

“(1) To the king, [my] lord: your servant Nabû-ušabši, (and) Iglî. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord! (7) As to the winged hoof about which the king, my lord, wrote me: "Why is it not finished?" — (10) had it been at the disposal of the Assyrians, we would have retrieved it from them and quick[ly fin]ished it! (r 3) [...] the Babylonians [... have been re]trieving it (Break) (e. 1) I shall bring it to the king, my lord.”

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/P334189/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) "Cons[ult] the tablet!" The br[ick masons who] star[ted] to work were gossiping the following day, saying: "This work is most acceptable to Bel! The king is going to live long!" (6) They were merry indeed, so I asked: "What is it? Tell me!" but they wouldn't tell me. (9) (I need) six musukkannu trees, each six cubits (3 m) long and one cubit (50 cm) in circumference; (10) one haluppu fir tree, five cubits long, one cubit in circumference; (12) ten musukkannu trees, each of which are two qû measures thick; they may be either five or six cubits long; (14) one good box…”

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/P334388/

“(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king], my lord! May [Nabû and Marduk] bless the king, my lord! (Break) (8) [......] are distributing [...] to the magnates (10) [If it is acceptable to] the king, my lord, [the ...] should give orders [to ......] (13) [......] they should come (14) [I will] give them [...]. (15) [The ... which they have c]ut into shape (16) [are] very [...]; (17) their [...] are [...]. (18) I have listed their [...] and sent (this information) to the king, my lord. (20) The second-rate (logs) we [have been cut]ting into shape here are quite…”

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/P334322/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] Adia [...] (2) [There are x sto]ne cutters. The dyers have [beg]un to dye. (4) As to the the work of Dur-Šarruken, we have brought out the local population by villages; they will produce the bricks.”

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/P313603/

“(Beginning destroyed) (4) [I have brought] stone thre[sholds acr]oss (the river), but five [of them] remain [the]re. [I have appoi]nted [the chief...] in charge of them, saying: "Bring [them] across!" (8) On the first day [I to]ok [x] king's men with [me] and went to [Tas]tiate to raise the bull colossus. It has been hewn and [...]. (r 2) I am [n]ow spreading poles against [the qu]ay and raising the [bu]ll colossus. We will do it all right; the king, my lord, can be glad.”

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/P334646/

“(Beginning destroyed) (4) As to the of[ficials] in Adi[a] and in Tas[tiate concerning whom] the king, my lord, wro[te me]: "All of them should go t[o Dur-Šarruken]!" — (9) the bu[ll colossi] of the magnates are set up to[gether] and the king, my lord, [(earlier) said]: "They should quickly ... the colossi and as long as the water in the river is [low, bring them across] the river!" (14) Who [...] would (then) stay (here) to look after the [bull colossi]? (r 1) N[ow], the magnates are waiting for [me]. May the king, my lord, wait for me (until) Siv[an] (III), and I will (then) get the work…”

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/P334865/

“(Obverse too broken for translation) (r 1) [As to the wo]rk to [be done about which the ki]ng, my lord, wrote [me]: "You shall exec[ute] it by the patte[rn] of the [...] bull colossus [of Du]yanusi" — I am do[ing acco]rdingly. (r 7) [The w]ork looks [good]; [i]t is being done. The king, [my] lord, [can] be glad. (r 10) The bull colo[ssus of] Duyanusi [is finished] and we have l[oaded] it [on] a boat. [Let them w]ri[te me wh]at the king my lord's [orders are]. (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/P313616/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) I will d[o and fin]ish [......]. (4) T[his bull] colossus [concerning which] the king, [my] lo[rd, wro]te me (Break) (r 3) they are [at h]ome. (r 4) [As to what the ki]ng, my lord, wr[ote 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/P313683/