Neo-Assyrian

“(1) [T]o the king, my lord: your [servant] Nabû-belu-ka''in. Good health to the king, [my] lord! (4) The messenger of Il-yada' told me this news: "An expedition of 3,000 men has come up to me." All the men and horses are in the mountain; I am 'clean.' (If) I go all the way to them to Zabban, as far as Daduni, attend to them, put up guards, and return from there going to the piedmont, surely these men [......] (Break) (r 4) [Perh]aps [the king], my [lor]d, [will say]: "[Are] all the m[en (and horses) ......] until [......]?" (r 10) [... x h]orses (and) some [...] m[en ...] in [...].”

Source: Fuchs, A. & Parpola, S. 2001. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces. SAA 15. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa15/P313434/

“(1) [To the king], my [lor]d: [your servant Nabû]-belu-ka''in. [Good health to the kin]g, my lord! (4) [Perhaps the king], my [lord], says: "[What are y]ou doing?" — (6) [...] I came (7) [...] together (8) [... wh]atever was boiled (9) [...] has been harvested. (10) I have blocked [...] (11) I am [in] Dur-Bel-ila'i. (12) [...] from Zabban (13) [...] iron sickle (14) [When] I [com]e from Lubda, (15) [...] their harvest (16) [...] the[re is] (Rest destroyed)”

Source: Fuchs, A. & Parpola, S. 2001. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces. SAA 15. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa15/P334781/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-belu-ka''in. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) [Concerning the ...]s which are in [...] (5) [...] I and [......] (Break) (r 1) [... is eat]ing in Dur-Bel-[ila'i]; I am keeping watch in the pi[edmont, in] Lubda, until we hear the news of these caravans. Thereafter I shall release the king's men.”

Source: Fuchs, A. & Parpola, S. 2001. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces. SAA 15. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa15/P334565/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) the peopl[e ...] from there to the t[own ...] below Lubd[a]. The king, my lord knows that I am spending the night [there]. I have made peace and imposed [...] (Break) (r 1) goes [...] (r 2) fills [...] (r 3) does not [...] (Rest destroyed)”

Source: Fuchs, A. & Parpola, S. 2001. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces. SAA 15. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa15/P313581/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) i[f ......] (2) in the mountain [......] (3) outside [......] (4) wood [......] (5) on the 3rd day [......] (6) married [......] (Break) (r 2) of [.......] (r 3) [......] (r 4) the off[icial ......] (Rest destroyed)”

Source: Fuchs, A. & Parpola, S. 2001. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces. SAA 15. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa15/P313770/

“(1) To [the king, my lord]: your servant [Nabû-belu-ka''in]. Good health t[o the king, my lord]! (4) Concerning what the king, my lord, w[rote to me]: "I [gave] you [explicit orde]rs regarding the work on [...], but you do not obey [me]" — if I did not obey the king, my lord, whom else would I obey? Now, the king, my lord, has (already) three or four times written to me in this manner; how can I live? My heart does not beat, blood has dried up in my veins. (15) I do my work like my equals. I am not the first among them, nor am I the worst; I do as they do. Why does the king, my lord, single…”

Source: Fuchs, A. & Parpola, S. 2001. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces. SAA 15. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa15/P334316/

“(Beginning destroyed) (2) [are not c]ollecting th[eir] travel [prov]isions [...] (4) [...]... toge[ther ...] (5) [he sp]oke: "[...] (6) [...] king's men [...] (7) [... the] son of Yaki[n ...] (8) [...] Da[...] (r 1) [...] ... [...] (r 2) [...] ... [...] (r 3) [...] I said: "[...] (r 4) [...] ... [...] (r 5) [...] I said: "[...] (r 6) [...] yo[ur hea]rt [......] (r 7) [...] ... [...] (r 8) [Afte]r he has returned, [I shall wr]ite t[o the king, my lord, whatever n]ews there is. [......] (Rest destroyed)”

Source: Fuchs, A. & Parpola, S. 2001. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces. SAA 15. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa15/P314008/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-belu-ka''in. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) Nabû-iqiša sent me the following report on Elam: "Two messengers of the son of Yakin went to meet the king's brother-in-law, saying: 'Go to the city of HAR.' The king's brother-in-law did not agree to return but said: 'I have reached the border, how can I return unopposed from a used-up territory without the king's permission?' (13) "He (then) sent one of his two messengers to the king of Elam, the other one [......] (Break) (r 3) "The ki[ng]'s brother-in-law w[r]ote [to ...]: 'Bring us [the ...]s,…”

Source: Fuchs, A. & Parpola, S. 2001. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces. SAA 15. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa15/P334916/