Neo-Assyrian

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [to the king], my [lord]! [...] (2) We inspected the crops (about which) the ki[ng], my lord, wrote to me, it is excellent. ... on account of it. (6) Now then (7) [...] the city wall (Break) (r 2) [about which the king], my lord, [wrot]e to me, (r 4) [...]... (r 5) [...]... (r 6) [a]ccordin[g to] the Malahu (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/P313835/

“(1) [To] the k[ing, my lord: your servant NN]. Good health to the k[ing, my lord]! (3) Concerning what the king, m[y] lord, [wrote to me]: "The chief of trade has to[ld me]: 'Bit-Kapsi of Ki[...] has not [submitted] to the command of the king, my lord'" — now (as to) what the chief of trade [said], let the king, my lord, ask and investig[ate: ...] (9) some 20 men [......] (Break) (r 2) they give [......] (r 3) he said [......] (r 4) has not settled [......] (r 5) from my presence [......] (r 6) [Concerning] the town Piusi [about which the king, my lord], wrote to me: "[......] (r 8) the district [......] (r 9) [m]en of the tow[n ......] (r 10) [......] (e. 1) [...] there are 100, he [......] (e. 2) [...] is left, I cultivat[e ...]”

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/P313725/

“(1) [To] the king, [my] lord: yo[ur servant] Aššur-be[lu-uṣur. Good he]alth to the ki[ng, my lord]! The land [of the king, my lord], is well. (5) (Concerning) Ezî, about whom the king, [my lord, wrote to me]: "Let him send three men wi[th ...], whom he will tell you, [......] to Zalâ and to [NN]" — I wen[t ......] (10) they went away [......] (11) [...] Mannea[ns ...] (Break) (r 1) [I ap]pointed [... who had c]ome [...] to guard the [...eans], but the Bit-Kaps[ians roun]ded up [x] lone horses in an ambush and killed them. [I] fear the king, (so) I did not bri[ng back a single] lone horse out…”

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/P313498/

“(1) To the ki[ng], my lord: your [ser]vant Aššur-belu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) Concerning what the king, my lord, wrote to me: "Set out with your troops and tribute, and come" — I shall do my best to set out with the troops and tribute, but because of the snow I had to leave one chariot that came with me in Bit-Hamban. The king knows that there is very much snow. (12) Moreover, the recruits, chariot fighters, and all their king's men who were dragging the tribute, [are ...]. Thirty tribute horses (16) [......] his cavalry (17) [......] which the king [imposed] upon me (18)…”

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/P334178/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your [servant] Aššur-belu-uṣur. Good health to the king, my lord! (3) Concerning the audience gift of the month Kanun (X) about which the king, my lord, wrote: "You are to bring me two horses, two bulls, 20 sheep, and 20 jugs (of wine)" — the letter arrived only on the 3rd of Shebat (XI); when can they possibly (deliver it)? Moreover, the king knows that the bulls of this country are very small. Would I not know (the size of) the bulls (given as) audience gift to the house [of my lords]? (12) Ever since [the king, my lord], (13) commanded, [...] to (14) two horses of…”

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/P334177/

“(1) To the ki[ng, my lord]: your servant Aš[šur-belu-uṣur]. Good health to [the king, my lord]! (4) The servants of the ki[ng, my lord, who ...], have escaped, and are staying [with ...] of Lutû [in ...]. I have written to L[utû], telling him to [deliver] the tr[aitors], and he (responded): "Come; let you and me g[o] and bring them out (together)." I fear the king; what is it that the king commands? (12) Concerning the sto[red] barley of the house of the master of teams [about which the king, my lord, w]rote to me, saying: "You have squandered it" — [as soon as the ...] has come up, [...] 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/P313470/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) Now then [......]: (2) "Cultivate [......]! (3) "... [......] (4) [......] in the presence of the king, [my] lord. (5) The king, my [lo]rd, sho[uld ......] (6) [...] before [NN] (7) [...] three da[ys ......] (8) ...[......] (9) kil[led ......] (10) to [...]-il[a'i ......] (11) Let him [...] the harvest [...] (12) Let [...] mine [...] (Break) (r 3) collected [......] (r 4) made the [...] of the king, my lord, enter [the ...]. (r 5) As [to the ......] about which the king, my lord, [wrote to me]: (r 7) "Twenty men [......] (r 8) "your [...]s [......] (r 9) [s]aid t[o ......] (r 10) [......] (r 11) 300 [......] (r 12) befo[re ......] (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/P313701/

“(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant] Aššur-belu-[uṣur]. (3) [W]hen I [was ....], (4) [...] the king in the pala[ce ...] (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/P335930/