Neo-Assyrian

“(1) [To the king], my [lord: your servant] A[ššu]r-šallimanni. [Good] health to the king, my lord! (4) As to the news of the king of Elam, he has crossed (the river) and has set on the bridge. He had heard that the governor of Arrapha had come to Der and turned Zineni back from the bridge. (9) (But) now Zineni and his whole army have finished crossing over (the bridge) after him. (13) From the bridge he has gone inside the forest of Adad-mukin-apli and set (camp) amidst the Arameans. [I went] from De[r] as far as the bridge, fastened soil o[n the bridge] and moved up [troops in there]. (19) I…”

Source: Luukko, M. 2012. The Correspondence of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud. SAA 19. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa19/P224486/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Aššur-šallimanni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) Concerning the town of Dur-Ammi-iababa about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, they have raised a palace a[top the citadel], (and) the mo[at of the wal]l is finished. (8) ...[...] all [......] (9) to [Dur]-Ammi-iababa (10) [...... we sh]all go ...[...] (11) [Concern]ing the barley of Bel-aplu-iddina [about which the k]ing, my lord, [wro]te to me, Mušallim-Marduk, [who] went [wi]th the boats, [has retu]rned. (14) On the 9th, the boats arrived [in the town of ...]editi. (16) I asked [Mušal]lim-Marduk: "[How m]any boats are there? [......] He said: "The barley [...] (Rest destroyed)”

Source: Luukko, M. 2012. The Correspondence of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud. SAA 19. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa19/P393636/

“(1) [T]o the kin[g], my [l]ord: your servant Aššur-šallimanni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) Concerning the men whom the king, my lord, sent to me, saying: "Review them!" - (8) 150 (men) of Nadinu, [1]20 of Hazalâ, 60 of Aplaya, [x] of the Suhean, [x] of the Hindanean, [x] their [reser]ve, [in all x] men of theirs who have come. (r 3) Ten days: Harran – Tillê - Kubanaše - the city of Assur.”

Source: Luukko, M. 2012. The Correspondence of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud. SAA 19. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa19/P224396/

“(1) To the king, [m]y lord: your servant Aššur-šallimanni. Good health to the kin[g], my lord! (4) As to the order that the king, my lord, gave me: "Go, [let] them [occ]upy the fort." (7) The king, my lord (Break) (r 2) "Bring me [......], or I will immediately go to the Palace." (r 5) What are the king my lord's orders?”

Source: Luukko, M. 2012. The Correspondence of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud. SAA 19. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa19/P393637/

“(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant] Aššur-šallimanni. [Good health to the king, m]y [lord!] The [king's] cam[p] is well. (3) [As to the Aramean]s about whom the king, my lord, gave us orders: "[Get going and] march off!" – we have turned back from Maruru and [directed] our course [...] towards the Arameans. (6) Opposite Nippur they brought us [the kin]g’s [sealed order], saying: "[...] is coming to them. [...] get assembled and go! Exact the dried corn [from the houses of Bi]t-Amukani!" (9) We turned back and are staying [in Marur]u. The cavalrymen [whom] we transferred [to] Maruru (and)…”

Source: Luukko, M. 2012. The Correspondence of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud. SAA 19. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa19/P393638/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...] are running away [......] (2) he [refu]ses to come. His messengers (are going) to [Mukin-zeri and the messenger]s of Mukin-zeri are going to him. A le[tter of Za]kir was brought to Merodach-baladan [with the following message]: "Who do you think you are among the chieftains of Chaldea who are [l]eft for you? Why do you remain inactive (while) the Chaldean land is getting paralyzed? Is it pleasing to you that Balassu is giving Chaldea [to] destruction?" (8) They intercepted the letter which was brought to Merodach-baladan and read it [in] our [pr]esence. But…”

Source: Luukko, M. 2012. The Correspondence of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud. SAA 19. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa19/P224432/

“(1) [To the kin]g, [my l]ord: [your servant Aššu]r-šallim[anni]. Go[od] heal[th t]o the king, [my lor]d! (4) Concerning the arm of the ri[ver on which the king, my lord], wrote me: "Dredge it!" (5) The inside of the arm [is] in accordance with [....] (7) The rivulets that [flow] into it [are ....] (8) The ground is elevated, it is by no means suitable [for dredging]. (9) [As to what the king, my lord, s]aid: "[......] (Rest destroyed)”

Source: Luukko, M. 2012. The Correspondence of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud. SAA 19. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa19/P224411/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your [serva]nt Nergal-uballiṭ. [Good he]alth to the king, my lord! (4) [Concerning what the k]ing, my [lord], w[rote to m]e: "All the fields of the province of Urzuhina are abandoned. You are taking the fields of Bel-aplu-iddina away (from him)." (9) What is the field of Bel-aplu-iddina about which he has said to the king, my lord, that it has been taken? (11) For ten years the king, my lord, appointed the governorship of Urzuhina to me. (During this time) I have never seen Bel-aplu-iddina putting his feet in that field. (16) The king, my lord, knows that the lands…”

Source: Luukko, M. 2012. The Correspondence of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon II from Calah/Nimrud. SAA 19. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa19/P224405/