Neo-Assyrian

“(Beginning destroyed) (2) saying: "You [and those] of [your] litiga[nt] should be here. (5) We are here and all my ...[...]s are also here. (8) They are but a few [...]s. (9) [Those of] the chief judge [c]ame, [sa]yi[ng]: "[... h]er[e ...] (Break) (r 1) [...] not [...] (r 2) [...] goes with them. (r 3) I will send my messengers with them as soon as they take the fields.”

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/P393705/

“(1) To the king, [m]y lord: your servant Aššur-da''inanni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) I have appealed to the king, my lord, saying: "Nobody listens to me." If there is a fault of mine before the king, my lord, let the king, my lord, kill me but why are these (people) killing me? (9) The king, my lord, gave me the order: "Receive regular horses and give them to Dadî! Also receive the king’s horse!" (12) The city-lord of Kišesim brought the tribute and the recruitment officers were in my presence. (As) he was about to enter, I sent my 'third man' to him, saying: ‘Come, stay with me,…”

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/P224470/

“(1) [To the king, m]y [lo]rd: your servant Aššur-da''inanni. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) (As regards) what the king, my lord, ordered me concerning the fort of Erimziqu, there is much snow, (so) I am (only) going up as far as Apinunu. I shall (then) send word that the elders should come (so) I (can) speak with them. (11) The Erimziqaeans committed (a crime) and [B]ir-Bari[a]š [the Apin]unean ...[...] (Break) (r 2) [...] ... [...] ... (r 3) I am [now] sending to the king, my lord, one [...] whom I have ab[du]cted.”

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/P224420/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [Let th]em dispa[tch ...] (2) [The servants o]f Ṣil-Bel [...] sen[t] a chest to the scribe of A[šipâ]. (5) The experts serving [him] se[aled the chest] which Ṣil-Bel had s[ent with] the scribe [and ...] an order [...] (9) [the de]por[tees ......] (10) [...]... [...] (r 1) the rest (of the people) [who ...] (r 2) disappeared [......] (r 3) their people went away t[o their ...]. (r 4) The king should sen[d ......] (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/P224499/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nergal-a[šared]. Good health to the king, my lo[rd]! (4) All the forts are [w]ell. (5) I have received the horses from the chief of trade whom the king, my lord, sent to me, and have delivered them. All the [ki]ng's servants are well. (10) I have [no]t yet rece[ived the r]est of the hors[es fr]om the la[nd of ...] (Break) (r 1) their city [...] (r 2) Those who led the fortified towns of the river basin of the House of Wargi - their loss was 370 killed. (r 6) The king, my lord, may ask (about it).”

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/P393641/

“(1) To the k[in]g, m[y lo]rd: yo[ur] se[rv]ant [NN. Good health to] the k[ing], my [lord]! (5) Concern[ing the ci]ty of the [M]azam[uans] about which the king, my lord, wro[te] to me: "Ho[w m]uch seed-corn is there?" (9) - their seed-corn [...] (10) [......] as the [king], my [lo]rd, [com]m[and]ed (13) to the c[ity]-lo[rd]s (Break) (r 4) [...] their [...] (r 5) [......] in (r 6) [... b]order (r 7) eat [...], the apprentice(s) [...]. They boost this [c]ity of the Mazamuans. (r 11) ...... (r 12) [...] apprentice(s) (r 13) Where is your ...? (r 14) The city of the Mazamuans (Rest too broken for translation)”

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/P224491/

“(Beginning destroyed) (2) (from) 1[0]0 horses that came from Calneh: (on the way) [f]rom Calah to Dur-Bel-ila’i, before they arrived to me, 26 of them died.”

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/P393643/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [The king, my lord, wrote to me], saying: "[Appoint a ...] whom you [trust] to vice governorship, and appoint the rest [t]o [...]", so I appointed the [...] of Aššur-[...], the [lega]te of the city Ki[..., to vice governor]ship. [...] the shepherd [NN ...]. (9) I ma[de clear] to him the responsibility of the job that I have given to him. (12) with those who [...] (13) the vice governor [...] (Break) (r 1) Now he has lef[t the king’s] t[asks ......] and has go[ne] to Arrapha. (r 4) The king, m[y] lord, sends me everywhere but there is nobody in my rear. Let a messenger of the king my lord come, let them make the king’s tasks clear to him, and let him d[o] his work.”

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/P224410/