Neo-Assyrian

“(1) Your servant Merodach-baladan: [I would] gladly [die] for my lord! Say to the king, m[y] lord: (4) As to what the king [......] (5) [......] (6) who in [......] (7) [......] (8) righteous [......] (Break) (r 2) saying: "t[o ......] (r 3) land, barley and [......] (r 4) My barley which the king [......] (r 5) If it is [agreeable] to the king, [my lord], please return (to me) al[l] the boats [...] and (their) crews, and I shall bring it (= the barley) to the king. And may I hear (his) well-being.”

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/P224399/

“(1) To the palace scribe, [my] lo[rd]: your servant Nahiši, the [...]. (3) I have given 25 sheep to Merodach-baladan (and) brought him out on the 7th day. (5) I have fixed the measurements of the doors and am herewith sending them to my lord. (7) Concerning the box of sinews about which my lord wrote to me: "Did they give it to you as you had tested?" – I have brought in the sinews of Digirina. When I come, I will tell my lord what I have tested and sold. (16) (As to) the letter which my lord sent to the treasurer regarding the plot of land at our side, he gave it to u[s], saying: "In view of…”

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/P224497/

“(1) A tab[let of NN] to the [palace sc]ribe, his lord. (3) (As to) the sacrifice[s] about which my lord wrote, I have presented one ram before Be[l and] one ram before Z[arpanitu]. Ma[r-biti] stood [...] (9) and my heart [was] re[vived ......] (Break) (r 1) not [...]. (r 2) I have bless[ed my lord before] Nabû and [Marduk]. (r 4) May Marduk and [Zarpanitu] ble[ss the palace] scri[be], my lord!”

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/P393691/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] I s[ai]d: "Why (is it that) the k[ing has com]e out (but) you are staying at home? The force[s] of the Palace are there." (4) [They said]: "We will not go [ther]e (against Mukin-zeri)." They are very much afraid of him. They will not go inside the area [at any conditi]on. (6) I shall go to them [...]. Mukin-zeri [has en]camped [be]fore me and (is) between (me) and them. I cannot proceed to them, and, therefore, we cannot unite with one another. (9) I sent Yasubaya with cavalry [to] them (with the following message): "Go and tell them to come out. 'Wh[y] are…”

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/P224473/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) w[e c]an[not ......] (2) yo[u c]an[not ...... in] his [pre]sence. (3) Now then [I am s]ending him to the king. Let the king, my [lo]rd, question him. (5) [Concerni]ng the work of the town of D[u]r-Tinutâ [about which] I wrote [to] the king, [I am bri]nging the bricks [in] but I have not yet started to [...]. (9) [The lady Barsip]itu has sent me (a letter) and [sealed document] through the royal delegate, saying: "Why did you kill your [...] but [you did not kill m]e? (13) I have written a copy [of the sealed docum]ent [...] (15) [... n]o[w] (Break) (r 2) [N]ow I have…”

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/P224467/

“(Beginning destroyed) (3) they [c]all it [......] (4) the son of Mukin-ze[ri ......] (5) in the town of the Hag[aranu ...] (6) and the men [......] (7) departed from Hamete [...] and came to me. I left e[arly] (and) [...] t[hese] people [wh]o have been [d]eported [and live] in Borsippa [......] (Break) (r 3) depor[ted] all of them. [The king] should know (this). (r 4) The Elamites killed their soldiers with the son of Mukin-zeri and deported them by force. They too went into exile. (r 8) News of the Li'tamu: Ga'amanu, the son of the [...], who among [his] brothers [...] (r 12) [wi]th the messenger [o]f [NN] (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/P224388/

“(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...... B]abylon [...] (3) [......] Merodach-baladan, saying: "[...] (4) [... v]ery [...]. We said to him as follows: "Let [... come] and take barley rations [fr]om the household of Salamu." But he refuses to send [... to the household of Sal]amu, saying: " (8) [......] of the Li'tamu (9) [...... the tow]n of Patibiri (10) [......] roof(s) (11) [...... w]ent (12) [...... the Li]'tamu (13) [......] the Arameans (14) [......] field (15) [......] him (r 1) [......] the Hagaranu (r 2) [......] they seized (r 3) [...... o]f the town Qarradi (r 4) [......] their heralds…”

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/P224494/

“(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant NN. Good health to the king, my lord!] (4) [Concerning what the king w]rote to me: "Write the names of all the citizens of Babylon who have come to my side in a letter and send it to me!" (r 1) Nobody has come.”

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/P393659/