Neo-Assyrian

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Bel-duri. Good health to the king, m[y] lord! (4) I have g[iven] 6,666 homers 46 litres of [barley] to Inurta-šarru-uṣur. [I have given] 3,333 homers and 3 sea[hs of barley to] Aššur-remanni. (8) [x home]rs of barley [......] (Rest destroyed or 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/P393667/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Adda-hati. Good health to the king, m[y] lord! (4) The silver dues of the prefects and village managers collected from the local population: two talents and 18 minas of silver according to the standard of Carchemish. In addition I have sent to the king, my lord, half a shekel of gold, three togas and three tunics with my messenger. (11) Wh[at the ki]ng my lord gave [... to ...], he gave me 2,350 men; now Danâ has given me only 1,950 men, reducing (it) by 400 men. Those who were killed [...; ...] are in good health, the extra [...... (Break) (20) Should 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/X190173/

“(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Adda-hati. Good health to the [kin]g, my lord! (4) (Ammili'ti) the son of Amiri readied himself with 300 she-camels, intending to attack the booty being transferred from Damascus to Assyria. (11) [I heard of this and] sent word to Bel-i[qbi]; he came and we went together to meet the booty. He saw us, ambushed us from behind, and we had a fight. [1],500 [boo]ty sheep from the city of Huzaza, [1],500 sheep [......] city of [......], [...]100 men [......] men [......] (Break) (r 11) We returned and went in pursuit [af]ter him, getting as far as Il[...]ani [...], but could not catch up with him; (the terrain) was too difficult, [it was not fit] either for horses or for chariots [......] (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/X190174/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Nabû-išmanni. Good health to the king, my lord! (5) Concerning the pack animals of the Suhaean about which the king, my lord, wrote to me, I have reviewed them: 6 chariots, one wooden implement, 11 teams of horses, 3 teams of mules, 120 donkeys and 60 camels. (r 6) I have not counted the men but there are some 400 men opposite me. I have completely crossed over (the river).”

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/P393668/

“(1) [To the k]ing, my lord: [yo]ur [servant] Bel-lešir. [Good h]ealth to the king, my lord! (4) I came to the Palace to pay homage (to the king). After my departure, the Itu'eans who hold (land) in the province committed a theft in the district. Instead of the fine (imposed on them), they plundered the sheep which were being grazed in the district and are holding [them]. (13) [Let the king], my l[ord, give] me orders (15) [......] of the land (16) [......] As to what the king, [my lord, wrote to m]e (Break) (r 3) we [... the It]u'[ean]s (r 4) [The king], my lord, kn[ows that] the Itu'eans…”

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/P224437/

“(Beginning destroyed) (3) I [revi]ewed them, rec[eived the ...s which] did [n]ot g[o] (away) and a[ssigned] th[e men] and donkeys. I brought them out on the 12th and they left for me. (8) (They are): 19 men, 19 donkeys: the [...eans] (9) 13 men, 10 (donkeys), 1 camel: the [...eans] (10) 3 (men), 3 (donkeys): the Lidiaeans (11) 81 (men), 81 (donkeys): Bel-lešir (12) 18 (men), 18 (donkeys): the Itu'eans (13) 15 (men), 15 (donkeys): the Hamaraeans (r 1) (and) 59 (men), 59 (donkeys), 1 c[amel] under the command of Šamaš-buna[ya], in all 198 [men], 195 d[onkeys], 2 camel[s]. (r 6) I am (now) send[ing them to the king, my lord], in the custody of Apladad-[...], my messenger. (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/P224391/

“(1) To the kin[g, my lord]: your servant Šarru-[...]. (3) Bini-aya[...] (and) Sili[...], in all two emissaries from Ekron, who brought the silver to me – I have weighed out and rec[eived] (from them) 7 talents and 34 m[inas]. They [... ...], and I s[poke] with them. (12) I have received N[N] and Lu[..., messengers] of [NN], the Ga[zaite. Now] I am on my w[ay] with them to [the Palace].”

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/P393669/

“(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Nergal-ibni. (3) The king gave us (the following) order: "Take your (pl.) house(holds) to Huzirina." (6) I have built a house and made my [pe]ople and serv[a]nts enter [th]ere. (9) [La]st year all us of to whom the king [gav]e o[r]ders (12) [...] there was (13) [...] house [...] (Break) (r 2) [... they re]fuse [to com]e. (r 4) [I told] the son of Mubî: "Ta[k]e your [house] to Huzirina," but he did not agree to take it. Whoever has a parental house there, refuses to take it. (r 11) Those who have previously built houses there refuse to bring them in [and now they] sl[ander] me [and they have de]stroyed [...].”

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/P224450/