Neo-Assyrian

“(1) [To the king, my] lord: your servant Sin-ahhe-riba. [Good health] to the king, my lord! Assyria [is well], the temples are well, all the king's forts [are well]. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. (6) [As to what the king, my lord, wrote to m]e: "Bel-eṭir [...... (Break) (r 2) "......] Nabû-eṭir-napšati (and) his associate [...], these are the ones [......]; their men [are] still [......]. When I told this thing [to Nabû-m]ušallim, he disappeared [......]." (r 7) [...] I asked my [...] whether [he] had said it and whether Nabû-mušallim [had told it to him]. (r 10) He answered: "He certainly did not tell it to me. [Nabû]-mušallim [has ...ed] from Calah and is searching [...]."”

Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P334519/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Sin-ahhe-riba. Good health to the king, my lord! Assyria is well, the temples are well, all the [king's f]orts are well. [The king, m]y [lord, can be glad indeed.] (Break) (r 2) ...] went [...]. Floods have advanced very considerably [in the province] of Nineveh, [in] Dur-Šarruken and in the province of Kurbail.”

Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P334520/

“(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Sin-ahhe-riba. Good health to the king, my lord! Assyria is well, the temples are] we[ll, all the king's forts] are well. The ki[ng, my lord, can be glad] indeed. (8) They have got hold of [that] horse concerning [which the king my lord gave me] or[ders] [...... (Break) (r 4) ......] the merchant [...... t]o the [Palace] Superintendent [......] like the king, my lord. (r 7) The chariot grooms of the ša-šēpi guard [...] under my command are asking for plants [... and one] full talent of bronze [...] per one team of hor[ses ...] in accordance with what the ki[ng ...]. What exactly does the king, my lord, order? (SPACER)”

Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P313722/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Sin-ahhe-riba. Good health to the king, my lord! Assyria is well, the temples are we[ll, all the king]'s fort[s are well. The king], my lo[rd, can be glad indeed.] (Rest destroyed)”

Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P334144/

“(Beginning destroyed) (2) ......] the exempts [...... to] the king, my lord. (4) [As to] Gidgidanu [and his brothers about whom the] king my lord wrote to me: "[Let th]em be [br]ought here!" — (6) [When he heard of this, he became sc]ared and [......] the gods, saying: "Let me go and [petition] the king [......] to give me [......] let me [go] to Arbela." He has come [now and is] in Dur-[Šarruken], doing [his work]. His brothers again [... have] not [gone out] of Dur-Šarruken, [they have not set] foot anywhere at all but are present and [do] their work. (16) [As to] Marduk-remanni [and the…”

Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P334773/

“(Beginning destroyed) (1) ...... I have made] it clear to [them ......; they are] in my presence, they [have not set] foot an[ywhere else]. If I send for [them], they come [promptly], and if I send them [to ......]. (6) [I told] the chief ...s: "Insp[ect] your [tro]ops! Each [of your ......], and the [...] official [...... should c]ome [...... (Rest destroyed)”

Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P313885/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-šar-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) A letter from Aššur-reṣuwa came to me in which it was written that a messenger of the (king) of Ukku has gone to Urarṭu and that he has sent a letter about it to the Palace. (10) Now after this letter, on the evening of the 6th, he sent me the following letter of his: "The Ukkaean has gone to greet Ariye. Over against him, there is a town of the Ukkaeans called Elizki in the pass of Kumme; the Ukkaean met [Ariye] there, and when they were sitting there [together], he spoke to him as follows: (r 4)…”

Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P334050/

“(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-šar-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) [As to what] the king, my lord, wrote [to me]: "The Ukkaean has s[ent] me the following message: 'At this very moment I am goi[ng ...... (Rest destroyed)”

Source: Parpola, S. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. SAA 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/saao/saa01/P334053/