Yetti ta'rifga ko'ra, turli davrlarga oid Assuriya loy lavhalari va mixxat yozuvlarining yettitasida Assuriyaliklar zamonaviy Falastin bilan bog'liq hududni "Palashtu", "Palastu" yoki "Pilistu" deb atashgan, bu hududda yashagan xalqni esa Falastinliklar deb atashgan: "pa-la-as-ta-a-a". Bu nom Assuriya podshosi Adad-Nirari III (miloddan avvalgi 811 yildan 783 yilgacha) davridagi, miloddan avvalgi 800 yilga oid "Nimrud yozuvlari"dan boshlanib, Esarxaddon (miloddan avvalgi 681 yildan 669 yilgacha hukmronlik qilgan) davrigacha qo'llanilgan.

In seven known Assyrian clay tablet and Cuneiform inscriptions from different periods the Assyrians called the region connected with modern Palestine ‘Palashtu’, ‘Palastu’ or ‘Pilistu’, and called the people who lived in this region Palestinians: ‘pa-la-as-ta-a-a’, beginning with the King of Assyria Adad-Nirari III (from 811 BC to 783 BC) in the ‘Nimrud inscriptions’ in 800 BC through to Esarhaddon (who reigned 681 to 669 BC)

more than a century later (Room 2006: 285; also Smith, G. 1875: 115). Nimrud yozuvlari 1854-yilda Uilyam Loftus tomonidan Nimrudda olib borilgan qazishmalarda topilgan. Nimrud dastlab Kalxu nomi bilan tanilgan qadimiy Ossuriya shahri bo‘lib, Iroqning Mosul shahridan 30 kilometr janubda joylashgan. Miloddan avvalgi taxminan 1250-yildan 610-yilgacha Nimrud muhim strategik Ossuriya shahri bo‘lgan. Bu yozuvlar Adad-Nirari III ning yozuvlari orasida eng yaxshi o‘rganilganlaridan bo‘lib, ular Falastin va Suriyadagi dastlabki Ossuriya yurishlarining tavsifini o‘z ichiga oladi. Asas-nirari III hukmronligiga oid yozuv – Saba’a stelasining matni amerikalik assiriolog va Chikago universiteti professori Daniel Lyuckenbill (1881‒1927) tomonidan quyidagicha tarjima qilingan:

more than a century later (Room 2006: 285; also Smith, G. 1875: 115). The Nimrud inscriptions were discovered in 1854 by William Loftus in his excavations at Nimrud, a major ancient Assyrian city originally known as Kalhu. Located 30 kilometres south of the Iraqi city of Mosul, Nimrud was a strategic Assyrian city between approximately 1250 BC and 610 BC. They are among the best studied of the inscriptions of Adad-Nirari III, since they include a description of early Assyrian campaigns in Palestine and Syria. The text of the Saba’a Stele, the inscription of the reign of Asas-nirari III, was translated by Daniel Luckenbill (1881‒1927), an American Assyriologist and Professor at the University of Chicago, as:

Beshinchi yilida [mening rasmiy hukmronligim davomida] men shohona taxtimga vaqorli ravishda o‘tirdim va mamlakatni [urushga] chaqirdim. Men Ossuriyaning sonsiz qo‘shinini Filistiyaga [Pa-la-áš-tu] yurish qilishga buyurdim.

In the fifth year [of my official rule] I sat down solemnly on my royal throne and called up the country [for war]. I ordered the numerous army of Assyria to march against Philistia [Pa-la-áš-tu].

Men toshib oshgan Forot daryosini kechdim. Otam Shamshi-Adad zamonida isyon ko'targan va o'z muntazam soliqlarini [to'xtatgan] yoki ularni bostirib olgan ko'plab dushman shohlarga kelsak, Ashur, Sin, Shamash, Adad va Ishtar buyrug'iga ko'ra, xudolarga bo'lgan ishonchim [bilan] ... men ularning Ashurga olib kelgan barcha soliqlarini qabul qildim.

I crossed the Euphrates at its flood. As to the numerous hostile kings who had rebelled in the time of my father Shamshi-Adad and had wi[thheld] their regular [tributes], or overwhelmed them [and] upon the command of Asur, Sin, Shamash, Adad (and) Ishtar, my trust [in] gods ... I received all the tributes … which they brought to Assyria.

Men [yurish qilishga] Damashq [Ša-imērišu] mamlakatiga qarshi buyruq berdim.

I ordered [to march] against the country Damascus [Ša-imērišu].

(Lyukenbill 1926: 260‒261)

(Luckenbill 1926: 260‒261)

Yozuv davom etadi:

The inscription goes on:

Men Furotdan (Yevfrat) qirg'og'idan boshlab, Xatti yurti, Amurru yurtining butun hududi, Tir yurti, Sidon yurti, Humri yurti, Edom yurti, Palastu yurti, quyosh botadigan ulug' dengizgacha bo'lgan hududni bo'ysundirdim. Men ularga soliq belgiladim va

I subdued [the territory stretching] from the bank of the Euphrates, the land of Hatti, the land of Amurru in its entirety, the land of Tyre, the land of Sidon, the land of Humri, the land of Edom, the land of Palastu, as far as the great sea of the setting sun. I imposed tax (and)

tribute upon them. (Grayson 1996: 212; qarang: Luckenbill 1926; Smith, G. 1875: 115)

tribute upon them. (Grayson 1996: 212; see also Luckenbill 1926; Smith, G. 1875: 115)

Falastinliklar Nimrud xatlarida ham tilga olingan bo'lib, bu xatlar Ossuriya podshohlari Tiglat-Pileser III va Sargon II hukmronligi davridagi shohona yozishmalarning mixxat yozuvidagi matnlarini o'z ichiga oladi. Yozishmalar orasida Qurdi-Ashur-lamurning Tiglat-Pileser III ga yozgan xati ham bor, u miloddan avvalgi taxminan 735-yilga oid.

The Palestinians are also mentioned in the Nimrud Letters, which contain Cuneiform texts of royal correspondence from the reigns of Tiglath-pileser III and Sargon II of Assyria. The correspondence includes the letter of Qurdi-Ashur-lamur to Tiglath-Pileser III, dated c. 735 BC:

Tir hukmdori haqida, u haqida shoh: "Unga yaxshi so'z bilan murojaat qiling", degan edi: barcha portlar uning ixtiyorida. Uning fuqarolari ombor-omborxonalarga o'z xohishicha kiradi va chiqadi va savdo qiladi. Livan tog' tizmasi ham unga ochiq: ular o'z xohishicha yuqoriga va pastga chiqib-tushadi va yog'ochni pastga olib tushadi. Ular olib tushgan yog'ochdan men soliq undiraman. Men butun Livan tog' tizmasining bojxonalari ustiga soliq inspektorlarini tayinladim, ular portda nazoratni olib boradi. Men Sidonda joylashgan bojxonalarga tushadiganlar uchun bir soliq inspektorini tayinladim, lekin sidonliklar uni quvib chiqarishdi. Shunda men Itu'a qo'shinini Livan tog' tizmasiga yubordim. Ular xalqni dahshatga soldi, shundan so'ng ular elchi yuborib, soliq inspektorini chaqirtirishdi va uni Sidonga olib kelishdi. Men ularga shunday so'zlar bilan gapirdim:

Concerning the ruler of Tyre, about whom the king said: ‘Talk nicely to him’, all the wharves are at their disposal. His subjects enter and leave the warehouses at will, and trade. The Lebanon range is accessible to him; they go up and down at will and bring lumber down. On the lumber they bring down I impose a tax. I have appointed tax inspectors over the customs [houses] of the entire Lebanon range, [and] they keep the watch on the harbour. I appointed a tax inspector [for those who[ were going down into the custom houses which are in Sidon, [but] the Sidonians chased him away. Thereupon I sent the Itu’a contingent into the Lebanon range. They terrified the people, [so that] afterwards they sent a message and fetched the tax inspector [and] brought [him] into Sidon. I spoke to them in these terms:

“Yog‘ochni olib tushing, uni ishlang, lekin uni misrliklarga yoki falastinliklarga [pa-la-as-ta-a-a] yetkazmang, aks holda sizni tog‘larga chiqishga qo‘yib yubormayman”. (Saggs 2001: 155‒157 da keltirilgan)

‘Bring down lumber, do your work on it, [but] do not deliver it to the Egyptians or Palestinians [pa-la-as-ta-a-a] or I shall not let you go up to the mountains’. (Cited in Saggs 2001: 155‒157)

Qirq yildan so'ng, miloddan avvalgi 694-yillar atrofida Ossuriya poytaxtidagi yaxshilanishlar haqida yozuvlarni o'z ichiga olgan Sennaxerib solnomalarida filistliklar eslatib o'tiladi.

Four decades later, the annals of the Sennacherib, a record of improvements in the Assyrian capital in c. 694 BC, mention the Palestinians.

Annallarda "Kue va Hilakku xalqi, Pilisti va Tirus" ("Ku-e u Hi-lak-ku Pi-lis-tu u Sur-ri") haqida gap boradi (Luckenbill 1924: 104), boshqa tomondan uning vorisi Esarhaddonning 675-yilgi (miloddan avvalgi) shartnomasida esa "pi-lis-te" tumanidagi du-u'-ri (Dor yoki Tantur) nomi keltiriladi (Pilistu yoki Peleset).

The annals speak of the ‘the people of Kue and Hilakku, Pilisti and Tyre’ (‘Ku-e u Hi-lak-ku Pi-lis-tu u Sur-ri’) (Luckenbill 1924: 104), while another Assyrian record of his successor, the treaty of Esarhaddon, in 675 BC identifies du-u’-ri (Dor or Tantur) ‘in the district of pi-lis-te’7 (Pilistu or Peleset).

Eski Assuriya lavhasi — Sargon II ning "Prizma A" yozuvi, taxminan miloddan avvalgi 717-yilga oid bo‘lib, Sargon II ning yurishlarini tasvirlaydi — Pilistu hududining Assuriya imperiyasi tarkibiga kiritilishi haqida so‘z yuritadi. Pi-lis-te yoki Pi-lis-tu — filistlarning Assuriyacha nomi, Peleset esa Ramses II va III hukmronligi davrida "Dengiz xalqlari" deb ataladigan guruhlardan biriga berilgan Misrcha nom. Ramses III davriga oid bir yozuvda "Peleset yurti" iborasi uchraydi. Misrliklarning peleset atamasini qo‘llashi aniq bo‘lmagan hududlarni anglatadi, bu hududlarga janubiy va markaziy qirg‘oqlar kirishi mumkin, ammo ichki hududlar ham kiritilgan bo‘lishi mumkin.

An earlier Assyrian tablet, Sargon II’s Prism A, an inscription dating to c. 717 BC, which describes describes Sargon II’s campaigns, speaks of the incorporation of the region of Pilistu into the Assyrian Empire. Pi-lis-te or Pi-lis-tu is the Assyrian name for the Philistines, while Peleset is the Egyptian name for one of the so-called Sea Peoples throughout the reigns of Ramesses II and III. The ‘land of the Peleset’ is used in an inscription from the reign of Ramesses III. The Egyptian use of peleset refers to indefinite areas which possibly include the southern and central coast, but might also include areas inland.