CT 53, 066 (P313481)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | CT 53, 066 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313481 |
| Museum no. | BM — |
| Collection | British Museum, London, UK |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Period | Neo-Assyrian · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| Find spot | Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) |
| Coordinates | 36.3582, 43.1621 |
English translation
By ORACC project saao/saa15 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Obverse [0:3] o 1'1'–o 3'3' | [...] their [... which] they desire, nothing at all; they had [not] brought them. |
| Obverse [3:8] o 4'4'–o 8'8' | I did the king's work there. [...] the king, my lord, watched me and sent a [body]guard, saying: "Let him go and get the logs." Yet there are no logs there! |
| Obverse [8:22] o 9'9'– | By the gods of the king, my lord, there are no logs, I am not hiding any from the king, my lord! |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [x x x x]-bi-šu₂-⸢nu⸣ [x x x] | |
| 2' | [ša] ṣa-hi-it-te-šu₂-nu la-a me-me-⸢ni⸣ | |
| 3' | [la] na-ṣu-u-ni-šu₂-nu | |
| 4' | [dul]-⸢li⸣ LUGAL ina ŠA₃-bi e-tap-aš₂ | |
| 5' | [u₃] LUGAL be-li₂ ih-tar-dan-ni | |
| 6' | {[lu₂v}qur]-bu-te i-sap-ra | |
| 7' | [ma-a] {giš}UR₃\m-MEŠ lil-lik li-in-tu₂-ha | |
| 8' | ⸢u₃⸣ {giš}UR₃\m-MEŠ am-ma-ka la-a-šu₂\d | |
| 9' | DINGIR-MEŠ-ni ša LUGAL\d EN-a | |
| b.e. | ||
| 10' | šum₂-mu {giš}UR₃\m-MEŠ i-ba-šu-ni | |
| 11' | TA@v\m IGI LUGAL\d EN-a u₂-pa-za-ru-ni | |
| r | ||
| 1 | la-a {uru}[x x x x x x] | |
| 2 | ⸢ma⸣-a ra-⸢x⸣+[x x x x x x]-⸢a⸣ | |
| 3 | [i]-ba-aš₂-⸢ši⸣ [x x x x x x] | |
| 4 | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 5 | [x x x x x x x x x]+⸢x⸣ | |
| 6 | [x x x x x x x x x]-ha | |
| 7 | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 8 | [x x x x x x x x x] | |
| 9 | [x x x x x x x x x]-ši | |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618) · ORACC project editions, https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ ; cite the individual project (see texts.extra_json.project)
Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-11.