CT 53, 088 (P313503)
Letter, Neo-Assyrian, Nineveh · c. 911 BCE–612 BCE
Open in the reader & map →See it among all tablets
| Designation | CT 53, 088 |
|---|---|
| ID | P313503 |
| 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/saa10 · Via Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC)
| Line | English |
|---|---|
| Reverse [0:9] r 1r 1–r 99 | The crown prin[ce, my lord], should not ride a horse, nor should he [draw] a bow. (However), let him do as [he] deems best. |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| r | ||
| 1 | DUMU—⸢LUGAL⸣ DUMU—⸢LUGAL⸣ DUMU—⸢LUGAL⸣ [be-li₂] | |
| 2 | ina ANŠE.KUR.RA-[MEŠ] | |
| 3 | lu la i-ra-[kab] | |
| 4 | {giš}BAN lu la [u₂-mal-la] | |
| 5 | ki-i ša ina pa-[an DUMU—LUGAL] DUMU—LUGAL] DUMU—LUGAL] | |
| 6 | ma-hi-ir-u₂-[ni] | |
| 7 | le-pu-[uš] | |
| 8 | a-na-ku ki-i [x x x] | |
| 9 | in-qu-[tu-u-ni] | |
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.