Cuneiform tablets are often published first as scale drawings (hand copies) with very limited scholarly apparatus such as edition, translation and/or commentary. As many of the older volumes have been superseded by the editions presented here, they are likely to be of interest and value only to specialist Assyriological researchers.
| Abbreviation | Full reference |
|---|---|
| ABL | Harper, R. F. and L. Waterman, Assyrian and Babylonian letters belonging to the Kouyunjik Collection of the British Museum, 14 vols., Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1892-1914 Download Vol. 1 from ETANA (11.35 MB PDF file) [http://www.etana.org/abzu/coretext.pl?RC=20241] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) Download Vol. 4 from ETANA (11.13 MB PDF file) [http://www.etana.org/abzu/coretext.pl?RC=20270] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) Download Vol. 7 from ETANA (13.97 MB PDF file) [http://www.etana.org/abzu/coretext.pl?RC=20269] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) Download Vol. 10 from ETANA (16.82 MB PDF file) [http://www.etana.org/abzu/coretext.pl?RC=20271] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) Download Vol. 13 from ETANA (12.68 MB PDF file) [http://www.etana.org/abzu/coretext.pl?RC=20272] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) Download Vol. 14 from ETANA (4.71 MB PDF file) [http://www.etana.org/abzu/coretext.pl?RC=20274] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) |
| CT 53 | Parpola, S., Cuneiform texts from Babylonian tablets in the British Museum, vol. 53: Neo-Assyrian letters from the Kuyunjik Collection, London: British Museum Publications, 1979 Download volume from ETANA (12.3 MB PDF file) [http://www.etana.org/abzu/coretext.pl?RC=20457] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) |
| CT 54 | Dietrich, M., Cuneiform texts from Babylonian tablets in the British Museum, vol. 54: Neo-Babylonian letters from the Kuyunjik Collection, London: British Museum Publications, 1979 Download volume from ETANA (16 MB PDF file) [http://www.etana.org/abzu/coretext.pl?RC=20458] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) |
| GPA | Postgate, J. N., The Governor's Palace archive (Cuneiform Texts from Nimrud 2), London: British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1973 |
| Iraq 7 | Campbell Thompson, R., 'A Selection from the Cuneiform Historical Texts from Nineveh (1927-32)', Iraq 7 (1940), 85-131 Download from JSTOR (2.9 MB PDF file) [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4199521] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) |
| NL | Saggs, H. W., 'The Nimrud Letters, parts I-IX', Iraq 17 (1955), 21-56; 126-156; Iraq 18 (1956), 40-56; Iraq 20 (1958), 182-212; Iraq 21 (1959), 158-179; Iraq 25 (1963), 70-80; Iraq 27 (1965), 17-32; Iraq 28 (1966), 177-191; Iraq 36 (1974), 199-221. Download part I from JSTOR (2.7 MB PDF file) [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4241715] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) Download part II from JSTOR (2.3 MB PDF file) [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4241723] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) Download part III from JSTOR (1.4 MB PDF file) [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4199596] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) Download part IV from JSTOR (2.6 MB PDF file) [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4199640] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) Download part V from JSTOR (2.0 MB PDF file) [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4199658] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) Download part VI from JSTOR (1.4 MB PDF file) [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4199732] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) Download part VII from JSTOR (1.5 MB PDF file) [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4199777] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) Download part VIII from JSTOR (1.2 MB PDF file) [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4199811] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) Download part IX from JSTOR (1.1 MB PDF file) [http://www.jstor.org/stable/4199989] (requires free Adobe Acrobat reader [http://www.adobe.com/uk/products/acrobat/readstep2.html]) |
| RCAE | Waterman, L., Royal Correspondence of the Assyrian Empire, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1930-1936 |
| TCL 9 | Contenau, G., Textes cunéiformes de Louvre, vol. 9: Contrats et lettres d'Assyrie et de Babylonie, Paris: P. Geuthner, 1926
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