CT 54, 164 (P238527)

Letter tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM —

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter (letter (to the king))

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter (letter (to the king))
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P238527
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P238527

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	K 05638 + K 12015 + K 13834

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.12015 + K.13834 + K.5638
The Babylonian Correspondence of Esarhaddon and Letters to Assurbanipal and Sin-šarru-iškun from Northern and Central Babylonia (SAAo/SAA18)	P238527
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P238527
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P238527
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P238527
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-13834

References

primary: CT 54, 164

[Dietrich1979CT54] Dietrich, Manfried. 1979. Neo-Babylonian Letters from the Kuyunjik Collection. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 54. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.
history: AOAT 295, 494-495

[Chamaza2002AOAT295] Chamaza, Vera. 2002. Die Omnipotenz Aššurs : Entwicklungen in Der Aššur-Theologie Unter Den Sargoniden Sargon II., Sanherib Und Asarhaddon. Vol. 295. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.
history: WdO 4, p.183-251, p. 209-210 (C I 2a)

[Dietrich1967-1968Quellen2] Dietrich, Manfried. 1967-1968. “Neue Quellen Zur Geschichte Babyloniens (II). (Ein Vorbericht).” Welt Des Orients 4: 183–251.
history: ABL

[Harper1892-1914ABL] Harper, Robert Francis. 1892-1914. Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum. University of Chicago Press.
history: SAA 18, 19

[Reynolds2003SAA18] Reynolds S., Frances. 2003. The Babylonian Correspondence of Esarhaddon and Letters to Assurbanipal and Sin-Šarru-Iškun from Northern and Central Babylonia. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 18. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
history: RCAE 2, 514-515 (K.05638) (no. 1460)

[Waterman1930RCAE2] Waterman, Leroy. 1930. Vol. 2. Royal Correspondence of the Assyrian Empire.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-26 at 11:39:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 18:24:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-26 at 10:51:29	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-07-05 at 18:39:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 19:57:55	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CT 54, 164 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P238527.

CT 54, 164 artifact entry (No. P238527). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238527 (Original work published 2003)

CT 54, 164 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238527 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 54, 164 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P238527.

CT 54, 164 artifact entry (No. P238527). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238527 (Original work published 2003)

CT 54, 164 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238527 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238527},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238527},
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