CT 54, 221 (P238936)

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	P238936
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P238936

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 10736

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.10736
Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars (SAAo/SAA10)	P238936
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P238936
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P238936
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P238936
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-10736

References

primary: CT 54, 221

[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.
primary: SAA 10, 157

[Parpola1993SAA10] Parpola, Simo. 1993. Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Scholars. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 10. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
history: WdO 4, p.183-251, p. 208-209 (C I 1c)

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-11-02 at 09:04:42	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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 18:53:23	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, 221 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P238936.

CT 54, 221 artifact entry (No. P238936). (2026, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238936 (Original work published 2003)

CT 54, 221 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238936 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 54, 221 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 2, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P238936.

CT 54, 221 artifact entry (No. P238936). (2026, November 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238936 (Original work published 2003)

CT 54, 221 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238936 (Accessed: November 6, 2026).

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