CT 53, 138 (P313553)

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

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P313553
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P313553

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	1879-07-08, 0260 + 1879-07-08, 0316

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1879,0708.260 + 1879,0708.316
The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces (SAAo/SAA05)	P313553
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P313553
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P313553
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P313553
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1879-0708-260

References

primary: CT 53, 138

[Parpola1978CT53] Parpola, Simo. 1978. Neo-Assyrian Letters from the Kuyunjik Collection. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 53. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.
history: SAA 5, 106

[Lanfranchi1990SAA5] Lanfranchi, Giovanni B., and Simo Parpola. 1990. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 5. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-08 at 08:53:02	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rattenborg, Rune		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	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 18:44:07	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 18:51:02	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-03-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CT 53, 138 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P313553.

CT 53, 138 artifact entry (No. P313553). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P313553 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 138 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P313553 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P313553},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 53, 138 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P313553.

CT 53, 138 artifact entry (No. P313553). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P313553 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 138 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P313553 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {CT 53, 138 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P313553},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P313553},
}

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PY  - 2026
ID  - P313553
LB  - CDLI:P313553
M1  - 2026/10/15/
TI  - CT 53, 138 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P313553
ER  -