CT 53, 144 (P313559)

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	Sargon2.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P313559
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P313559

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM —
Accession Number	1881-02-04, 0402

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1881,0204.402
The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West (SAAo/SAA01)	P313559
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P313559
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P313559
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P313559
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1881-0204-402

References

primary: CT 53, 144

[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 1, 46

[Parpola1987SAA1] Parpola, Simo. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	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 18:44:07	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	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 53, 144 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P313559.

CT 53, 144 artifact entry (No. P313559). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P313559 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 144 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P313559 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P313559},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 53, 144 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P313559.

CT 53, 144 artifact entry (No. P313559). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P313559 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 144 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P313559 (Accessed: April 17, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-17]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {CT 53, 144 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P313559},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P313559},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/17/
TI  - CT 53, 144 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P313559
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