CT 53, 211 (P313626)

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	P313626 P334649 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P313626

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 01925 + K 04724

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.1925 + K.4724
The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West (SAAo/SAA01)	P313626
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P313626
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P313626
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P313626
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-1925

References

primary: CT 53, 211

[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: 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 1, 257

[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.
history: SKT 2, 40 (K 04724)

[Winckler1894SKT2] Winckler, Hugo. 1894. Vol. 2. Sammlung von Keilschrifttexten.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-05-27 at 18:22:13	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 18:44:07	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, 211 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P313626.

CT 53, 211 artifact entry (No. P313626). (2024, May 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P313626 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 211 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P313626 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P313626},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 53, 211 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 27, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P313626.

CT 53, 211 artifact entry (No. P313626). (2024, May 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P313626 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 211 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P313626 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {may 27},
	title = {CT 53, 211 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P313626},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P313626},
}

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