CT 54, 486 (P237091)

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

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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

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CT 54, 486

    [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: ABL

    [Harper1892-1914ABL] Harper, Robert F. 1892-1914. Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum. University of Chicago Press.

  • history: Dietrich, AOAT 7, 1970, 186-187 (obv. 3-13, rev. 2-7)

    [sec37578] N.d.

  • history: RCAE 2, 366-369 (83-1-18,123) (no. 1246)

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

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: 1881-07-27, 0151 + 1883-01-18, 0123

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-26 at 11:39:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 18:24:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:39:40 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CT 54, 486 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237091.
CT 54, 486 artifact entry (No. P237091). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237091 (Original work published 2003)
CT 54, 486 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237091 (Accessed: May 15, 2025).
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	month = {oct 26},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237091},
}


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