CT 54, 590 (P237553)

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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 099153 + BM 099308

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	P237553
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P237553

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 099153 + BM 099308
Accession Number	1904-10-09, 0185 + 1904-10-09, 0340

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.99153
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1904-1009-185

References

primary: CT 54, 590

[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, 1395+

[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: RCAE 2, 474-477 (no. 1395) (Ki.1904-10-9,185)

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-02-19 at 22:19:34	Ong, Matthew	Artifact metadata	Ong, Matthew		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2024-10-26 at 11:39:20	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-08 at 18:24:20	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
2023-01-19 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, 590 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P237553.

CT 54, 590 artifact entry (No. P237553). (2025, February 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237553 (Original work published 2003)

CT 54, 590 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237553 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237553},
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Cite this Artifact

“CT 54, 590 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P237553.

CT 54, 590 artifact entry (No. P237553). (2025, February 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237553 (Original work published 2003)

CT 54, 590 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237553 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {feb 20},
	title = {CT 54, 590 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237553},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237553},
}

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