CT 54, 155 (P238517)

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 (letter (from the king))

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter (letter (from the king))
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P238517
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P238517

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	K 05625

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.5625
The Correspondence of Assurbanipal, Part I: Letters from Assyria, Babylonia, and Vassal States (SAAo/SAA21)	P238517
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P238517
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P238517
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P238517
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-5625

References

primary: CT 54, 155

[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: ASJ 7, p.139-156, p. 150

[Watanabe1985Briefe] Watanabe, Kazuko. 1985. “Die Briefe Der Neuassyrischen Könige.” Acta Sumerologica 7: 139–56.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-19 at 13:19:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	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 18:39:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 19:55:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 19:57:55	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		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	Artifact metadata	Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 54, 155 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P238517.

CT 54, 155 artifact entry (No. P238517). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238517 (Original work published 2003)

CT 54, 155 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238517 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 54, 155 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P238517.

CT 54, 155 artifact entry (No. P238517). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P238517 (Original work published 2003)

CT 54, 155 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P238517 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	month = {aug 19},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P238517},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P238517},
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