CT 54, 124 + 202 + 203 + 422 + 558 (P237709)

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 (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	P237709 P336156 (retired) P240414 (retired) P237669 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P237709

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 05510 + K 07519 + K 07527 + Sm 1793 + 1891-05-09 Bu, 0030

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.5510
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P336156
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P237709
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P336156
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-5510

References

primary: CT 54, 124 + 202 + 203 + 422 + 558

[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: AOAT 242, 340-341 (K 07519)

[deVaan1995AOAT242] Vaan, J. M. C. T. de. 1995. “Ich Bin Eine Schwertklinge Des Königs” : Die Sprache Des Bēl-Ibni. Vol. 242. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.
history: SAA 17, 180

[Dietrich2003SAA17] Dietrich, Manfried. 2003. The Neo-Babylonian Correspondence of Sargon and Sennacherib. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 17. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

(K. 7527)

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-26 at 10:45:07	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 18:39:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30	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, 124 + 202 + 203 + 422 + 558 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237709.

CT 54, 124 + 202 + 203 + 422 + 558 artifact entry (No. P237709). (2024, June 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237709 (Original work published 2003)

CT 54, 124 + 202 + 203 + 422 + 558 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237709 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 26},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237709},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 54, 124 + 202 + 203 + 422 + 558 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 26, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P237709.

CT 54, 124 + 202 + 203 + 422 + 558 artifact entry (No. P237709). (2024, June 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P237709 (Original work published 2003)

CT 54, 124 + 202 + 203 + 422 + 558 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P237709 (Accessed: October 7, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-07]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 26},
	title = {CT 54, 124 + 202 + 203 + 422 + 558 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P237709},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P237709},
}

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DA  - 2024/6/26/
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M1  - 2026/10/7/
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UR  - https://cdli.earth/P237709
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