CT 54, 433 (P240444)

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; ? or temple adm or memorandum)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter (letter; ? or temple adm or memorandum)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P240444
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P240444

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	Sm 2163

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	Sm.2163
The Babylonian Correspondence of Esarhaddon and Letters to Assurbanipal and Sin-šarru-iškun from Northern and Central Babylonia (SAAo/SAA18)	P240444
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P240444
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P240444
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P240444

References

primary: CT 54, 433

[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: SAA 18, 121

[Reynolds2003SAA18] Reynolds S., Frances. 2003. The Babylonian Correspondence of Esarhaddon and Letters to Assurbanipal and Sin-Šarru-Iškun from Northern and Central Babylonia. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 18. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
history: ZA 70 (pp. 145-150), 150 (no letter)

[vonSoden1980ZA70] Soden, Wolfram von. 1980. “Reviews of: Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the Biitish Museum. Part 53: Neo-Assyrian Letters from the Kuyunjik Collection, by S. Parpola. Part 54: Neo-Babylonian Letters from the Kuyunjik Collection, by M. Dietrich.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 70: 145–50.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-03 at 16:19:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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 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, 433 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P240444.

CT 54, 433 artifact entry (No. P240444). (2024, September 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240444 (Original work published 2003)

CT 54, 433 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240444 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 54, 433 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 3, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P240444.

CT 54, 433 artifact entry (No. P240444). (2024, September 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P240444 (Original work published 2003)

CT 54, 433 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P240444 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P240444},
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