CT 53, 147 (P313562)

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

Photo (detail)

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

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P313562
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P313562

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	1883-01-18, 0022

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	1883,0118.22
The Political Correspondence of Esarhaddon (SAAo/SAA16)	P313562
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P313562
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P313562
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P313562
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1883-0118-22

References

primary: CT 53, 147

[Parpola1978CT53] Parpola, Simo. 1978. Neo-Assyrian Letters from the Kuyunjik Collection. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 53. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.
history: ZA 97 (pp. 98–118), 107

[Livingstone2007ZA97] Livingstone, Alasdair. 2007. “Ashurbanipal: Literate or Not?” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 97: 98–118.
history: SAA 16, 19

[Luukko2002SAA16] Luukko, Mikko, and Greta Van Buylaere. 2002. The Political Correspondence of Esarhaddon. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 16. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-06-09 at 10:42:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	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 18:44:07	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28	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
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-03-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CT 53, 147 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 9, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P313562.

CT 53, 147 artifact entry (No. P313562). (2026, June 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P313562 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 147 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P313562 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P313562},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 53, 147 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 9, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P313562.

CT 53, 147 artifact entry (No. P313562). (2026, June 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P313562 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 147 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P313562 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-12]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jun 9},
	title = {CT 53, 147 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P313562},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P313562},
}

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M1  - 2026/10/12/
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