CT 53, 635 (P314047)

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

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	P314047
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P314047

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 15277

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.15277
Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Priests to Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal (SAAo/SAA13)	P314047
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P314047
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P314047
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P314047
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-15277

References

primary: CT 53, 635

[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: SAA 13, 169

[Cole1998SAA13] Cole, Steven W., and Peter Machinist. 1998. Letters from Assyrian and Babylonian Priests to Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 13. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

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 18:46:41	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 18:53:23	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	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 53, 635 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P314047.

CT 53, 635 artifact entry (No. P314047). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314047 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 635 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314047 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314047},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 53, 635 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P314047.

CT 53, 635 artifact entry (No. P314047). (2023, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314047 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 635 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314047 (Accessed: April 7, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-07]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {CT 53, 635 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P314047},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314047},
}

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TI  - CT 53, 635 artifact entry
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