CT 53, 797 (P314207)

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	P314207 P334389 (retired)
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P314207

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 00946 + K 16539

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.16539 + K.946
The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces (SAAo/SAA05)	P314207
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P314207 + X150335
The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces (SAAo/SAA15)	X150335
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P314207
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	X150335
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-946

References

primary: CT 53, 797

[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 15, 335

[Fuchs2001SAA15] Fuchs, Andreas, and Simo Parpola. 2001. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part III: Letters from Babylonia and the Eastern Provinces. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 15. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.
history: ABL

[Harper1892-1914ABL] Harper, Robert F. 1892-1914. Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum. University of Chicago Press.
history: SAA 5, 251

[Lanfranchi1990SAA5] Lanfranchi, Giovanni B., and Simo Parpola. 1990. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 5. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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 18:46:41	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-19 at 23:50:08	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Melin-Kronsell, Nils; Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-19 at 09:42:37	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 18:51:02	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, 797 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P314207.

CT 53, 797 artifact entry (No. P314207). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314207 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 797 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314207 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {CT 53, 797 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P314207},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314207},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 53, 797 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P314207.

CT 53, 797 artifact entry (No. P314207). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314207 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 797 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314207 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

@misc{2023CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {CT 53, 797 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P314207},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314207},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P314207
LB  - CDLI:P314207
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - CT 53, 797 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P314207
ER  -