CT 53, 817 (P314226)

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	P314226
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P314226

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	Sm 0437

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	Sm.437
Imperial Administrative Records, Part II: Provincial and Militar Administration (SAAo/SAA11)	P314226
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P314226
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P314226
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P314226
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_SM-437

References

primary: CT 53, 817

[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 11, 35

[Fales1995SAA11] Fales, Frederick Mario, and J. Nicholas Postgate. 1995. Imperial Administrative Records, Part II: Provincial and Military Administration. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 11. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-10-29 at 22:09:26	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
2023-06-15 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 Artifact

“CT 53, 817 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 29, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P314226.

CT 53, 817 artifact entry (No. P314226). (2023, October 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314226 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 817 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314226 (Accessed: May 19, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314226},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 53, 817 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 29, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P314226.

CT 53, 817 artifact entry (No. P314226). (2023, October 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314226 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 817 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314226 (Accessed: May 19, 2026).

@misc{2023CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-19]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {oct 29},
	title = {CT 53, 817 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P314226},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314226},
}

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DA  - 2023/10/29/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P314226
LB  - CDLI:P314226
M1  - 2026/5/19/
TI  - CT 53, 817 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P314226
ER  -