CT 53, 863 (P314272)

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	Sargon2.00.00.00
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P314272
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P314272

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	Rm 2, 015

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	Rm-II.15
The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West (SAAo/SAA01)	P314272
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P314272
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P314272
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P314272
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Rm-II-15

References

primary: CT 53, 863

[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 1, 261

[Parpola1987SAA1] Parpola, Simo. 1987. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I: Letters from Assyria and the West. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 1. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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 18:46:41	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 18:51:02	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, 863 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P314272.

CT 53, 863 artifact entry (No. P314272). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314272 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 863 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314272 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314272},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 53, 863 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P314272.

CT 53, 863 artifact entry (No. P314272). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314272 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 863 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314272 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {CT 53, 863 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P314272},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314272},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - CT 53, 863 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P314272
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