CT 53, 868 (P314277)

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	P314277
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P314277

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, 360

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	Rm-II.360
The Correspondence of Assurbanipal, Part I: Letters from Assyria, Babylonia, and Vassal States (SAAo/SAA21)	P314277
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P314277
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P314277
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P314277
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_Rm-II-360

References

primary: CT 53, 868

[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.

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 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	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 53, 868 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P314277.

CT 53, 868 artifact entry (No. P314277). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314277 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 868 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314277 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314277},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 53, 868 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P314277.

CT 53, 868 artifact entry (No. P314277). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314277 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 868 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314277 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

@misc{2023CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-11]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {CT 53, 868 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P314277},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314277},
}

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PY  - 2023
ID  - P314277
LB  - CDLI:P314277
M1  - 2026/4/11/
TI  - CT 53, 868 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P314277
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