CT 53, 937, 1883-01-18, 0493 (P314346)

Official or display tablet excavated in Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Metadata history

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)

Official or display (witness)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Witness

Text content

Genre(s) Official or display (witness)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Accounting Period

Composites

This artifact is a witness to the following composite(s):

Composite Composite Number Score
Dummy composite "needed" (P546835) needed View the score

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P314346

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 1883-01-18, 0420 (+) 1883-01-18, 0493 (+) 1891-05-09 Bu, 0131

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) 1883,0118.420
Neo-Assyrian Treaties and Loyalty Oaths (SAAo/SAA02) P314346
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP) P314346
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP) P314346
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo) P314346
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1883-0118-420

References

  • primary: CT 53, 937

    [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: JCS 39 (pp. 161-189), 187

    [Parpola1987JCS39] Parpola, Simo. 1987. “Neo-Assyrian Treaties from the Royal Archives of Nineveh.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 39 (2): 161–89. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359779.

    fragment given as 83-1-18,493 on page 163 n. 10, but 83-1-18,483 on page 187

  • history: SAA 2, 4

    [Parpola1988SAA2] Parpola, Simo, and Kazuko Watanabe. 1988. Neo-Assyrian Treaties and Loyalty Oaths. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 2. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2026-03-08 at 08:53:02 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rattenborg, Rune Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2024-09-09 at 09:54:13 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:46:41 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
2023-06-01 at 18:51:02 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Novotny, Jamie Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2006-03-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata CDLI CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 53, 937, 1883-01-18, 0493 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P314346.
CT 53, 937, 1883-01-18, 0493 artifact entry (No. P314346). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314346 (Original work published 2006)
CT 53, 937, 1883-01-18, 0493 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314346 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314346},
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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 53, 937, 1883-01-18, 0493 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P314346.
CT 53, 937, 1883-01-18, 0493 artifact entry (No. P314346). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314346 (Original work published 2006)
CT 53, 937, 1883-01-18, 0493 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314346 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).
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