CT 53, 960 (P314369)

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

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	P314369
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P314369

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	1891-05-09 Bu, 0046

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
The Political Correspondence of Esarhaddon (SAAo/SAA16)	P314369
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P314369
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P314369

References

primary: CT 53, 960

[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 16, 110

[Luukko2002SAA16] Luukko, Mikko, and Greta Van Buylaere. 2002. The Political Correspondence of Esarhaddon. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 16. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40	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
2006-03-03 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“CT 53, 960 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 7, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P314369.

CT 53, 960 artifact entry (No. P314369). (2023, August 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314369 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 960 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314369 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“CT 53, 960 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 7, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P314369.

CT 53, 960 artifact entry (No. P314369). (2023, August 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P314369 (Original work published 2006)

CT 53, 960 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P314369 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {aug 7},
	title = {CT 53, 960 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P314369},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P314369},
}

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PY  - 2023
ID  - P314369
LB  - CDLI:P314369
M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - CT 53, 960 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P314369
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