CT 53, 057 + (P393858)

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	P393858 P313472 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P393858

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	K 01067 + K 01886

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	K.1067
The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces (SAAo/SAA05)	P393858
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P393858
Ashurbanipal Library Project (AsbP)	P393858
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	P393858
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_K-1067

References

primary: CT 53, 57

[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: ABL

[Harper1892-1914ABL] Harper, Robert F. 1892-1914. Assyrian and Babylonian Letters Belonging to the Kouyunjik Collections of the British Museum. University of Chicago Press.
history: SAA 5, 31

[Lanfranchi1990SAA5] Lanfranchi, Giovanni B., and Simo Parpola. 1990. The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part II: Letters from the Northern and Northeastern Provinces. State Archives of Assyria, Volume 5. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-09-09 at 18:41:45	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 18:58:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:38:30	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 07:56:19	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-02-17 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Michalowski, Piotr	British Museum Collection	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CT 53, 057 + Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P393858.

CT 53, 057 + artifact entry (No. P393858). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P393858 (Original work published 2010)

CT 53, 057 + artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P393858 (Accessed: September 5, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {CT 53, 057 + artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P393858},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P393858},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 53, 057 + Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 9, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P393858.

CT 53, 057 + artifact entry (No. P393858). (2023, September 9). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P393858 (Original work published 2010)

CT 53, 057 + artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P393858 (Accessed: September 5, 2026).

@misc{2023CT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 9},
	title = {CT 53, 057 + artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P393858},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P393858},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/9/9/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P393858
LB  - CDLI:P393858
M1  - 2026/9/5/
TI  - CT 53, 057 + artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P393858
ER  -