CT 54, 425 (P240379)

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

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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 (letter (to the king))

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: CT 54, 425

    [Dietrich1979CT54] Dietrich, Manfried. 1979. Neo-Babylonian Letters from the Kuyunjik Collection. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 54. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

  • history: AOAT 242

    [deVaan1995AOAT242] Vaan, J. M. C. T. de. 1995. “Ich Bin Eine Schwertklinge Des Königs” : Die Sprache Des Bēl-Ibni. Vol. 242. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.

  • history: Dietrich Aramäer, 100, 101, 188-189 (obv. 4-12)

    [Dietrich1970Aramaer] Dietrich, Manfried. 1970. Die Aramäer Südbabyloniens in Der Sargonidenzeit (700-648). Vol. 7. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament.

  • history: PIHANS 69, 180

    [Frame1992PIHANS69] Frame, Grant. 1992. Babylonia 689-627 B.C. A Political History. Vol. 69. Publications de l’Institut Historique-Archéologique Néerlandais de Stamboul .

  • 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: RCAE 2, 52-53 (no. 790)

    [Waterman1930RCAE2] Waterman, Leroy. 1930. Vol. 2. Royal Correspondence of the Assyrian Empire.

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  • Museum No.: BM —
  • Accession No.: Sm 1392 + Sm 1831

  • Provenience: Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-10-26 at 11:39:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-22 at 16:49:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-22 at 16:46:23 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-22 at 16:37:16 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-22 at 14:50:41 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-08 at 18:24:20 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-06-26 at 10:45:07 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-07-05 at 18:44:07 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2003-12-03 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Fincke, Jeanette C.; Fitzgerald, Madeleine CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“CT 54, 425 Artifact Entry.” (2003) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P240379.
CT 54, 425 artifact entry (No. P240379). (2024, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P240379 (Original work published 2003)
CT 54, 425 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P240379 (Accessed: March 15, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-03-15]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 26},
	title = {CT 54, 425 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P240379},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P240379},
}


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