AchHIst 15, 150 (P404855)

Legal tablet excavated in Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 094582

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Property deed of the oxherd prebend)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Property deed of the oxherd prebend)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nabonidus.08.09.11
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P404855
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P404855

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud) Purchased from I Élias Géjou in 1901.
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 094582
Accession Number	1901-10-12, 0235

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.94582
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1901-1012-235

References

primary: AchHist 15, 150

[Waerzeggers2010Borsippa] Waerzeggers, Caroline. 2010. The Ezida Temple of Borsippa. Priesthood, Cult, Archives. Achaemenid History 15. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-07-22 at 13:28:31	Cross, Aidan	Artifact metadata	Cross, Aidan		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-03-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alstola, Tero; Leinonen, Linda; Salmi, Senja		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“AchHIst 15, 150 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P404855.

AchHIst 15, 150 artifact entry (No. P404855). (2026, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404855 (Original work published 2010)

AchHIst 15, 150 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404855 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {AchHIst 15, 150 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404855},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404855},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“AchHIst 15, 150 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P404855.

AchHIst 15, 150 artifact entry (No. P404855). (2026, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404855 (Original work published 2010)

AchHIst 15, 150 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404855 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {AchHIst 15, 150 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404855},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404855},
}

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PY  - 2026
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LB  - CDLI:P404855
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - AchHIst 15, 150 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P404855
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