AchHist 15, 003 (P521503)

Legal tablet excavated in Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 094638

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Debt note of beer for offerings)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Debt note of beer for offerings)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.--.10.14 ?
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P521503
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P521503

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 094638
Accession Number	1901-10-12, 0291

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1901-1012-291

References

primary: AchHist 15, 3

[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
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2020-10-14 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alstola, Tero; Leinonen, Linda; Salmi, Senja		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“AchHist 15, 003 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P521503.

AchHist 15, 003 artifact entry (No. P521503). (2026, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521503 (Original work published 2020)

AchHist 15, 003 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521503 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“AchHist 15, 003 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P521503.

AchHist 15, 003 artifact entry (No. P521503). (2026, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521503 (Original work published 2020)

AchHist 15, 003 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521503 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P521503},
}

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