AchHist 15, 055 (P521544)

Receipt 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 096508

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative > Receipt (Receipt of barley, prebendary income)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative > Receipt (Receipt of barley, prebendary income)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.12.11.26
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P521544
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P521544

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 096508
Accession Number	1902-04-12, 0620

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1902-0412-620

References

primary: AchHist 15, 55

[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	Action
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, 055 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P521544.

AchHist 15, 055 artifact entry (No. P521544). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521544 (Original work published 2020)

AchHist 15, 055 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521544 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“AchHist 15, 055 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P521544.

AchHist 15, 055 artifact entry (No. P521544). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521544 (Original work published 2020)

AchHist 15, 055 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521544 (Accessed: October 22, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P521544},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P521544},
}

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