BM 017599 (P555610)

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 017599

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nabopolassar.09.02.14
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P555610
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P555610

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 017599
Accession Number	1894-10-13, 0003

References

primary: Nisaba 21, 9

[Zadok2009Nisaba21] Zadok, Ran. 2009. Catalogue of Documents from Borsippa or Related to Borsippa in the British Museum. Nisaba 21.
citation: JCS 38 (pp. 172-244), T.9.5

[Kennedy1986JCS38] Kennedy, Douglas A. 1986. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: Part II: A Survey of Babylonian Texts, 626-605 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 38 (2): 172–244. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359799.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-11 at 16:49:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-06 at 13:26:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-21 at 11:09:02	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-31 at 16:19:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-12-30 at 20:05:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 017599 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P555610.

BM 017599 artifact entry (No. P555610). (2025, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P555610 (Original work published 2024)

BM 017599 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P555610 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 017599 Artifact Entry.” (2024) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 11, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P555610.

BM 017599 artifact entry (No. P555610). (2025, October 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P555610 (Original work published 2024)

BM 017599 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P555610 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P555610},
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