NABU 1997/011 BM 26528 (P559019)

Legal tablet excavated in Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud), and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026528

Period

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
Dates Referenced	Nabu-shuma-ishkun
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P559019
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P559019

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 026528
Accession Number	1898-05-14, 0346

References

primary: NABU 1997/011

[Zadok1997NABU011] Zadok, Ran. 1997. “Two N/LB Documents from the British Museum.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 1997 (11).
citation: Nisaba 21, 346

[Zadok2009Nisaba21] Zadok, Ran. 2009. Catalogue of Documents from Borsippa or Related to Borsippa in the British Museum. Nisaba 21.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2026-05-24 at 18:50:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-22 at 16:40:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“NABU 1997/011 BM 26528 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 24, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P559019.

NABU 1997/011 BM 26528 artifact entry (No. P559019). (2026, May 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559019 (Original work published 2025)

NABU 1997/011 BM 26528 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559019 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“NABU 1997/011 BM 26528 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 24, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P559019.

NABU 1997/011 BM 26528 artifact entry (No. P559019). (2026, May 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559019 (Original work published 2025)

NABU 1997/011 BM 26528 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559019 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {may 24},
	title = {NABU 1997/011 {BM} 26528 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559019},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559019},
}

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