BM 026728 (P559153)

Legal tablet excavated in Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026728

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 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-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P559153
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P559153

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 026728
Accession Number	1898-05-14, 0546

References

primary: Nisaba 21, 524

[Zadok2009Nisaba21] Zadok, Ran. 2009. Catalogue of Documents from Borsippa or Related to Borsippa in the British Museum. Nisaba 21.
citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), Fn.1, In.1

[Brinkman1983JCS35] Brinkman, John A., and Douglas A. Kennedy. 1983. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: A Survey of Dated Babylonian Economic Texts, 721-626 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 35 (1–2): 1–90.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-27 at 14:35:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-12 at 08:52:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-22 at 20:15:04	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 026728 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559153.

BM 026728 artifact entry (No. P559153). (2025, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559153 (Original work published 2025)

BM 026728 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559153 (Accessed: April 28, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 026728 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559153.

BM 026728 artifact entry (No. P559153). (2025, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559153 (Original work published 2025)

BM 026728 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559153 (Accessed: April 28, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-28]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BM 026728 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559153},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559153},
}

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PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P559153
M1  - 2026/4/28/
TI  - BM 026728 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P559153
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