BM 029266 (P559391)

Administrative 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 029266

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.23.01.22
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P559391
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P559391

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 029266
Accession Number	1898-11-12, 0442

References

primary: Nisaba 21, 853

[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	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-30 at 10:35:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-25 at 10:44:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-23 at 15:35:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029266 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559391.

BM 029266 artifact entry (No. P559391). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559391 (Original work published 2025)

BM 029266 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559391 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029266 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559391.

BM 029266 artifact entry (No. P559391). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559391 (Original work published 2025)

BM 029266 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559391 (Accessed: April 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-24]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {BM 029266 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559391},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559391},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/24/
TI  - BM 029266 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P559391
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