BM 029403 (P559453)

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 029403

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	Nebuchadnezzar2.41.04.08
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P559453
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P559453

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 029403
Accession Number	1898-11-14, 0036

References

primary: Nisaba 21, 932

[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
2025-11-30 at 10:35:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-23 at 16:47:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 029403 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559453.

BM 029403 artifact entry (No. P559453). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559453 (Original work published 2025)

BM 029403 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559453 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 029403 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559453.

BM 029403 artifact entry (No. P559453). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559453 (Original work published 2025)

BM 029403 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559453 (Accessed: October 27, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-27]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {BM 029403 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559453},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559453},
}

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DA  - 2025/11/30/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P559453
LB  - CDLI:P559453
M1  - 2026/10/27/
TI  - BM 029403 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P559453
ER  -