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BM 085707 (P559599)

Legal tablet excavated in Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 085707

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 21, 1349

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

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 085707
Accession No.: 1899-04-15, 0514

Provenience

Provenience: Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Cambyses2.--.02.04 ?
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2025-12-21 at 09:01:56	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-02-23 at 16:47:46	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 085707 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559599.

BM 085707 artifact entry (No. P559599). (2025, December 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559599 (Original work published 2025)

BM 085707 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559599 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559599},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 085707 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 21, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559599.

BM 085707 artifact entry (No. P559599). (2025, December 21). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559599 (Original work published 2025)

BM 085707 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559599 (Accessed: January 22, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-22]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 21},
	title = {BM 085707 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559599},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559599},
}

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DA  - 2025/12/21/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P559599
LB  - CDLI:P559599
M1  - 2026/1/22/
TI  - BM 085707 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P559599
ER  -