BM 029420 (P202505)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 029420

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.15.04.12
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P202505
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P202505

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 029420
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.29420
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-1114-53

References

primary: Nisaba 21, 947

[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
2025-12-23 at 14:58:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-04-25 at 10:46:33	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-23 at 15:51:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:02:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2002-07-11 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alivernini, Sergio; Alster, Bendt; Englund, Robert K.; Molina, Manuel; Reid, Nicholas		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BM 029420 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P202505.

BM 029420 artifact entry (No. P202505). (2025, December 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202505 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029420 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202505 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202505},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 029420 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P202505.

BM 029420 artifact entry (No. P202505). (2025, December 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202505 (Original work published 2002)

BM 029420 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202505 (Accessed: October 26, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-26]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 23},
	title = {BM 029420 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P202505},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P202505},
}

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PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P202505
M1  - 2026/10/26/
TI  - BM 029420 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P202505
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