AchHist 15, 118 (P202510)

Receipt 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 029503

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative > Receipt (Receipt of silver)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative > Receipt (Receipt of silver)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Cyrus & Cambyses.01.04.19
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P202510
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P202510

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 029503
Accession Number	1898-11-14, 0136

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.29503
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-1114-136

References

primary: AchHist 15, 118

[Waerzeggers2010Borsippa] Waerzeggers, Caroline. 2010. The Ezida Temple of Borsippa. Priesthood, Cult, Archives. Achaemenid History 15. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
primary: Nisaba 21, 999

[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
2025-12-17 at 17:51:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-12-15 at 14:15:25	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 13:32:21	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	Alstola, Tero; Leinonen, Linda; Salmi, Senja		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“AchHist 15, 118 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P202510.

AchHist 15, 118 artifact entry (No. P202510). (2025, December 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202510 (Original work published 2002)

AchHist 15, 118 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202510 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“AchHist 15, 118 Artifact Entry.” (2002) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P202510.

AchHist 15, 118 artifact entry (No. P202510). (2025, December 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P202510 (Original work published 2002)

AchHist 15, 118 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P202510 (Accessed: October 12, 2026).

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