Archives de Borsippa, Pl.III (P299700)

Administrative tablet excavated in Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 08340

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

33.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Cyrus2.06.02.04
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P299700
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P299700

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	33.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 17.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
Written In
Archive	Ea-Ilûta-Bâni
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	NBC 08340
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-011336
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	NBC.8340

References

primary: CBCY 1, p. 66, NBC 8340

[Beaulieu1994CBCY1] Beaulieu, Paul-Alain. 1994. Late Babylonian Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 1. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.
history: Archives de Borsippa, Pl.III

[Joannès1989ArchivesBorsippa] Joannès, Francis. 1989. Archives de Borsippa : La Famille Ea-Ilûta-Bâni : Étude d’un Lot d’archives Familiales En Babylonie Du VIIIe Au Ve Siècle Av. J.-C. Vol. 2. École Pratique Des Hautes Études (France). Section Des Sciences Historiques et Philologiques. Genève : Droz.
history: Joannes, Archives deBorsippa, 338

[sec64452] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-20 at 07:43:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-30 at 14:05:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-26 at 09:16:52	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-05-14 at 10:23:37	Jagersma, Bram	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram		Jagersma, Bram	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl	Yale Babylonian Collection	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Archives de Borsippa, Pl.III Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P299700.

Archives de Borsippa, Pl.III artifact entry (No. P299700). (2025, August 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P299700 (Original work published 2006)

Archives de Borsippa, Pl.III artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P299700 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Archives de Borsippa, Pl.III Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P299700.

Archives de Borsippa, Pl.III artifact entry (No. P299700). (2025, August 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P299700 (Original work published 2006)

Archives de Borsippa, Pl.III artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P299700 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

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