NBC 08406 (P299767)

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 08406

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

46.0 mm × 58.0 mm × 17.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.16.12b.25
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P299767
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P299767

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	46.0 mm × 58.0 mm × 17.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	NBC 08406
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-011404
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	NBC.8406

References

citation: CBCY 1, p. 70 NBC 8406

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-19 at 10:16:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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	Ditchey, Mallory		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“NBC 08406 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P299767.

NBC 08406 artifact entry (No. P299767). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P299767 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 08406 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P299767 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“NBC 08406 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P299767.

NBC 08406 artifact entry (No. P299767). (2025, December 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P299767 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 08406 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P299767 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 19},
	title = {NBC 08406 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P299767},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P299767},
}

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