CT 22, pl. 01, 001a (P365478)

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

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025676

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

70.0 mm × 35.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.36.03.--
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P365478 P202424 (retired)
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P365478

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	70.0 mm × 35.0 mm
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 025676
Accession Number	1898-02-16, 0730

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.25676
State Archives of Assyria Online (SAAo)	Q009252
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1898-0216-730

References

primary: CT 22, pl., 01, 001a

[Thompson1906CT22] Thompson, Reginald Campbell. 1906. Cuneiform Texts. Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum 22.

(no. on drawing incorrect)
history: Nisaba 21, 191

[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 14:12:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-21 at 14:31:44	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-08-28 at 09:33:14	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
2023-08-07 at 13:44:40	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:53:06	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2007-03-09 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“CT 22, Pl. 01, 001a Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P365478.

CT 22, pl. 01, 001a artifact entry (No. P365478). (2025, December 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P365478 (Original work published 2007)

CT 22, pl. 01, 001a artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P365478 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
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	title = {CT 22, pl. 01, 001a artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P365478},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“CT 22, Pl. 01, 001a Artifact Entry.” (2007) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P365478.

CT 22, pl. 01, 001a artifact entry (No. P365478). (2025, December 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P365478 (Original work published 2007)

CT 22, pl. 01, 001a artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P365478 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 23},
	title = {CT 22, pl. 01, 001a artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P365478},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P365478},
}

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DA  - 2025/12/23/
PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P365478
M1  - 2026/10/24/
TI  - CT 22, pl. 01, 001a artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P365478
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