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AchHist 15, 146 (P404858)

Legal tablet excavated in Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 094678

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Debt note of silver)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (Debt note of silver)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: AchHist 15, 146

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

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 094678
Accession No.: 1901-10-12, 0331

Provenience

Provenience: Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nabonidus.06.08.29
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-26 at 08:48:24	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
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-03-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Alstola, Tero; Leinonen, Linda; Salmi, Senja		CDLI	Approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.94678) (BM.94678)
British Museum Collection (W_1901-1012-331) (W_1901-1012-331)

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Cite this Artifacts

“AchHist 15, 146 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404858.

AchHist 15, 146 artifact entry (No. P404858). (2025, November 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404858 (Original work published 2010)

AchHist 15, 146 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404858 (Accessed: February 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 26},
	title = {AchHist 15, 146 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404858},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404858},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AchHist 15, 146 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P404858.

AchHist 15, 146 artifact entry (No. P404858). (2025, November 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P404858 (Original work published 2010)

AchHist 15, 146 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P404858 (Accessed: February 13, 2026).

@misc{2025AchHist,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 26},
	title = {AchHist 15, 146 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P404858},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P404858},
}

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DA  - 2025/11/26/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P404858
LB  - CDLI:P404858
M1  - 2026/2/13/
TI  - AchHist 15, 146 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P404858
ER  -