BBS 023 (P472669)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 104408

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Kudurru

Material(s)

Stone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P472669
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P472669

Physical information

kudurru

Artifact type	Kudurru kudurru
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Stone
Preservation	fragment

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 104408
Accession Number	1880-11-12, 1896

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1880-1112-1896

References

primary: BBS, 023

[King1912BBS] King, Leonard W. 1912. Babylonian Boundary Stones and Memorial Tablets in the British Museum. British Museum, London.
history: AOAT 51, U 33/34

[Paulus2014-KANS4LCZ] Paulus, Susanne. 2014. Die Babylonischen Kudurru-Inschriften von Der Kassitischen Bis Zur Frühneubabylonischen Zeit. Untersucht Unter Besonderer Berücksichtigung Gesellschafts- Und Rechtshistorischer Fragestellungen. Vol. 51. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament (AOAT). Münster: Ugarit-Verlag.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-01-13 at 10:27:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-05-25 at 15:47:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2014-12-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BBS 023 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P472669.

BBS 023 artifact entry (No. P472669). (2025, January 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472669 (Original work published 2014)

BBS 023 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472669 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P472669},
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Cite this Artifact

“BBS 023 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 13, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P472669.

BBS 023 artifact entry (No. P472669). (2025, January 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P472669 (Original work published 2014)

BBS 023 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P472669 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 13},
	title = {BBS 023 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P472669},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P472669},
}

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LB  - CDLI:P472669
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - BBS 023 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P472669
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