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AchHist 15, 059 (P521548)

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 029257

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 barley)

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 barley)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: AchHist 15, 59

[Waerzeggers2010Borsippa] Waerzeggers, Caroline. 2010. The Ezida Temple of Borsippa. Priesthood, Cult, Archives. Achaemenid History 15. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
history: Nisaba 21, 848

[Zadok2009Nisaba21] Zadok, Ran. 2009. Catalogue of Documents from Borsippa or Related to Borsippa in the British Museum. Nisaba 21.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 029257
Accession No.: 1898-11-12, 0433

Provenience

Provenience: Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nabonidus.09.06.06 ?
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-02-23 at 11:30:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2020-10-14 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:

The British Museum Collection (W_1898-1112-433) (W_1898-1112-433)

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Cite this Artifacts

“AchHist 15, 059 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P521548.

AchHist 15, 059 artifact entry (No. P521548). (2025, February 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521548 (Original work published 2020)

AchHist 15, 059 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521548 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P521548},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“AchHist 15, 059 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P521548.

AchHist 15, 059 artifact entry (No. P521548). (2025, February 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521548 (Original work published 2020)

AchHist 15, 059 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521548 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {feb 23},
	title = {AchHist 15, 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P521548},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P521548},
}

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