AchHist 15, 075 (P521562)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 096286

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Cancellation of prebend sale)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Cancellation of prebend sale)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.03.12.30
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P521562
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P521562

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 096286
Accession Number	1902-04-12, 0398

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1902-0412-398

References

primary: AchHist 15, 75

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

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	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

Cite this Artifacts

“AchHist 15, 075 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P521562.

AchHist 15, 075 artifact entry (No. P521562). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521562 (Original work published 2020)

AchHist 15, 075 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521562 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“AchHist 15, 075 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 11, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P521562.

AchHist 15, 075 artifact entry (No. P521562). (2023, September 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521562 (Original work published 2020)

AchHist 15, 075 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521562 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {sep 11},
	title = {AchHist 15, 075 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P521562},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P521562},
}

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PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P521562
M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - AchHist 15, 075 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P521562
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