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BM 025589 (P558891)

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

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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 025589

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 21, 145

[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 025589
Accession No.: 1898-02-16, 0643

Provenience

Provenience: Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Darius1.03.06b.06 ?
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-23 at 14:12:57	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-03-05 at 09:43:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-21 at 19:36:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

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Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	-	-

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025589 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P558891.

BM 025589 artifact entry (No. P558891). (2025, December 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P558891 (Original work published 2025)

BM 025589 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P558891 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P558891},
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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 025589 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P558891.

BM 025589 artifact entry (No. P558891). (2025, December 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P558891 (Original work published 2025)

BM 025589 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P558891 (Accessed: February 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-02-15]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 23},
	title = {BM 025589 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P558891},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P558891},
}

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DA  - 2025/12/23/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P558891
LB  - CDLI:P558891
M1  - 2026/2/15/
TI  - BM 025589 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P558891
ER  -