BM 025647 (P558909)

Administrative 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 025647

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.22.01.-- ?
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	S999999	-	-

Record

CDLI number	P558909
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P558909

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

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 025647
Accession Number	1898-02-16, 0701

References

primary: Nisaba 21, 167

[Zadok2009Nisaba21] Zadok, Ran. 2009. Catalogue of Documents from Borsippa or Related to Borsippa in the British Museum. Nisaba 21.
history: Nisaba 28, no. 169

[Altavilla2016Nisaba28] Altavilla, Stefania, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2016. Late Babylonian Seal Impressions on Tablets in the British Museum: Part 2: Babylon and Its Vicinity. Nisaba 28. Messina : Di.Sc.A.M.

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
2025-08-21 at 15:03:27	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

Cite this Artifact

“BM 025647 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P558909.

BM 025647 artifact entry (No. P558909). (2025, December 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P558909 (Original work published 2025)

BM 025647 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P558909 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 025647 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P558909.

BM 025647 artifact entry (No. P558909). (2025, December 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P558909 (Original work published 2025)

BM 025647 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P558909 (Accessed: October 11, 2026).

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	month = {dec 23},
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	url = {https://cdli.earth/P558909},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P558909},
}

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PY  - 2025
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M1  - 2026/10/11/
TI  - BM 025647 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P558909
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