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BM 026487 (P558998)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026487

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

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
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 21, 307

[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 026487
Accession No.: 1898-05-14, 0305

Provenience

Provenience: Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar2.22.08.21
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-30 at 10:35:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-20 at 13:14:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-22 at 16:40:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 026487 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P558998.

BM 026487 artifact entry (No. P558998). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P558998 (Original work published 2025)

BM 026487 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P558998 (Accessed: March 18, 2026).

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	month = {nov 30},
	title = {BM 026487 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P558998},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 026487 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P558998.

BM 026487 artifact entry (No. P558998). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P558998 (Original work published 2025)

BM 026487 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P558998 (Accessed: March 18, 2026).

@misc{2025BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-18]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {BM 026487 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P558998},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P558998},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/11/30/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P558998
LB  - CDLI:P558998
M1  - 2026/3/18/
TI  - BM 026487 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P558998
ER  -