BM 026514 (P559010)

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 026514

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced	Darius1.05.11.06
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P559010
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P559010

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 026514
Accession Number	1898-05-14, 0332

References

primary: Nisaba 21, 333

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

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
2025-05-20 at 10:42:41	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

Cite this Artifact

“BM 026514 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559010.

BM 026514 artifact entry (No. P559010). (2025, December 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559010 (Original work published 2025)

BM 026514 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559010 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559010},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 026514 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559010.

BM 026514 artifact entry (No. P559010). (2025, December 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559010 (Original work published 2025)

BM 026514 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559010 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

@misc{2025BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 23},
	title = {BM 026514 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559010},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559010},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/23/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P559010
LB  - CDLI:P559010
M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - BM 026514 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P559010
ER  -