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BM 026556 (P559036)

Legal tablet excavated in Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud), and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026556

Period

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, 372

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

Identifiers

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Museum No.: BM 026556
Accession No.: 1898-05-14, 0374

Provenience

Provenience: Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2025-02-22 at 16:40:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 026556 Artifact Entry.” 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 22, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559036.

BM 026556 artifact entry (No. P559036). (2025, February 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559036

BM 026556 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559036 (Accessed: January 2, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {feb 22},
	title = {BM 026556 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559036},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559036},
}

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DA  - 2025/2/22/
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LB  - CDLI:P559036
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TI  - BM 026556 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BM 026556 Artifact Entry.” 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 22, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559036.

BM 026556 artifact entry (No. P559036). (2025, February 22). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559036

BM 026556 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559036 (Accessed: January 2, 2026).

@misc{2025BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-02]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {feb 22},
	title = {BM 026556 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559036},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559036},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/2/22/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P559036
LB  - CDLI:P559036
M1  - 2026/1/2/
TI  - BM 026556 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P559036
ER  -