BM 026599 (P559056)

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 026599

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	Xerxes1.01.07.17 ?
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P559056
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P559056

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 026599
Accession Number	1898-05-14, 0417

References

primary: Nisaba 21, 401

[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
2025-11-12 at 15:07:28	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-20 at 10:50:48	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 Artifacts

“BM 026599 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 12, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559056.

BM 026599 artifact entry (No. P559056). (2025, November 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559056 (Original work published 2025)

BM 026599 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559056 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 026599 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 12, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559056.

BM 026599 artifact entry (No. P559056). (2025, November 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559056 (Original work published 2025)

BM 026599 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559056 (Accessed: April 12, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-12]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 12},
	title = {BM 026599 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559056},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559056},
}

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TI  - BM 026599 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P559056
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