BM 026728 (P559153)

Legal tablet excavated in Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 026728

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Nisaba 21, 524

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

  • citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), Fn.1, In.1

    [Brinkman1983JCS35] Brinkman, John A., and Douglas A. Kennedy. 1983. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: A Survey of Dated Babylonian Economic Texts, 721-626 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 35 (1–2): 1–90.

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  • Museum No.: BM 026728
  • Accession No.: 1898-05-14, 0546

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-10-27 at 14:35:14 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-10-12 at 08:52:01 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-02-22 at 20:15:04 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 026728 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559153.
BM 026728 artifact entry (No. P559153). (2025, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559153 (Original work published 2025)
BM 026728 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559153 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559153},
}

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DA  - 2025/10/27/
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TI  - BM 026728 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 026728 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 27, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559153.
BM 026728 artifact entry (No. P559153). (2025, October 27). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559153 (Original work published 2025)
BM 026728 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559153 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).
@misc{2025BM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 27},
	title = {BM 026728 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559153},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559153},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/10/27/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P559153
LB  - CDLI:P559153
M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - BM 026728 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P559153
ER  - 
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