BM 027890 (P559211)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 027890

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

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nabonidus.08.12.13
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P559211
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P559211

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 027890
Accession Number	1898-07-11, 0155

References

primary: Nisaba 21, 603

[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	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2025-10-29 at 19:55:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-23 at 15:35:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 027890 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 29, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559211.

BM 027890 artifact entry (No. P559211). (2025, October 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559211 (Original work published 2025)

BM 027890 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559211 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 027890 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 29, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559211.

BM 027890 artifact entry (No. P559211). (2025, October 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559211 (Original work published 2025)

BM 027890 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559211 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 29},
	title = {BM 027890 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559211},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559211},
}

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PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P559211
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - BM 027890 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P559211
ER  -