BM 028917 (P559240)

Legal tablet excavated in Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud), dated to the Achaemenid (547-331 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 028917

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 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, 651

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

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  • Museum No.: BM 028917
  • Accession No.: 1898-11-12, 0093

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-02-23 at 15:35:17 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BM 028917 Artifact Entry.” 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559240.
BM 028917 artifact entry (No. P559240). (2025, February 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559240
BM 028917 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559240 (Accessed: June 6, 2025).
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