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BM 029173 (P559341)

Administrative 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 029173

Period

Achaemenid (547-331 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Administrative
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: Nisaba 21, 789

[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 029173
Accession No.: 1898-11-12, 0349

Provenience

Provenience: Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
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Chronology

Period: Achaemenid (547-331 BC)
Dates Referenced: Darius1.22.09.12
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-23 at 14:58:45	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-04-25 at 10:44:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved
2025-02-23 at 15:35:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	approved

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 029173 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559341.

BM 029173 artifact entry (No. P559341). (2025, December 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559341 (Original work published 2025)

BM 029173 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559341 (Accessed: January 1, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559341},
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Cite this Artifact

“BM 029173 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 23, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559341.

BM 029173 artifact entry (No. P559341). (2025, December 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559341 (Original work published 2025)

BM 029173 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559341 (Accessed: January 1, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-01]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 23},
	title = {BM 029173 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559341},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559341},
}

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TI  - BM 029173 artifact entry
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