BM 029185 (P559351)

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 029185

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	Nebuchadnezzar2.40.09.01
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P559351
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P559351

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 029185
Accession Number	1898-11-12, 0361

References

primary: Nisaba 21, 800

[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
2025-11-30 at 10:35:45	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 029185 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559351.

BM 029185 artifact entry (No. P559351). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559351 (Original work published 2025)

BM 029185 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559351 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029185 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559351.

BM 029185 artifact entry (No. P559351). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559351 (Original work published 2025)

BM 029185 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559351 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-13]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {BM 029185 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559351},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559351},
}

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PY  - 2025
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M1  - 2026/4/13/
TI  - BM 029185 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P559351
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