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BM 029247 (P559383)

Administrative 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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 029247

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 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, 841

[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 029247
Accession No.: 1898-11-12, 0423

Provenience

Provenience: Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced: Nebuchadnezzar2.42.06.05
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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

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029247 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559383.

BM 029247 artifact entry (No. P559383). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559383 (Original work published 2025)

BM 029247 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559383 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559383},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 029247 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 30, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559383.

BM 029247 artifact entry (No. P559383). (2025, November 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559383 (Original work published 2025)

BM 029247 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559383 (Accessed: January 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 30},
	title = {BM 029247 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559383},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559383},
}

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M1  - 2026/1/23/
TI  - BM 029247 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P559383
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