BM 027794 (P559814)

Legal tablet excavated in Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud), and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 027794

Period

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
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P559814
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P559814

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 027794
Accession Number	1898-07-11, 0059

References

primary: Nisaba 21, 577

[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
2025-02-25 at 19:17:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 027794 Artifact Entry.” 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 25, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559814.

BM 027794 artifact entry (No. P559814). (2025, February 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559814

BM 027794 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559814 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 027794 Artifact Entry.” 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 25, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559814.

BM 027794 artifact entry (No. P559814). (2025, February 25). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559814

BM 027794 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559814 (Accessed: April 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-10]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {feb 25},
	title = {BM 027794 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559814},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559814},
}

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TI  - BM 027794 artifact entry
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