BM 046916 (P559867)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 046916

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

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • primary: Nisaba 21, 1096

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

  • citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), Fn.2

    [Brinkman1983JCS35] Brinkman, John A., and Douglas A. Kennedy. 1983. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: A Survey of Dated Babylonian Economic Texts, 721-626 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 35 (1–2): 1–90.

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  • Museum No.: BM 046916
  • Accession No.: 1881-08-30, 0382

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-10-26 at 15:25:55 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-10-13 at 18:38:51 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-10-11 at 19:08:43 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-18 at 13:42:23 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-02-26 at 09:14:29 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“BM 046916 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559867.
BM 046916 artifact entry (No. P559867). (2025, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559867 (Original work published 2025)
BM 046916 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559867 (Accessed: November 27, 2025).
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	month = {oct 26},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559867},
}

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DA  - 2025/10/26/
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TI  - BM 046916 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“BM 046916 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P559867.
BM 046916 artifact entry (No. P559867). (2025, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P559867 (Original work published 2025)
BM 046916 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P559867 (Accessed: November 27, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-27]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 26},
	title = {BM 046916 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P559867},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P559867},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/10/26/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P559867
LB  - CDLI:P559867
M1  - 2025/11/27/
TI  - BM 046916 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P559867
ER  - 
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