BM 094796 (P599399)

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 094796

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	Nebuchadnezzar2.16.02.12
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P599399
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P599399

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 094796
Accession Number	1901-10-12, 0446

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2025-12-02 at 15:31:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-11-09 at 15:59:19	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BM 094796 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P599399.

BM 094796 artifact entry (No. P599399). (2025, December 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P599399 (Original work published 2025)

BM 094796 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P599399 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BM 094796 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 2, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P599399.

BM 094796 artifact entry (No. P599399). (2025, December 2). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P599399 (Original work published 2025)

BM 094796 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P599399 (Accessed: April 9, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-09]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 2},
	title = {BM 094796 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P599399},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P599399},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/9/
TI  - BM 094796 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P599399
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