BBS 021 (P472668)

Legal kudurru 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 040590

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud)

Artifact Type

Kudurru

Material(s)

Sedimentary rock > Limestone

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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  • Artifact type: Kudurru Artifact type comments:

    kudurru

  • Material: Sedimentary rock > Limestone
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
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  • Artifact comments:

    quasi-join to BM 038646 (CatBM 4/5, p. 398)

  • primary: BBS, 021

    [King1912BBS] King, Leonard W. 1912. Babylonian Boundary Stones and Memorial Tablets in the British Museum. British Museum, London.

  • history: AOAT 51, U 33/34

    [Paulus2014-KANS4LCZ] Paulus, Susanne. 2014. Die Babylonischen Kudurru-Inschriften von Der Kassitischen Bis Zur Frühneubabylonischen Zeit. Untersucht Unter Besonderer Berücksichtigung Gesellschafts- Und Rechtshistorischer Fragestellungen. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament (AOAT) 51. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag.

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  • Museum No.: BM 040590
  • Accession No.: 1881-04-28, 0135

  • Provenience: Borsippa (mod. Birs Nimrud) [uncertain] Provenience Comments:

    or Babylon

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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-01-13 at 10:33:59 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-01-13 at 10:27:01 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-05-25 at 15:47:06 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:10:32 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2014-12-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Firth, Richard CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“BBS 021 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 13, 2025. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P472668.
BBS 021 artifact entry (No. P472668). (2025, January 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P472668 (Original work published 2014)
BBS 021 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P472668 (Accessed: January 20, 2025).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {jan 13},
	title = {BBS 021 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P472668},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P472668},
}


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