BaAr 5 03 (P521854)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 118979

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (purchase of a half-share in an orchard and wasteland)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

95.0 mm × 60.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (purchase of a half-share in an orchard and wasteland)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced	Esarhaddon.07.07.23 674 BC
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P521854
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P521854

Physical information

Fingernail impressions on all preserved edges

Artifact type	Tablet Fingernail impressions on all preserved edges
Dimensions	95.0 mm × 60.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Uruk (mod. Warka)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 118979
Accession Number	1927-11-12, 0016

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1927-1112-16

References

primary: BaAr 5, 3

[Frame2013BaAr5] Frame, Grant. 2013. The Archive of Mušēzib-Marduk, Son of Kiribtu and Descendant of Sîn-Nāṣir : A Landowner and Property Developer at Uruk in the Seventh Century BC. Babylonische Archive 5. Dresden: Islet.
citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), I.19

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-08 at 08:53:02	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie; Rattenborg, Rune	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2025-10-11 at 19:08:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-11 at 09:07:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2020-12-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Baker, Heather D.	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BaAr 5 03 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P521854.

BaAr 5 03 artifact entry (No. P521854). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521854 (Original work published 2020)

BaAr 5 03 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521854 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P521854},
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Cite this Artifacts

“BaAr 5 03 Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P521854.

BaAr 5 03 artifact entry (No. P521854). (2026, March 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521854 (Original work published 2020)

BaAr 5 03 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521854 (Accessed: April 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-14]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 8},
	title = {BaAr 5 03 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P521854},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P521854},
}

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PY  - 2026
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M1  - 2026/4/14/
TI  - BaAr 5 03 artifact entry
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