BaAr 5 16 (P311584)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Metadata history

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 11413

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (promissory note with security)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

47.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (promissory note with security)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P311584

Physical information

No fingernail impressions

Artifact type Tablet
No fingernail impressions
Dimensions 47.0 mm × 47.0 mm × 21.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience Uruk (mod. Warka)
Written In
Archive Mu zib-Marduk
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 11413
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-025207
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.11413

References

  • primary: BaAr 5, 16

    [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.

  • history: Goetze 1944: 44 n. 13

    [sec74015] N.d.

  • citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), K.54

    [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.

  • citation: JNES 03 (pp. 43-46), 044

    [Goetze1944JNES3] Goetze, Albrecht. 1944. “Additions to Parker and Dubberstein’s Babylonian Chronology.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 3 (1): 43–46. https://doi.org/10.1086/370699.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-10-15 at 18:15:39 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-10-13 at 18:20:26 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-19 at 09:15:41 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-05-18 at 18:28:48 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-11 at 09:07:18 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-09-10 at 15:23:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-15 at 14:21:33 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-06-15 at 14:17:40 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:05:30 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact metadata Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie Approved View
2013-10-31 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Firth, Richard CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“BaAr 5 16 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P311584.
BaAr 5 16 artifact entry (No. P311584). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P311584 (Original work published 2013)
BaAr 5 16 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P311584 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 15},
	title = {BaAr 5 16 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P311584},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P311584},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BaAr 5 16 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P311584.
BaAr 5 16 artifact entry (No. P311584). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P311584 (Original work published 2013)
BaAr 5 16 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P311584 (Accessed: October 19, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-19]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 15},
	title = {BaAr 5 16 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P311584},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P311584},
}


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PY  - 2025
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