UET 4, 0056 (P414752)

Tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 131166

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nabopolassar.02.02.30
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P414752
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P414752

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
Written In
Excavation Number	U 17238.20
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 131166
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	BM.131166
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1953-0411-1

References

primary: UET 4, 56

[Figulla1949UET4] Figulla, Hugo H. 1949. Business Documents of the New-Babylonian Period. Ur Excavations. Texts 4. London: The Trustees of the two Museums.
history: BR 8/7, no. 48

[SanNicolo1951BR 8/7] San Nicolò, Mariano. 1951. Babylonische Rechtsurkunden Des Ausgehenden 8. Und Des 7. Jahrhunderts v. Chr. Vol. 34. Abhandlungen (Bayerische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse). München : Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften; in Kommission bei Beck.
citation: JCS 38 (pp. 172-244), T.2.4

[Kennedy1986JCS38] Kennedy, Douglas A. 1986. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: Part II: A Survey of Babylonian Texts, 626-605 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 38 (2): 172–244. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359799.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-18 at 09:31:07	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-11 at 16:49:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-07 at 18:42:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-19 at 07:34:15	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 08:02:28	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2010-12-15 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Allred, Lance		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“UET 4, 0056 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P414752.

UET 4, 0056 artifact entry (No. P414752). (2025, October 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414752 (Original work published 2010)

UET 4, 0056 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414752 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414752},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“UET 4, 0056 Artifact Entry.” (2010) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P414752.

UET 4, 0056 artifact entry (No. P414752). (2025, October 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P414752 (Original work published 2010)

UET 4, 0056 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P414752 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 18},
	title = {UET 4, 0056 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P414752},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P414752},
}

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PY  - 2025
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LB  - CDLI:P414752
M1  - 2026/4/23/
TI  - UET 4, 0056 artifact entry
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