BaAr 5 08 (P459853)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum Number

FLP 1288

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (promissory note with house as security)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

35.0 mm × 52.0 mm

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šamaš-šum-ukin.02.08.03 666 BC
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P459853
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P459853

Physical information

No fingernail impressions

Artifact type	Tablet No fingernail impressions
Dimensions	35.0 mm × 52.0 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)	Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Museum Number	FLP 1288
Accession Number

References

primary: BaAr 5, 08

[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), K.12

[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
2025-10-15 at 18:15:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-12 at 15:04:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-18 at 18:28:48	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
2013-11-19 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BaAr 5 08 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P459853.

BaAr 5 08 artifact entry (No. P459853). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P459853 (Original work published 2013)

BaAr 5 08 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P459853 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P459853},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BaAr 5 08 Artifact Entry.” (2013) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P459853.

BaAr 5 08 artifact entry (No. P459853). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P459853 (Original work published 2013)

BaAr 5 08 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P459853 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

@misc{2025BaAr,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 15},
	title = {BaAr 5 08 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P459853},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P459853},
}

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PY  - 2025
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M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - BaAr 5 08 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P459853
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