BaAr 5 13a (P493141)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 10347

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (purchase of a house)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

104.0 mm × 80.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (purchase of a house)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šamaš-šum-ukin.10.08.09 658 BC
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P493141
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P493141

Physical information

Fingernail impressions on top, left, and right edges

Artifact type	Tablet Fingernail impressions on top, left, and right edges
Dimensions	104.0 mm × 80.0 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)	Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number	AO 10347
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Louvre Collections (Louvre)	cl010124327

References

primary: BaAr 5, 13a

[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: TBER, pls. 33-34 (copy)

[Durand1981TBER] Durand, Jean-Marie. 1981. Textes Babyloniens d’époque Récente. Vol. Cahier 6. Recherche Sur Les Grandes Civilisations.
history: Joannes, TEBR, no. 77, pp. 287-290,

[Joannès1982TEBR] Joannès, Francis. 1982. Textes Économiques de La Babylonie Récente. Vol. Cahier no. 6. Étude Des Textes de TBER. Paris : Éditions Recherche sur les civilisations.
citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), K.36

[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	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-15 at 18:15:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-10 at 18:52:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-15 at 12:58:22	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-19 at 09:15:41	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
2024-07-26 at 13:29:25	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2015-12-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Wagensonner, Klaus		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BaAr 5 13a Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P493141.

BaAr 5 13a artifact entry (No. P493141). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P493141 (Original work published 2015)

BaAr 5 13a artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P493141 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“BaAr 5 13a Artifact Entry.” (2015) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P493141.

BaAr 5 13a artifact entry (No. P493141). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P493141 (Original work published 2015)

BaAr 5 13a artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P493141 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 15},
	title = {BaAr 5 13a artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P493141},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P493141},
}

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