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BaAr 5 21 (P297595)

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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Chemical Data

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Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 04576

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (conditional transfer of an orchard)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

55.0 mm × 81.0 mm × 25.0 mm

Collections

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet Artifact type comments:
No fingernail impressions
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 55.0 high × 81.0 wide × 25.0 thick
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
Seal no.:
Seal information:
Artifact comments:
No fingernail impressions

Text Information

Genre(s): Legal (conditional transfer of an orchard)
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: BaAr 5, 21

[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: CBCY 1, p. 29

[Beaulieu1994CBCY1] Beaulieu, Paul-Alain. 1994. Late Babylonian Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 1. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.
citation: CBCY 1, p. 29 NBC 4576

[Beaulieu1994CBCY1] Beaulieu, Paul-Alain. 1994. Late Babylonian Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 1. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: NBC 04576
Accession No.:

Provenience

Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
Elevation:
Stratigraphic Level:
Excavation No:
Findspot Square:
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šamaš-šum-ukin.16.--.--
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Date Comments:
Accounting Period:

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-05-18 at 18:28:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Ditchey, Mallory		CDLI	approved

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-007552) (BC-007552)
Electronic Babylonian Library (NBC.4576) (NBC.4576)

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Cite this Artifact

“BaAr 5 21 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P297595.

BaAr 5 21 artifact entry (No. P297595). (2025, May 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P297595 (Original work published 2006)

BaAr 5 21 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P297595 (Accessed: December 29, 2025).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P297595},
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Cite this Artifact

“BaAr 5 21 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 18, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P297595.

BaAr 5 21 artifact entry (No. P297595). (2025, May 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P297595 (Original work published 2006)

BaAr 5 21 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P297595 (Accessed: December 29, 2025).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-29]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {may 18},
	title = {BaAr 5 21 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P297595},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P297595},
}

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