BaAr 5 18 (P387077)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 10337

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal > Business / Contracts (contract purchase of three parcels of land)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

110.0 mm × 72.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Tablet Artifact type comments:

    Fingernail impressions on left and right edges (top and bottom edges are broken)

  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 110.0 high × 72.0 wide
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    Fingernail impressions on left and right edges (top and bottom edges are broken)

  • primary: BaAr 5, 18

    [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: TCL 12, 12

    [Contenau1927TCL12] Contenau, Georges. 1927. Contrats Néo-Babyloniens. I: Téglath-Phalasar III à Nabonide. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 12. Paris: Paul Geuthner.

  • history: Moore, NBBAD, no. 12

    [Moore1935NBBAD] Moore, Ellen W. 1935. Neo-Babylonian Business and Administrative Documents with Transliteration, Translation and Notes. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press.

  • citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), K.79

    [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.

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  • Museum No.: AO 10337
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  • Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-10-15 at 18:15:39 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-10-10 at 18:52:48 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-08-17 at 15:38:53 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-19 at 09:15:41 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2025-05-18 at 18:28:48 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-11 at 09:07:18 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2008-06-25 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ditchey, Mallory; Pace, Carl CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“BaAr 5 18 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P387077.
BaAr 5 18 artifact entry (No. P387077). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387077 (Original work published 2008)
BaAr 5 18 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387077 (Accessed: December 15, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P387077},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“BaAr 5 18 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P387077.
BaAr 5 18 artifact entry (No. P387077). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P387077 (Original work published 2008)
BaAr 5 18 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P387077 (Accessed: December 15, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-15]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 15},
	title = {BaAr 5 18 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P387077},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P387077},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/10/15/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P387077
LB  - CDLI:P387077
M1  - 2025/12/15/
TI  - BaAr 5 18 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P387077
ER  -
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