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BaAr 5 06c (P423944)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

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Museum Collection(s)

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

Museum Number

MAH 15976

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (purchase of a ruined house)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

100.0 mm × 70.0 mm

Collections

Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, Switzerland

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet Artifact type comments:
Fingernail impressions on all four edges
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 100.0 high × 70.0 wide
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Artifact comments:
Fingernail impressions on all four edges

Text Information

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

Related publications

primary: BaAr 5, 06c

[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: Sollberger 1951: 19, no. 2.11

[sec105217] N.d.
citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), J.4

[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.
citation: JCS 05 (pp. 18-20), 018-20 ns

[Sollberger1951JCS5Geneva] Sollberger, Edmond. 1951. “The Cuneiform Collection in Geneva.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 5 (1): 18–20. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359571.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: MAH 15976
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Provenience

Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ashurbanipal.acc.12.19
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-15 at 17:44:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-14 at 10:38:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-13 at 08:37:37	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
2011-10-02 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Cavigneaux, Antoine; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	CDLI	Approved

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Cite this Artifacts

“BaAr 5 06c Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P423944.

BaAr 5 06c artifact entry (No. P423944). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P423944 (Original work published 2011)

BaAr 5 06c artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P423944 (Accessed: March 25, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P423944},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BaAr 5 06c Artifact Entry.” (2011) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P423944.

BaAr 5 06c artifact entry (No. P423944). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P423944 (Original work published 2011)

BaAr 5 06c artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P423944 (Accessed: March 25, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-03-25]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 15},
	title = {BaAr 5 06c artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P423944},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P423944},
}

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