OrNS 38, 343 (P469304)

Legal tablet excavated in Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 113928

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

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British Museum, London, UK

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Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
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Text Information

Genre(s): Legal
Language(s): Akkadian

Related publications

primary: OrNS 38 (pp. 310-348), 343

[Brinkman1969OrNS38] Brinkman, John A. 1969. “Ur: ‘The Kassite Period and the Period of the Assyrian Kings.’” Orientalia NS 38 (2): 310–48. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rfh&AN=ATLA0000698367&site=ehost-live.
history: ZA 101 (pp. 127-151), 145

[Frame2011ZA101] Frame, Grant, and Caroline Waerzeggers. 2011. “The Prebend of Temple Scribe in First Millennium Babylonia.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 101.
history: Hall, Season's work at Ur, p. 166, fig. 114

[sec121454] N.d.
history: dubsar 7, no. 1

[Tarasewicz2018dubsar7] Tarasewicz, Radosław. 2018. The Neo-Babylonian Records from Ur from the Hall Collection of the British Museum. Münster : Zaphon.
citation: BM Guide (3rd edition), 82

[BMGuide1922] A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities. 1922.
citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), J.13

[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.: BM 113928
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Provenience

Provenience: Ur (mod. Tell Muqayyar)
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced: Ashurbanipal.20.01.29
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-26 at 15:25:55	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-10-15 at 17:44:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-10-13 at 18:38:51	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-10-11 at 19:08:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-01-18 at 10:42:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-01-17 at 15:32:31	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-09-27 at 16:48:10	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-09-11 at 09:07:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-08-18 at 09:51:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-09-15 at 08:16:51	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2023-01-20 at 12:10:25	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	approved
2014-08-31 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Walker, Christopher B. F.		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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

Electronic Babylonian Library (BM.113928) (BM.113928)
The British Museum Collection (W_1919-1011-18) (W_1919-1011-18)

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Cite this Artifact

“OrNS 38, 343 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P469304.

OrNS 38, 343 artifact entry (No. P469304). (2025, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P469304 (Original work published 2014)

OrNS 38, 343 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P469304 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-21]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 26},
	title = {OrNS 38, 343 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P469304},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P469304},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“OrNS 38, 343 Artifact Entry.” (2014) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 26, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P469304.

OrNS 38, 343 artifact entry (No. P469304). (2025, October 26). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P469304 (Original work published 2014)

OrNS 38, 343 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P469304 (Accessed: January 21, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-01-21]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 26},
	title = {OrNS 38, 343 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P469304},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P469304},
}

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DA  - 2025/10/26/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P469304
LB  - CDLI:P469304
M1  - 2026/1/21/
TI  - OrNS 38, 343 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P469304
ER  -