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

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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

  • Artifact type: Tablet Artifact type comments:

    Fingernail impressions on top, left, and right edges

  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 104.0 high × 80.0 wide
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    Fingernail impressions on top, left, and right edges


  • 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.

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  • Museum No.: AO 10347
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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
2025-08-15 at 12:58:22 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
2024-07-26 at 13:29:25 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2015-12-02 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Wagensonner, Klaus CDLI approved View

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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: November 24, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P493141},
}

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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: November 24, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-11-24]},
	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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DA  - 2025/10/15/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P493141
LB  - CDLI:P493141
M1  - 2025/11/24/
TI  - BaAr 5 13a artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P493141
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