BaAr 5 14a (P521865)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM 057079

Period

Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (purchase of an orchard)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (purchase of an orchard)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šamaš-šum-ukin.10.08.10 658 BC
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P521865
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P521865

Physical information

Fingernail impressions on left, upper, and lower edges (right edge is damaged)

Artifact type	Tablet Fingernail impressions on left, upper, and lower edges (right edge is damaged)
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Uruk (mod. Warka)
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number	IM 057079
Accession Number

References

history: BaAr 5, 14a

[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.
citation: JCS 35 (pp. 1-90), K.38

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-15 at 18:15:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-12 at 18:39:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-19 at 09:15:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-05-18 at 18:28:48	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
2020-12-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Baker, Heather D.	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BaAr 5 14a Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P521865.

BaAr 5 14a artifact entry (No. P521865). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521865 (Original work published 2020)

BaAr 5 14a artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521865 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BaAr 5 14a Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P521865.

BaAr 5 14a artifact entry (No. P521865). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521865 (Original work published 2020)

BaAr 5 14a artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521865 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P521865},
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