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BaAr 5 15b (P521868)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), 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 118971

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

98.0 mm × 54.0 mm

Collections

British Museum, London, UK

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet Artifact type comments:
Fingernail impressions on all four edges
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 98.0 high × 54.0 wide
Weight:
Artifact Preservation:
Condition Description:
Join Information:
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Seal information:
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, 15b

[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.42

[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.

Identifiers

Composite No.:
Museum No.: BM 118971
Accession No.: 1927-11-12, 0008

Provenience

Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
Elevation:
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Chronology

Period: Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced: Šamaš-šum-ukin.10.11.05
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Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-15 at 18:15:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-10-11 at 19:08:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-19 at 09:15:41	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2025-05-18 at 18:28:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2024-09-11 at 09:07:18	Firth, Richard	Artifact, Other Entity	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	approved
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	approved
2020-12-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact	Baker, Heather D.		CDLI	approved

External Resources

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The British Museum Collection (W_1927-1112-8) (W_1927-1112-8)

Notes

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Cite this Artifact

“BaAr 5 15b Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P521868.

BaAr 5 15b artifact entry (No. P521868). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521868 (Original work published 2020)

BaAr 5 15b artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521868 (Accessed: January 16, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P521868},
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Cite this Artifact

“BaAr 5 15b Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P521868.

BaAr 5 15b artifact entry (No. P521868). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521868 (Original work published 2020)

BaAr 5 15b artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521868 (Accessed: January 16, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {oct 15},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P521868},
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