BaAr 5 17b (P521870)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 118988

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

69.0 mm × 48.0 mm

Text content

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

Chronology

Period	Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)
Dates Referenced	Šamaš-šum-ukin.12.12.08 656 BC
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P521870
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P521870

Physical information

Fingernail impressions on all four edges

Artifact type	Tablet Fingernail impressions on all four edges
Dimensions	69.0 mm × 48.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 118988
Accession Number	1927-11-12, 0025

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
British Museum Collection (BM)	W_1927-1112-25

References

primary: BaAr 5, 17b

[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.65

[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	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-10-15 at 18:15:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-11 at 19:08:43	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
2023-09-10 at 21:32:33	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2020-12-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Baker, Heather D.		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BaAr 5 17b Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P521870.

BaAr 5 17b artifact entry (No. P521870). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521870 (Original work published 2020)

BaAr 5 17b artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521870 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“BaAr 5 17b Artifact Entry.” (2020) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 15, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P521870.

BaAr 5 17b artifact entry (No. P521870). (2025, October 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P521870 (Original work published 2020)

BaAr 5 17b artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P521870 (Accessed: April 11, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P521870},
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