diff --git a/basyx/aas/model/base.py b/basyx/aas/model/base.py
index a39f48fe9..895197fc8 100644
--- a/basyx/aas/model/base.py
+++ b/basyx/aas/model/base.py
@@ -1311,6 +1311,10 @@ def extend(self, values: Iterable[_T]) -> None:
                 self._item_add_hook(v, self._list + v_list[:idx])
         self._list = self._list + v_list
 
+    def clear(self) -> None:
+        # clear() repeatedly deletes the last item by default, making it not atomic
+        del self[:]
+
     @overload
     def __getitem__(self, index: int) -> _T: ...
 
diff --git a/test/model/test_base.py b/test/model/test_base.py
index ef894de50..aa40e0199 100644
--- a/test/model/test_base.py
+++ b/test/model/test_base.py
@@ -1213,7 +1213,15 @@ def hook(itm: int, _list: List[int]) -> None:
         self.assertEqual(c_list, [1, 2, 3])
         with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
             c_list.clear()
-        self.assertEqual(c_list, [1, 2, 3])
+        # the default clear() implementation seems to repeatedly delete the last item until the list is empty
+        # in this case, the last item is 3, which cannot be deleted because it is > 2, thus leaving it unclear whether
+        # clear() really is atomic. to work around this, the list is reversed, making 1 the last item, and attempting
+        # to clear again.
+        c_list.reverse()
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+            c_list.clear()
+        self.assertEqual(c_list, [3, 2, 1])
+        c_list.reverse()
         del c_list[0:2]
         self.assertEqual(c_list, [3])