BiMes 24, 05 (P342211)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A03676

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of income in neck cut of sacrificial sheep)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of income in neck cut of sacrificial sheep)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.--?.11.-- Wallenfels, 1994, 436: 71-89 SE
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P342211
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P342211

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum Number	OIM A03676
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Oriental Institute Integrated Database (OI)	e818c7fb-b31d-4c92-8b41-d39959050128

References

primary: BiMes 24, 05

[Weisberg1991BiMes24] Weisberg, David B. 1991. The Late Babylonian Texts of the Oriental Institute Collection. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica 24.
history: HANEM 8,, 398-399

[Corò2005HANEM8] Corò, Paola. 2005. Prebende Templari in Età Seleucide. History of the Ancient Near East. Monographs 8. Padova : Sargon.
history: Del Monte, 1996b, 2-4

[sec85149] N.d.
collation: AfO (pp. 111-116), 113

[Doty1993/94AfO40/41] Doty, L. Timothy. 1993/1994. “Reviewed Work: The Late Babylonian Texts of the Oriental Institute Collection. (= Bibliotheca Mesopotamica, Vol. 24) by David B. Weisberg.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 40/41: 111–16.
collation: NABU 1995/69, no. 69

[Doty1996NABU69] Doty, L. Timothy. 1995. “Additional Collations to BibMes 24.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 1995.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-12 at 13:11:09	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-12 at 13:08:36	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-12 at 12:58:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-12 at 12:56:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2006-07-18 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Pearce, Laurie E.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BiMes 24, 05 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342211.

BiMes 24, 05 artifact entry (No. P342211). (2024, July 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342211 (Original work published 2006)

BiMes 24, 05 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342211 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 12},
	title = {BiMes 24, 05 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342211},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342211},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/12/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P342211
LB  - CDLI:P342211
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - BiMes 24, 05 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BiMes 24, 05 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342211.

BiMes 24, 05 artifact entry (No. P342211). (2024, July 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342211 (Original work published 2006)

BiMes 24, 05 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342211 (Accessed: October 25, 2026).

@misc{2024BiMes,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-25]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 12},
	title = {BiMes 24, 05 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342211},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342211},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/7/12/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P342211
LB  - CDLI:P342211
M1  - 2026/10/25/
TI  - BiMes 24, 05 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P342211
ER  -