BiMes 24, 39 (P342245)

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

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Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

OIM A03455 + OIM A03665

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of slave Sale or gift of slave)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of slave Sale or gift of slave)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.020?.--.-- year 20-36
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P342245
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P342245

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 A03455 + OIM A03665
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Oriental Institute Integrated Database (OI)	eee82480-88c8-49fe-913b-033c241b8eab + f343296b-0346-45ee-b2aa-0537388577d0

References

primary: BiMes 24, 39

[Weisberg1991BiMes24] Weisberg, David B. 1991. The Late Babylonian Texts of the Oriental Institute Collection. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica 24.
collation: AfO (pp. 111-116), 115

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2024-07-12 at 12:56:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2006-07-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Pearce, Laurie E.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BiMes 24, 39 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342245.

BiMes 24, 39 artifact entry (No. P342245). (2024, July 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342245 (Original work published 2006)

BiMes 24, 39 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342245 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342245},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BiMes 24, 39 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342245.

BiMes 24, 39 artifact entry (No. P342245). (2024, July 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342245 (Original work published 2006)

BiMes 24, 39 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342245 (Accessed: October 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-23]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 12},
	title = {BiMes 24, 39 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342245},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342245},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/12/
PY  - 2024
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LB  - CDLI:P342245
M1  - 2026/10/23/
TI  - BiMes 24, 39 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P342245
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