BiMes 24, 42 (P342248)

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 A03672

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Quitclaim House and house-plot)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Quitclaim House and house-plot)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.---.--.--
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P342248
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P342248

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 A03672
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Oriental Institute Integrated Database (OI)	ead12b57-1d29-44fe-8948-687a1c781bcc

References

primary: BiMes 24, 42

[Weisberg1991BiMes24] Weisberg, David B. 1991. The Late Babylonian Texts of the Oriental Institute Collection. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica 24.
collation: JAOS 114, 435-439, 437

[Wallenfels1994JAOS114] Wallenfels, Ronald. 1994. “Review: A New Volume of Texts from Hellenistic Uruk Reviewed Work: The Late Babylonian Texts of the Oriental Institute Collection by David B. Weisberg.” Journal of the American Oriental Society 114: 435–39. https://doi.org/10.2307/605086.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2026-05-29 at 09:40:33	Willighagen, Lars	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Willighagen, Lars		Willighagen, Lars	Approved
2006-07-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Pearce, Laurie E.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BiMes 24, 42 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 29, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P342248.

BiMes 24, 42 artifact entry (No. P342248). (2026, May 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342248 (Original work published 2006)

BiMes 24, 42 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342248 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342248},
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Cite this Artifact

“BiMes 24, 42 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 29, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P342248.

BiMes 24, 42 artifact entry (No. P342248). (2026, May 29). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342248 (Original work published 2006)

BiMes 24, 42 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342248 (Accessed: October 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-15]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {may 29},
	title = {BiMes 24, 42 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342248},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342248},
}

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