NCTU 21 (P342324)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany

Museum Number

VAT 16488

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of shares in prebends, type broken)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of shares in prebends, type broken)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.---.--.-- Sarkisian, FuB 16, p. 17: date to first half 2nd c. BC on basis of name di-i-pa-tu-su
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P342324
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P342324

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Uruk (mod. Warka)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	W 15016ah
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
Museum Number	VAT 16488
Accession Number

References

history: HANEM 8,, 435-436

[Corò2005HANEM8] Corò, Paola. 2005. Prebende Templari in Età Seleucide. History of the Ancient Near East. Monographs 8. Padova : Sargon.
history: NCTU, NCTU, 36 (T), 73 (C)

[Sarkisian1974NCTU] Sarkisian, Gagik Kh. 1974. “New Cuneiform Texts from Uruk of the Seleucid Period in the Staatliche Museen Zu Berlin.” Archäologische Beiträge, Forschungen und Berichte, 16: 15–76.

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
2024-07-02 at 16:24:00	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2006-07-27 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Pearce, Laurie E.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“NCTU 21 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342324.

NCTU 21 artifact entry (No. P342324). (2024, July 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342324 (Original work published 2006)

NCTU 21 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342324 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“NCTU 21 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342324.

NCTU 21 artifact entry (No. P342324). (2024, July 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342324 (Original work published 2006)

NCTU 21 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342324 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 12},
	title = {NCTU 21 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342324},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342324},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/12/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P342324
LB  - CDLI:P342324
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - NCTU 21 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P342324
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