OECT 09, 18 (P342355)

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

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1923-0728

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of share in house and lot in Ishtar Gate district)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

86.0 mm × 94.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of share in house and lot in Ishtar Gate district)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.076.01.16 ? McEwan gives date (day?) as 25. Copy shows 16+
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P342355
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P342355

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	86.0 mm × 94.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1923-0728
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	Ashm-1923.728

References

primary: OECT 9, 18

[McEwan1982OECT9] McEwan, Gilbert J. P., and Briggs Buchanan. 1982. Texts from Hellenistic Babylonia in the Ashmolean Museum, with Notes on the Seal Impressions. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts 9. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-07-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Pearce, Laurie E.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“OECT 09, 18 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P342355.

OECT 09, 18 artifact entry (No. P342355). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342355 (Original work published 2006)

OECT 09, 18 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342355 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OECT 09, 18 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342355},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342355},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
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TI  - OECT 09, 18 artifact entry
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ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“OECT 09, 18 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P342355.

OECT 09, 18 artifact entry (No. P342355). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342355 (Original work published 2006)

OECT 09, 18 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342355 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

@misc{2023OECT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OECT 09, 18 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342355},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342355},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P342355
LB  - CDLI:P342355
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - OECT 09, 18 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P342355
ER  -