Oppert 2 (P342414)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 093002

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of temple enterer's prebend)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal information:

    AUWE 19, 0696:B, B1'; AUWE 19, 0152:A, B2'; AUWE 19, 0132, L2'; AUWE 19, 0444:B, L3'; AUWE 19, 0290:E, R1; AUWE 19, 0825, T1; AUWE 19, 0872:A, T2; AUWE 19, 0506, T3

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Legal (Sale of temple enterer's prebend)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: Oppert-Menant Documents juridiques, 301-306 no. 2

    [Oppert1877DocumentsJuridiques] Oppert, Jules, and Joachim Menant. 1877. Documents Juridiques de l’Assyrie et de La Chaldée. Paris.

  • history: Prebende templari, 36, 156-158

    [Corò2005Prebendetemplari] Corò, Paola. 2005. Prebende Templari in Età Seleucide. Vol. 8. HANE. M. Padova : Sargon.

  • history: Doty diss., 403-405

    [Doty1977HellenisticUruk] Doty, L. Timothy. 1977. “Cuneiform Archives from Hellenistic Uruk.” Phdthesis, Yale University.

  • history: Funck, 1984, 144-147

    [Funck1984] 1984.

  • history: BM Stamp Seals 3, 698

    [Mitchell2008BMStampSeals3] Mitchell, T. C., and Ann Searight. 2008. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum Stamp Seals. III : Impressions of Stamp Seals on Cuneiform Tablets, Clay Bullae, and Jar Handles. Leiden ; Boston : Brill.

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  • Museum No.: BM 093002
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  • Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
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  • Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: HE.SE.---.068.01.18
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-12-14 at 16:28:47 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-12-12 at 15:29:37 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-18 at 13:52:17 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-18 at 13:43:51 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-30 at 15:23:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-12 at 13:15:47 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-12 at 13:11:09 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-12 at 13:08:36 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-11 at 16:05:05 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:39:11 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2006-07-27 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Pearce, Laurie E. CDLI approved View

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) - -

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Cite this Artifact

“Oppert 2 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342414.
Oppert 2 artifact entry (No. P342414). (2024, December 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342414 (Original work published 2006)
Oppert 2 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342414 (Accessed: August 30, 2025).
@misc{2024Oppert,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 14},
	title = {Oppert 2 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342414},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342414},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/12/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P342414
LB  - CDLI:P342414
M1  - 2025/8/30/
TI  - Oppert 2 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P342414
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“Oppert 2 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342414.
Oppert 2 artifact entry (No. P342414). (2024, December 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342414 (Original work published 2006)
Oppert 2 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342414 (Accessed: August 30, 2025).
@misc{2024Oppert,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-08-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 14},
	title = {Oppert 2 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342414},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342414},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/12/14/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P342414
LB  - CDLI:P342414
M1  - 2025/8/30/
TI  - Oppert 2 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P342414
ER  -
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