Oppert 3 (P342415)

Purchase and sale contracts 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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Metadata history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 093003

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts (Sale of temple enterer's prebend)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s) Business / Contracts > Purchase and sale contracts (Sale of temple enterer's prebend)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

AUWE 19, 0426:A, B1; AUWE 19, 0399, B2; AUWE 19, 0086, B3; AUWE 19, 0444:D, B4; AUWE 19, 0770:A, B5; AUWE 19, 0916:H, L1; AUWE 19, 0404, L2; AUWE 19, 0179:B, L3; AUWE 19, 0897:A, L4; AUWE 19, 0755:B, R1; AUWE 19, 0916:I, R2; AUWE 19, 0206:D, R3; AUWE 19,

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

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

Permalink https://cdli.network/entity/P342415

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 093003
Accession Number 1856-09-03, 1518

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.93003
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1856-0903-1518

References

  • primary: Oppert-Menant Documents juridiques, 306-312 no. 3

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

  • history: Prebende templari, 160-162

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

  • history: STUBM, 55

    [Corò2018STUBM] Corò, Paola. 2018. Seleucid Tablets from Uruk in the British Museum : Text Editions and Commentary. Vol. 6. Antichistica. Studi Orientali . Venezia : Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing.

  • history: Doty diss., 221, 406-409

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

  • history: Funck, 1984, 138-141

    [Funck1984] 1984.

  • history: BM Stamp Seals 3, 708

    [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.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-11-28 at 17:03:20 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-09-27 at 19:07:08 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-14 at 16:28:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-12 at 15:29:37 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-10-18 at 13:52:17 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-10-18 at 13:45:27 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-30 at 15:23:10 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-12 at 13:15:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-12 at 13:11:09 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-12 at 13:08:36 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-11 at 16:05:05 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2006-07-27 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact metadata Pearce, Laurie E. CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifacts

“Oppert 3 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P342415.
Oppert 3 artifact entry (No. P342415). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342415 (Original work published 2006)
Oppert 3 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342415 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-26]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {Oppert 3 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342415},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342415},
}


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Cite this Artifacts

“Oppert 3 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P342415.
Oppert 3 artifact entry (No. P342415). (2025, November 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342415 (Original work published 2006)
Oppert 3 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342415 (Accessed: April 26, 2026).
@misc{2025Oppert,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-26]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 28},
	title = {Oppert 3 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342415},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342415},
}


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DA  - 2025/11/28/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P342415
LB  - CDLI:P342415
M1  - 2026/4/26/
TI  - Oppert 3 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P342415
ER  -
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