VDI 1955/4, 7 (P342452)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

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Museum Collection(s)

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Museum Number

Erm 15547

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of shares in cook's prebend)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

90.0 mm × 96.0 mm × 38.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of shares in cook's prebend)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.099.08.05
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P342452
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P342452

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	90.0 mm × 96.0 mm × 38.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Museum Number	Erm 15547
Accession Number

References

history: HANEM 8,, 59, 119, 228-230

[Corò2005HANEM8] Corò, Paola. 2005. Prebende Templari in Età Seleucide. History of the Ancient Near East. Monographs 8. Padova : Sargon.
history: Doty diss., 225 r. 9

[Doty1977HellenisticUruk] Doty, L. Timothy. 1977. “Cuneiform Archives from Hellenistic Uruk.” Phdthesis, Yale University.
history: Funck, 1984, 192-193

[Funck1984] 1984.
history: VDI 1955/4, 154-56, pl. 8

[Sarkisian1955VDI1955/4] Sarkisian, Gagik Kh. 1955. Vestnik Drevnej Istorii 1955 (4).

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-12 at 13:15:47	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
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
2024-07-11 at 16:05:05	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-02 at 16:18:06	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

“VDI 1955/4, 7 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342452.

VDI 1955/4, 7 artifact entry (No. P342452). (2024, July 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342452 (Original work published 2006)

VDI 1955/4, 7 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342452 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“VDI 1955/4, 7 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 12, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342452.

VDI 1955/4, 7 artifact entry (No. P342452). (2024, July 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342452 (Original work published 2006)

VDI 1955/4, 7 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342452 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342452},
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