SpTU 3, 059 (P348662)

Literary tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq

Museum Number

IM —

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary (Epic Fifth tablet of Gilgamesh epic.)

Language(s)

Measurements

105.0 mm × 164.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary (Epic Fifth tablet of Gilgamesh epic.)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P348662
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P348662

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	105.0 mm × 164.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Uruk (mod. Warka)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number	W 22554,7
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	National Museum of Iraq, Baghdad, Iraq
Museum Number	IM —
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	IM.76985
CAMS Geography of Knowledge Corpus (CAMS/GKAB)	P348662
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P348662

References

primary: SpTU 3, 59

[vonWeiher1988SpTU3] Weiher, Egbert von. 1988. Spätbabylonische Texte Aus Uruk. Teil III. Ausgrabungen Der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft in Uruk-Warka, Band 12. Berlin: Gebr. Mann.
history: BagM 11, 1980, 90-105

[sec88491] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2023-06-15 at 20:34:30	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 09:44:24	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie; Rattenborg, Rune		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
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
2006-11-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Veldhuis, Niek		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“SpTU 3, 059 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P348662.

SpTU 3, 059 artifact entry (No. P348662). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P348662 (Original work published 2006)

SpTU 3, 059 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P348662 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {SpTU 3, 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P348662},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P348662},
}

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DA  - 2023/6/15/
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M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - SpTU 3, 059 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“SpTU 3, 059 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 15, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P348662.

SpTU 3, 059 artifact entry (No. P348662). (2023, June 15). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P348662 (Original work published 2006)

SpTU 3, 059 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P348662 (Accessed: October 20, 2026).

@misc{2023SpTU,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-20]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {jun 15},
	title = {SpTU 3, 059 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P348662},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P348662},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/6/15/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P348662
LB  - CDLI:P348662
M1  - 2026/10/20/
TI  - SpTU 3, 059 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P348662
ER  -