HMA 9-02538 (P248265)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA

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Photo

Lineart

Photo (detail)

Museum Collection(s)

Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA

Museum Number

HMA 9-02538

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (temple official induction)

Language(s)

Measurements

79.0 mm × 103.0 mm × 28.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (temple official induction)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.26.12.11
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P248265
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P248265

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	79.0 mm × 103.0 mm × 28.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	(Surface: fair)

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA
Museum Number	HMA 9-02538
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	HMA.9-2538

References

primary: HMA 9, 02538

[GordinHMA9] Gordin, Shai. n.d.
history: UCP 09-01-2, 024

[Lutz1927UCP9-1-2] Lutz, Henry F. 1927. Neo-Babylonian Administrative Documents from Erech, Part 2. Vol. 9-1–2. University of California Publications in Semitic Philology. California; London: University of California Press; Cambridge University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-03 at 10:57:44	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-09 at 15:14:54	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-09 at 15:13:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-19 at 10:11:27	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2004-09-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI; Fitzgerald, Madeleine; Gordin, Shai		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“HMA 9-02538 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P248265.

HMA 9-02538 artifact entry (No. P248265). (2025, December 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P248265 (Original work published 2004)

HMA 9-02538 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P248265 (Accessed: May 15, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 3},
	title = {HMA 9-02538 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P248265},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P248265},
}

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TI  - HMA 9-02538 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“HMA 9-02538 Artifact Entry.” (2004) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 3, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P248265.

HMA 9-02538 artifact entry (No. P248265). (2025, December 3). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P248265 (Original work published 2004)

HMA 9-02538 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P248265 (Accessed: May 15, 2026).

@misc{2025HMA,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-15]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 3},
	title = {HMA 9-02538 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P248265},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P248265},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/12/3/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P248265
LB  - CDLI:P248265
M1  - 2026/5/15/
TI  - HMA 9-02538 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P248265
ER  -