BiMes 24, 19 (P342225)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Museum Number

OIM A02519

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of house plot. land measured in five sections, in Ishtar Gate district)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of house plot. land measured in five sections, in Ishtar Gate district)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.089.03.24
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P342225
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P342225

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)	Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures West Asia & North Africa Museum, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Museum Number	OIM A02519
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Oriental Institute Integrated Database (OI)	da885faa-d9c0-4e58-a942-8b0182debf93

References

primary: BiMes 24, 19

[Weisberg1991BiMes24] Weisberg, David B. 1991. The Late Babylonian Texts of the Oriental Institute Collection. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica 24.
history: Baker, NABU 2004-4, 94

[sec85189] N.d.
history: OIMP 32 (pp. 33-84), 098

[Woods2010writing] Woods, Christopher. 2010. “The Earliest Mesopotamian Writing.” In Visible Language. Inventions of Writing in the Ancient Middle East and Beyond, edited by Christopher Woods, 33–84. Oriental Institute Museum Publications, Number 32. Chicago, Illinois: The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.
collation: NABU 1995/69, no. 69

[Doty1996NABU69] Doty, L. Timothy. 1995. “Additional Collations to BibMes 24.” NABU, Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires 1995.
collation: BiOr 51 (pp. 600-604), 601

[vanderSpek1994BiOr51] Spek, Robartus J. van der. 1994. “Review: Weisberg D., The Late Babylonian Texts of the Oriental Institute Collection, Malibu 1991.” Bibliotheca Orientalis 51: 600–604.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-20 at 13:24:21	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-20 at 13:01:59	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-12 at 12:58:38	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-03 at 09:19:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2006-07-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Pearce, Laurie E.	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“BiMes 24, 19 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342225.

BiMes 24, 19 artifact entry (No. P342225). (2024, September 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342225 (Original work published 2006)

BiMes 24, 19 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342225 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342225},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“BiMes 24, 19 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342225.

BiMes 24, 19 artifact entry (No. P342225). (2024, September 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342225 (Original work published 2006)

BiMes 24, 19 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342225 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 20},
	title = {BiMes 24, 19 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342225},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342225},
}

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DA  - 2024/9/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P342225
LB  - CDLI:P342225
M1  - 2026/4/8/
TI  - BiMes 24, 19 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P342225
ER  -