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

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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)
Accounting Period

Record

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

External resources

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

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},
}

TY  - ELEC
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  - 

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},
}

TY  - ELEC
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  - 
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