BiMes 24, 23 (P342229)

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 A02523

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of house in Ishtar Gate district)

Language(s)

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of house in Ishtar Gate district)
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.133.12?.16 month destroyed in duplicate. traces good for Addaru.
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P342229
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P342229

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Uruk (mod. Warka)
Written In
Archive
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 A02523
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Oriental Institute Integrated Database (OI)	8832c434-0bdb-4a0d-9755-9bc8a91ed2b2

References

primary: BiMes 24, 23

[Weisberg1991BiMes24] Weisberg, David B. 1991. The Late Babylonian Texts of the Oriental Institute Collection. Bibliotheca Mesopotamica 24.
collation: AfO (pp. 111-116), 114

[Doty1993/94AfO40/41] Doty, L. Timothy. 1993/1994. “Reviewed Work: The Late Babylonian Texts of the Oriental Institute Collection. (= Bibliotheca Mesopotamica, Vol. 24) by David B. Weisberg.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 40/41: 111–16.
collation: ZA 84 (pp. 283-288), 286

[Streck1994ZA84] Streck, Michael P. 1994. “Review: WEISBERG, D. B.: The Late Babylonian Texts of the Oriental Institute Collection (= Bibliotheca Mesopotamica [Ed.: G. Buccellati] Vol. 24).” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 84: 283–88.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-13 at 18:39:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-12 at 12:56:50	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2006-07-20 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Pearce, Laurie E.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BiMes 24, 23 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342229.

BiMes 24, 23 artifact entry (No. P342229). (2024, October 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342229 (Original work published 2006)

BiMes 24, 23 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342229 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

@misc{2024BiMes,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 13},
	title = {BiMes 24, 23 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342229},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342229},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/13/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P342229
LB  - CDLI:P342229
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - BiMes 24, 23 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P342229
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BiMes 24, 23 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 13, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342229.

BiMes 24, 23 artifact entry (No. P342229). (2024, October 13). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342229 (Original work published 2006)

BiMes 24, 23 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342229 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

@misc{2024BiMes,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 13},
	title = {BiMes 24, 23 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342229},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342229},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/10/13/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P342229
LB  - CDLI:P342229
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - BiMes 24, 23 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P342229
ER  -