HANE/M 8, 179-180 (P342278)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in British Museum, London, UK

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Metadata history

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 105170

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of shares in temple enterer's prebends)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

-

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Sale of shares in temple enterer's prebends)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Accounting Period

Seals

This artifact is impressed by the following seal(s):

Seal Seal Number Provenience Period Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185) S999999 - -

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P342278

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) British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number BM 105170
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) BM.105170
British Museum Collection (BM) W_1913-0416-2

References

  • primary: HANEM 8,, 179-180

    [Corò2005HANEM8] Corò, Paola. 2005. Prebende Templari in Età Seleucide. History of the Ancient Near East. Monographs 8. Padova : Sargon.

  • history: STUBM, 28

    [Corò2018STUBM] Corò, Paola. 2018. Seleucid Tablets from Uruk in the British Museum : Text Editions and Commentary. Vol. 6. Antichistica. Studi Orientali . Venezia : Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing.

  • history: BM Stamp Seals 3, 688

    [Mitchell2008BMStampSeals3] Mitchell, T. C., and Ann Searight. 2008. Catalogue of the Western Asiatic Seals in the British Museum Stamp Seals. III : Impressions of Stamp Seals on Cuneiform Tablets, Clay Bullae, and Jar Handles. Leiden ; Boston : Brill.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2025-09-28 at 09:01:14 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2025-09-27 at 19:07:08 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-14 at 16:28:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-12-12 at 15:53:54 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-12 at 13:11:09 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2023-08-19 at 13:32:21 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact metadata Rattenborg, Rune; Smidt, Gustav Ryberg Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune Approved View
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 View
2006-07-29 at 00:00:00 CDLI, CDLI Artifact metadata Pearce, Laurie E. CDLI, CDLI Approved View

Cite this Artifact

“HANE/M 8, 179-180 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P342278.
HANE/M 8, 179-180 artifact entry (No. P342278). (2025, September 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342278 (Original work published 2006)
HANE/M 8, 179-180 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342278 (Accessed: September 5, 2026).
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Cite this Artifact

“HANE/M 8, 179-180 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P342278.
HANE/M 8, 179-180 artifact entry (No. P342278). (2025, September 28). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342278 (Original work published 2006)
HANE/M 8, 179-180 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342278 (Accessed: September 5, 2026).
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	year = {2025},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342278},
}


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