OECT 09, 03 (P342340)

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

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK

Museum Number

Ashm 1923-0731

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Promissory note for silver)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

68.0 mm × 78.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Promissory note for silver)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.013.12.20
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P342340
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P342340

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	68.0 mm × 78.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1923-0731
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	Ashm-1923.731

References

primary: OECT 9, 3

[McEwan1982OECT9] McEwan, Gilbert J. P., and Briggs Buchanan. 1982. Texts from Hellenistic Babylonia in the Ashmolean Museum, with Notes on the Seal Impressions. Oxford Editions of Cuneiform Texts 9. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
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
2006-07-12 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Pearce, Laurie E.		CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“OECT 09, 03 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P342340.

OECT 09, 03 artifact entry (No. P342340). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342340 (Original work published 2006)

OECT 09, 03 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342340 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

@misc{2023OECT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OECT 09, 03 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342340},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342340},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P342340
LB  - CDLI:P342340
M1  - 2026/9/10/
TI  - OECT 09, 03 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P342340
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“OECT 09, 03 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P342340.

OECT 09, 03 artifact entry (No. P342340). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342340 (Original work published 2006)

OECT 09, 03 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342340 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

@misc{2023OECT,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OECT 09, 03 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342340},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342340},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P342340
LB  - CDLI:P342340
M1  - 2026/9/10/
TI  - OECT 09, 03 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P342340
ER  -