OECT 09, 63 (P342400)

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 1923-0719

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Division of shares in inheritance houses in the Ishtar Gate district)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

120.0 mm × 138.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Division of shares in inheritance houses in the Ishtar Gate district)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.163.05.02
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P342400
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P342400

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	120.0 mm × 138.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Museum Number	Ashm 1923-0719
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	Ashm-1923.719

References

primary: OECT 9, 63

[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.
history: Doty 1977, 264-266 (Tr, T ll. 1-4)

[sec85403] N.d.
history: McEwan, 1982, 12-16

[sec85404] N.d.
collation: JCS 35, p.229-243, p. 239, p. 239-240, p. 242

[Brinkman1983McEwan] Brinkman, John A. 1983. “Review: Priest and Temple in Hellenistic Babylonia by Gilbert J. P. McEwan & Texts from Hellenistic Babylonia in the Ashmolean Museum by Gilbert J. P. McEwan.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 35 (3–4): 229–43. https://doi.org/10.2307/3515968.

p. 239 (ll. 1-2, 7, 41-43), p. 239-240 (on date), p. 242 (ll. 31, 35, 54, seal captions)

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	Artifact metadata	Pearce, Laurie E.		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“OECT 09, 63 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P342400.

OECT 09, 63 artifact entry (No. P342400). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342400 (Original work published 2006)

OECT 09, 63 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342400 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342400},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“OECT 09, 63 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P342400.

OECT 09, 63 artifact entry (No. P342400). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342400 (Original work published 2006)

OECT 09, 63 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342400 (Accessed: April 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-29]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {OECT 09, 63 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342400},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342400},
}

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M1  - 2026/4/29/
TI  - OECT 09, 63 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P342400
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