Oppert 5 (P342417)

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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Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 093004

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of temple enterer's prebends)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

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  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
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  • Seal information:

    AUWE 19, 0769, B1; AUWE 19, 0208, B2; AUWE 19, 0021:G, B3; AUWE 19, 0972:DD, R1; AUWE 19, 0114:E, T1; W 0028:A, T2

  • Artifact comments:

  • Genre(s): Legal (Sale of temple enterer's prebends)
  • Language(s): Akkadian

  • primary: Oppert-Menant Documents juridiques, 315-322, no. 5

    [Oppert1877DocumentsJuridiques] Oppert, Jules, and Joachim Menant. 1877. Documents Juridiques de l’Assyrie et de La Chaldée. Paris.

  • history: Prebende templari, 378-381

    [Corò2005Prebendetemplari] Corò, Paola. 2005. Prebende Templari in Età Seleucide. Vol. 8. HANE. M. Padova : Sargon.

  • history: Doty diss., 412-415

    [Doty1977HellenisticUruk] Doty, L. Timothy. 1977. “Cuneiform Archives from Hellenistic Uruk.” Phdthesis, Yale University.

  • history: Funck, 1984, 160-163

    [Funck1984] 1984.

  • history: CM 25, 38, 43, 50

    [Linssen2004CM25] Linssen, Marc J.H. 2004. The Cults of Uruk and Babylon : The Temple Ritual Texts as Evidence for Hellenistic Cult Practises. Vol. 25. Cuneiform Monographs. Leiden, Boston : Brill, Styx.

  • history: FAOS 4, 76-79, 162

    [McEwan1981FAOS4] McEwan, Gilbert J. P. 1981. Priest and Temple in Hellenistic Babylonia. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien 4. Wiesbaden : Steiner.

  • history: BM Stamp Seals 3, 746

    [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.

  • citation: BM Guide 1908, p. 217

    [BMGuide1908] A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities. Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged. 1908. London: The Trustees of the British Museum.

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  • Museum No.: BM 093004
  • Accession No.: 1856-09-03, 1519

  • Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
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  • Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: Demetrius1.00.00.00
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-12-14 at 16:28:47 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-12-12 at 15:29:37 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-18 at 13:52:17 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-10-18 at 13:47:41 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-20 at 13:41:42 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-20 at 13:40:32 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-30 at 15:23:10 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-12 at 13:15:47 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-12 at 13:11:09 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-12 at 13:08:36 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-11 at 16:05:05 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-10-28 at 21:03:16 Rattenborg, Rune Artifact Rattenborg, Rune; Taylor, Jonathan Geomapping Landscapes of Writing Rattenborg, Rune approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:42:50 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2006-07-27 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Pearce, Laurie E. CDLI approved View

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

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

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Cite this Artifact
“Oppert 5 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 14, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342417.
Oppert 5 artifact entry (No. P342417). (2024, December 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342417 (Original work published 2006)
Oppert 5 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342417 (Accessed: May 16, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-05-16]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {dec 14},
	title = {Oppert 5 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342417},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342417},
}


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