TCL 13, 240 (P342436)

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

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 08553

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of undeveloped lot in orchard district (kirimahhu))

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

90.0 mm × 100.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of undeveloped lot in orchard district (kirimahhu))
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.088.03.--
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P342436
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P342436

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	90.0 mm × 100.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number	AO 08553
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Louvre Collections (Louvre)	cl010124222

References

primary: TCL 13, 240

[Contenau1929TCL13] Contenau, Georges. 1929. Contrats Néo-Babyloniens. II: Achéménides et Séleucides. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 13. Paris: Paul Geuthner.
history: Moore, NBBAD, 260-263

[Moore1935NBBAD] Moore, Ellen W. 1935. Neo-Babylonian Business and Administrative Documents with Transliteration, Translation and Notes. Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press.
history: Babyloniaca 15, 167-175

[Rutten1935Babyloniaca15[2]] Rutten, Marguerite M. 1935. “Contrats de l’époque Seleucide Conservés Au Musée Du Louvre.” Babyloniaca 15.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-17 at 15:34:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-20 at 18:29:47	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-09-20 at 18:14:35	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-30 at 18:23:37	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-12 at 15:05:58	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-04-11 at 16:18:03	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2006-07-13 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Pearce, Laurie E.		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 13, 240 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P342436.

TCL 13, 240 artifact entry (No. P342436). (2025, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342436 (Original work published 2006)

TCL 13, 240 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342436 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342436},
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Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 13, 240 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P342436.

TCL 13, 240 artifact entry (No. P342436). (2025, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342436 (Original work published 2006)

TCL 13, 240 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342436 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-08]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 17},
	title = {TCL 13, 240 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342436},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342436},
}

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