TCL 13, 248 (P342444)

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

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Louvre Museum, Paris, France

Museum Number

AO 08549

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of slave)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

75.0 mm × 70.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of slave)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.AL.09.02.08
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P342444
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P342444

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	75.0 mm × 70.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number	AO 08549
Accession Number

References

primary: TCL 13, 248

[Contenau1929TCL13] Contenau, Georges. 1929. Contrats Néo-Babyloniens. II: Achéménides et Séleucides. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 13. Paris: Paul Geuthner.
history: Moore, NBBAD, no. 248

[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, 139-143

[Rutten1935Babyloniaca15[2]] Rutten, Marguerite M. 1935. “Contrats de l’époque Seleucide Conservés Au Musée Du Louvre.” Babyloniaca 15.
history: Del Monte, 1997, 8 n. 24

[sec85526] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-17 at 17:08:27	Firth, Richard	Artifact 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
2006-07-13 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Pearce, Laurie E.	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 13, 248 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P342444.

TCL 13, 248 artifact entry (No. P342444). (2025, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342444 (Original work published 2006)

TCL 13, 248 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342444 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“TCL 13, 248 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P342444.

TCL 13, 248 artifact entry (No. P342444). (2025, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342444 (Original work published 2006)

TCL 13, 248 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342444 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342444},
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