TCL 13, 249 (P342445)

Legal tablet excavated in Uncertain (mod. uncertain), 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 10351

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

uncertain (mod. uncertain)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of arable land)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of arable land)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.PHL.08.05.20
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P342445
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P342445

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Louvre Museum, Paris, France
Museum Number	AO 10351
Accession Number

References

primary: TCL 13, 249

[Contenau1929TCL13] Contenau, Georges. 1929. Contrats Néo-Babyloniens. II: Achéménides et Séleucides. Textes Cunéiformes, Musée Du Louvre 13. Paris: Paul Geuthner.
history: Moore, NBBAD, 274-277

[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, 194-199

[Rutten1935Babyloniaca15[2]] Rutten, Marguerite M. 1935. “Contrats de l’époque Seleucide Conservés Au Musée Du Louvre.” Babyloniaca 15.
history: Van der Spek 1986, 187-191

[sec85530] N.d.
history: van der Spek Land Ownership, 174

[VanderSpek1995LandOwnership] Spek, Robartus J. van der. 1995. “Land Ownership in Babylonian Cuneiform Documents.” In Legal Documents of the Hellenistic World, 173–245.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	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
2024-07-30 at 13:50:24	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
2006-07-13 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Pearce, Laurie E.	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“TCL 13, 249 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P342445.

TCL 13, 249 artifact entry (No. P342445). (2025, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342445 (Original work published 2006)

TCL 13, 249 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342445 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342445},
}

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TI  - TCL 13, 249 artifact entry
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Cite this Artifact

“TCL 13, 249 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 17, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P342445.

TCL 13, 249 artifact entry (No. P342445). (2025, August 17). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342445 (Original work published 2006)

TCL 13, 249 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342445 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-10]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 17},
	title = {TCL 13, 249 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P342445},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342445},
}

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DA  - 2025/8/17/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P342445
LB  - CDLI:P342445
M1  - 2026/9/10/
TI  - TCL 13, 249 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P342445
ER  -