VDI 1955/4, 3 (P342448)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Museum Number

Erm 15568

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of developed property Irigal, between the gardens)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

78.0 mm × 84.0 mm × 29.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of developed property Irigal, between the gardens)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.159.11.20
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P342448
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P342448

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	78.0 mm × 84.0 mm × 29.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Museum Number	Erm 15568
Accession Number

References

history: VDI 1955/4, 146-148, pl. 4

[Sarkisian1955VDI1955/4] Sarkisian, Gagik Kh. 1955. Vestnik Drevnej Istorii 1955 (4).
history: van der Spek Land Ownership, 204-208

[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
2024-07-30 at 13:50:24	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-02 at 16:18:06	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2006-07-27 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Pearce, Laurie E.	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“VDI 1955/4, 3 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342448.

VDI 1955/4, 3 artifact entry (No. P342448). (2024, July 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342448 (Original work published 2006)

VDI 1955/4, 3 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342448 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“VDI 1955/4, 3 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P342448.

VDI 1955/4, 3 artifact entry (No. P342448). (2024, July 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P342448 (Original work published 2006)

VDI 1955/4, 3 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P342448 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P342448},
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