AION Suppl. 77, no. 15 (P556695)

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

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

British Museum, London, UK

Museum Number

BM 055437

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

Has seal impression(s)

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	Antiochus1
Accounting Period

Seals

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

Seal	Seal Number	Provenience	Period	Date
dummy composite seal for unidentified seals (P533185)	S999999	-	-

Record

CDLI number	P556695
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P556695

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	British Museum, London, UK
Museum Number	BM 055437
Accession Number	1882-07-04, 0008

References

primary: Nisaba 28, no. 571

[Altavilla2016Nisaba28] Altavilla, Stefania, and Christopher B. F. Walker. 2016. Late Babylonian Seal Impressions on Tablets in the British Museum: Part 2: Babylon and Its Vicinity. Nisaba 28. Messina : Di.Sc.A.M.
primary: AION Suppl. 77, no. 15

[Stolper1993AIONSupp77] Stolper, Matthew W. 1993. Late Achaemenid, Early Macedonian, and Early Seleucid Records of Deposit and Related Texts. Annali Dell’Istituto Universitario Orientale Di Napoli, Supplemento 77.
citation: AOAT 254, p. 77 n. 275

[Jursa1998AOAT254] Jursa, Michael. 1998. Der Tempelzehnt in Babylonien : Vom Siebenten Bis Zum Dritten Jahrhundert v. Chr. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament 254. Münster : Ugarit-Verlag.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2025-09-12 at 09:32:03	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-09-05 at 14:01:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-08-21 at 09:37:26	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-02-04 at 15:30:01	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard	Firth, Richard	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“AION Suppl. 77, No. 15 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556695.

AION Suppl. 77, no. 15 artifact entry (No. P556695). (2025, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556695 (Original work published 2025)

AION Suppl. 77, no. 15 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556695 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556695},
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Cite this Artifacts

“AION Suppl. 77, No. 15 Artifact Entry.” (2025) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 12, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P556695.

AION Suppl. 77, no. 15 artifact entry (No. P556695). (2025, September 12). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P556695 (Original work published 2025)

AION Suppl. 77, no. 15 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P556695 (Accessed: April 8, 2026).

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	year = {2025},
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	title = {AION {Suppl}. 77, no. 15 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P556695},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P556695},
}

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