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

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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

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 78.0 high × 84.0 wide × 29.0 thick
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  • Seal information:

    AUWE 19, 0188:B, B1; AUWE 19, 0869, B2; AUWE 19, 0755:O, B3; AUWE 19, 0657, L1; W 1100:O, R1; AUWE 19, 0114:G, R2; AUWE 19, 0696:T, R3; AUWE 19, 0096:G, R4; AUWE 19, 0152:F, T1; AUWE 19, 0237:E, T2; AUWE 19, 0755:N, T3

  • Artifact comments:

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

  • 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.

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  • Museum No.: Erm 15568
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  • Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
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  • Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: HE.SE.159.11.20
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  • Accounting Period: 0

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-07-30 at 13:50:24 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-02 at 16:18:06 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2006-07-27 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Pearce, Laurie E. CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“VDI 1955/4, 3 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 30, 2024. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P342448.
VDI 1955/4, 3 artifact entry (No. P342448). (2024, July 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.ucla.edu/P342448 (Original work published 2006)
VDI 1955/4, 3 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.ucla.edu/P342448 (Accessed: March 24, 2025).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.ucla.edu/P342448},
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