BRM 2, 17 (P296693)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

MLC 02117

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Assignment of workers)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

79.0 mm × 99.0 mm × 33.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Assignment of workers)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.067.03.22
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P296693
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P296693

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	79.0 mm × 99.0 mm × 33.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	complete (Surface: Good)

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	J. Pierpont Morgan Library Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	MLC 02117
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-002061
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	MLC.2117
Hellenistic Babylonia: Texts, Iconography, Names (HBTIN)	P296693
Ancient Records of Middle Eastern Polities (ARMEP)	P296693

References

primary: BRM 2, 17

[Clay1913BRM2] Clay, Albert Tobias. 1913. Legal Documents from Erech Dated in the Seleucid Era (312 - 65 B. C.). Babylonian Records in the Library of J. Pierpont Morgan, Part 2. New York: privately printed.
history: AOAT 330 (pp. 7-43), 41-43

[Baker2005AOAT330Uruk] Baker, Heather D. 2005. “The Property Portfolio of a Family of Builders from Hellenistic Uruk.” In Approaching the Babylonian Economy. Proceedings of the START-Project Symposium Held in Vienna, 1-3 July 2004, edited by Heather D. Baker and Michael Jursa, 7–43. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament 330. Ugarit-Verlag Münster.
history: FAOS 4, 50-51

[McEwan1981FAOS4] McEwan, Gilbert J. P. 1981. Priest and Temple in Hellenistic Babylonia. Freiburger Altorientalische Studien 4. Wiesbaden : Steiner.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-03-30 at 13:14:08	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-06-15 at 20:22:28	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Rattenborg, Rune	Geomapping Landscapes of Writing	Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-06-01 at 18:47:18	Rattenborg, Rune	Artifact metadata	Novotny, Jamie		Rattenborg, Rune	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl	Yale Babylonian Collection	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 2, 17 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 30, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P296693.

BRM 2, 17 artifact entry (No. P296693). (2026, March 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296693 (Original work published 2006)

BRM 2, 17 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296693 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

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	month = {mar 30},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296693},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BRM 2, 17 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). March 30, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P296693.

BRM 2, 17 artifact entry (No. P296693). (2026, March 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296693 (Original work published 2006)

BRM 2, 17 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296693 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

@misc{2026BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {mar 30},
	title = {BRM 2, 17  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296693},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296693},
}

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DA  - 2026/3/30/
PY  - 2026
ID  - P296693
LB  - CDLI:P296693
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - BRM 2, 17  artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296693
ER  -