YOS 20, 038 (P296700)

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 02123a

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of finished house and bit ritti property of Anu in the Istar Gate district)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

86.0 mm × 99.0 mm × 33.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of finished house and bit ritti property of Anu in the Istar Gate district)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.078.02.08? date restored from duplicate
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P296700
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P296700

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	86.0 mm × 99.0 mm × 33.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	50% (Surface: Poor)

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 02123a
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-002068
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	MLC.2123.A

References

primary: YOS 20, 38

[Doty2012YOS20] Doty, L. Timothy, and Ronald Wallenfels. 2012. Cuneiform Documents from Hellenistic Uruk. Yale Oriental Series. Babylonian Texts, Vol. 20. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
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

“YOS 20, 038 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P296700.

YOS 20, 038 artifact entry (No. P296700). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296700 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 20, 038 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296700 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 20, 038 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296700},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296700},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 20, 038 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P296700.

YOS 20, 038 artifact entry (No. P296700). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296700 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 20, 038 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296700 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).

@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 20, 038 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296700},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296700},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P296700
LB  - CDLI:P296700
M1  - 2026/11/1/
TI  - YOS 20, 038 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296700
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