BRM 2, 33 (P296711)

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 02133

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of food allowances)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

101.0 mm × 117.0 mm × 31.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of food allowances)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.124.03.28
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P296711
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P296711

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	101.0 mm × 117.0 mm × 31.0 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 02133
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-002079
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	MLC.2133

References

primary: BRM 2, 33

[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: JA 1922 (pp. 1-48), 48

[Fossey1922JA] Fossey, Charles. 1922. “Études Assyriennes.” Journal Asiatique 1922 (1): 1–48.
history: FAOS 4, 137-138

[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
2024-07-23 at 16:55:43	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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, 33 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296711.

BRM 2, 33 artifact entry (No. P296711). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296711 (Original work published 2006)

BRM 2, 33 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296711 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {BRM 2, 33  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296711},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296711},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BRM 2, 33 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 23, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296711.

BRM 2, 33 artifact entry (No. P296711). (2024, July 23). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296711 (Original work published 2006)

BRM 2, 33 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296711 (Accessed: October 29, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-29]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 23},
	title = {BRM 2, 33  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296711},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296711},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/23/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P296711
LB  - CDLI:P296711
M1  - 2026/10/29/
TI  - BRM 2, 33  artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296711
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