BRM 2, 51 (P296729)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

MLC 02151

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Promissory note)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

56.0 mm × 66.0 mm × 26.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Promissory note)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.PA.006.--.06? day 6 or higher; Oelsner NABU 2003-83 establishes date and reading of RN. See also Del Monte TBE, 246
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P296729
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P296729

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	56.0 mm × 66.0 mm × 26.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	fragment (Surface: Fair)

Provenance

Provenience	Larsa (mod. Tell as-Senkereh)
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 02151
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-002097
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	MLC.2151

References

primary: BRM 2, 51

[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: Doty diss., 113-115

[Doty1977HellenisticUruk] Doty, L. Timothy. 1977. “Cuneiform Archives from Hellenistic Uruk.” Phdthesis, Yale University.
history: BagM 15 (pp. 273-281), 281 n17

[Kessler1984BagM15] Kessler, Karlheinz. 1984. “Eine Arsakidenzeitliche Urkunde Aus Warka (W 18568).” Baghdader Mitteilungen 15: 273–81.
history: Oelsner, NABU 2003-83

[sec62313] N.d.
history: Joannès, 2001, 257ff.

[sec62314] N.d.
citation: ZA 56 (pp. , 270

[Oelsner1964ZA56] Oelsner, Joachim. 1964. “Ein Beitrag Zu Keilschriftlichen Königstitulaturen in Hellenistischer Zeit.” Zeitschrift Für Assyriologie 56: 262–74.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-07-08 at 16:46:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-10-13 at 15:45:48	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-11 at 16:05:05	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, 51 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P296729.

BRM 2, 51 artifact entry (No. P296729). (2026, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296729 (Original work published 2006)

BRM 2, 51 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296729 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

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	year = {2026},
	month = {jul 8},
	title = {BRM 2, 51  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296729},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296729},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BRM 2, 51 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P296729.

BRM 2, 51 artifact entry (No. P296729). (2026, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296729 (Original work published 2006)

BRM 2, 51 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296729 (Accessed: October 31, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-31]},
	year = {2026},
	month = {jul 8},
	title = {BRM 2, 51  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296729},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296729},
}

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DA  - 2026/7/8/
PY  - 2026
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LB  - CDLI:P296729
M1  - 2026/10/31/
TI  - BRM 2, 51  artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296729
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