YOS 20, 090 (P296752)

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 02176

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of property)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

110.0 mm × 70.0 mm × 30.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of property)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.---.--.-- date and ruler lost, possibly late Achaemenid
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P296752
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P296752

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	110.0 mm × 70.0 mm × 30.0 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 02176
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-002122
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	MLC.2176

References

primary: YOS 20, 90

[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, 090 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P296752.

YOS 20, 090 artifact entry (No. P296752). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296752 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 20, 090 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296752 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 20, 090 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296752},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296752},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 20, 090 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P296752.

YOS 20, 090 artifact entry (No. P296752). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296752 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 20, 090 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296752 (Accessed: October 14, 2026).

@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-14]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 20, 090 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296752},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296752},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P296752
LB  - CDLI:P296752
M1  - 2026/10/14/
TI  - YOS 20, 090 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296752
ER  -