YOS 20, 080 (P296756)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

MLC 02180

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of house(?) in the Istar Gate district)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

70.0 mm × 90.0 mm × 25.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of house(?) in the Istar Gate district)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.---.--.-- staters of Demetrius, 151-161 SE
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P296756
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P296756

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	70.0 mm × 90.0 mm × 25.0 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 02180
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-002126
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	MLC.2180

References

primary: YOS 20, 80

[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.
history: Doty diss., 297-99

[Doty1977HellenisticUruk] Doty, L. Timothy. 1977. “Cuneiform Archives from Hellenistic Uruk.” Phdthesis, Yale University.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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

“YOS 20, 080 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296756.

YOS 20, 080 artifact entry (No. P296756). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296756 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 20, 080 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296756 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 20, 080 artifact entry},
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296756},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 20, 080 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296756.

YOS 20, 080 artifact entry (No. P296756). (2024, July 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296756 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 20, 080 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296756 (Accessed: October 30, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-30]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 11},
	title = {YOS 20, 080 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296756},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296756},
}

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DA  - 2024/7/11/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P296756
LB  - CDLI:P296756
M1  - 2026/10/30/
TI  - YOS 20, 080 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296756
ER  -