BRM 2, 05 (P296681)

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 02105

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Dowry gift of slave)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

77.0 mm × 86.0 mm × 32.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Dowry gift of slave)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.031.09.10
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P296681
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P296681

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	77.0 mm × 86.0 mm × 32.0 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 02105
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-002049
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	MLC.2105

References

primary: BRM 2, 5

[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: Lewenton, 1970, A 102-103

[sec62189] N.d.

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

“BRM 2, 05 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P296681.

BRM 2, 05 artifact entry (No. P296681). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296681 (Original work published 2006)

BRM 2, 05 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296681 (Accessed: September 5, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BRM 2, 05  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296681},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296681},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“BRM 2, 05 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P296681.

BRM 2, 05 artifact entry (No. P296681). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296681 (Original work published 2006)

BRM 2, 05 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296681 (Accessed: September 5, 2026).

@misc{2023BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-05]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BRM 2, 05  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296681},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296681},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P296681
LB  - CDLI:P296681
M1  - 2026/9/5/
TI  - BRM 2, 05  artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296681
ER  -