BRM 2, 29 (P296707)

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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Metadata history

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

MLC 02129

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of temple enterer's and butcher's prebend)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

84.0 mm × 94.0 mm × 32.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s) Legal (Sale of temple enterer's and butcher's prebend)
Language(s) Akkadian

Chronology

Period Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P296707

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 84.0 mm × 94.0 mm × 32.0 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 02129
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-002075
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) MLC.2129

References

  • primary: BRM 2, 29

    [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: Joannes, TEBR, 042

    [Joannès1982TEBR] Joannès, Francis. 1982. Textes Économiques de La Babylonie Récente. Vol. Cahier no. 6. Étude Des Textes de TBER. Paris : Éditions Recherche sur les civilisations.

  • citation: AJS 14 , 48

    [Beaulieu1992ASJ14] Beaulieu, Paul-Alain. 1992. “Antiquarian Theology in Seleucid Uruk.” Acta Sumerologica 14: 47–75.

  • citation: HANEM 8,, 131, 363-365

    [Corò2005HANEM8] Corò, Paola. 2005. Prebende Templari in Età Seleucide. History of the Ancient Near East. Monographs 8. Padova : Sargon.

  • citation: JA 1922 (pp. 1-48), 47

    [Fossey1922JA] Fossey, Charles. 1922. “Études Assyriennes.” Journal Asiatique 1922 (1): 1–48.

  • citation: Funck, 1984, 74-76

    [Funck1984] 1984.

  • citation: Schroeder, OLZ 19,1916, 105ff

    [sec62259] N.d.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-20 at 18:35:05 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-26 at 13:29:25 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-23 at 16:55:43 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-12 at 13:15:47 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-12 at 13:11:09 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
2024-07-12 at 13:08:36 Firth, Richard Artifact metadata, Other metadata Firth, Richard Firth, Richard Approved View
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 View
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 View

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 2, 29  Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296707.
BRM 2, 29  artifact entry (No. P296707). (2024, September 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296707 (Original work published 2006)
BRM 2, 29  artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296707 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
@misc{2024BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 20},
	title = {BRM 2, 29  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296707},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296707},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P296707
LB  - CDLI:P296707
M1  - 2026/11/1/
TI  - BRM 2, 29  artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296707
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 2, 29  Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296707.
BRM 2, 29  artifact entry (No. P296707). (2024, September 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296707 (Original work published 2006)
BRM 2, 29  artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296707 (Accessed: November 1, 2026).
@misc{2024BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-01]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 20},
	title = {BRM 2, 29  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296707},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296707},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P296707
LB  - CDLI:P296707
M1  - 2026/11/1/
TI  - BRM 2, 29  artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296707
ER  -
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