BRM 2, 36 (P296714)

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 02136

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of allotment and real estate)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

101.0 mm × 120.0 mm × 33.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 101.0 high × 120.0 wide × 33.0 thick
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  • Artifact Preservation: fragment
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  • Genre(s): Legal (Sale of allotment and real estate)
  • Language(s): Akkadian


  • primary: BRM 2, 36

    [Clay1913BRM2] Clay, Albert T. 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: BiOr 22, p.239-242, p. 239

    [Cocquerillat1965calculs] Cocquerillat, Denise. 1965. “Les Calculs Pratiques Sur Les Fractions à l’époque Séleucide.” Bibliotheca Orientalis 22: 239–42.

  • history: Prebende templari, 395-398

    [Corò2005Prebendetemplari] Corò, Paola. 2005. Prebende Templari in Età Seleucide. Vol. 8. HANE. M. Padova : Sargon.

  • history: Doty diss., 135-136

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

  • history: CM 25, 42

    [Linssen2004CM25] Linssen, Marc J.H. 2004. The Cults of Uruk and Babylon : The Temple Ritual Texts as Evidence for Hellenistic Cult Practises. Vol. 25. Cuneiform Monographs. Leiden, Boston : Brill, Styx.

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  • Museum No.: MLC 02136
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  • Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
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  • Period: Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
  • Dates Referenced: HE.SE.131.03.12
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-09-20 at 13:41:42 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-09-20 at 13:40:32 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-12 at 13:11:09 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-12 at 13:08:36 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2024-07-11 at 16:05:05 Firth, Richard Artifact, Other Entity Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:01:26 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl Yale Babylonian Collection CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact

“BRM 2, 36  Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296714.
BRM 2, 36  artifact entry (No. P296714). (2024, September 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296714 (Original work published 2006)
BRM 2, 36  artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296714 (Accessed: July 27, 2025).
@misc{2024BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 20},
	title = {BRM 2, 36  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296714},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296714},
}

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M1  - 2025/7/27/
TI  - BRM 2, 36  artifact entry
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ER  - 

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 2, 36  Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 20, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296714.
BRM 2, 36  artifact entry (No. P296714). (2024, September 20). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296714 (Original work published 2006)
BRM 2, 36  artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296714 (Accessed: July 27, 2025).
@misc{2024BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-07-27]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 20},
	title = {BRM 2, 36  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296714},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296714},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/20/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P296714
LB  - CDLI:P296714
M1  - 2025/7/27/
TI  - BRM 2, 36  artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296714
ER  - 
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