BRM 2, 38 (P296716)

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 02138

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of undeveloped lot in Ishtar Gate district)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

89.0 mm × 93.0 mm × 35.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of undeveloped lot in Ishtar Gate district)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.139.05.12
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P296716
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P296716

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	89.0 mm × 93.0 mm × 35.0 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 02138
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-002084
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	MLC.2138

References

primary: BRM 2, 38

[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: AJSL 56, p.231-243, p. 241

[Bowman1939Kefalon] Bowman, R. A. 1939. “Anu-Uballiṭ—Kefalon.” American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures 56 (3): 231–43. https://www.jstor.org/stable/529169.

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, 38 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P296716.

BRM 2, 38 artifact entry (No. P296716). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296716 (Original work published 2006)

BRM 2, 38 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296716 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BRM 2, 38  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296716},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296716},
}

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DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P296716
LB  - CDLI:P296716
M1  - 2026/9/10/
TI  - BRM 2, 38  artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296716
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 2, 38 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P296716.

BRM 2, 38 artifact entry (No. P296716). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296716 (Original work published 2006)

BRM 2, 38 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296716 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

@misc{2023BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {BRM 2, 38  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296716},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296716},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P296716
LB  - CDLI:P296716
M1  - 2026/9/10/
TI  - BRM 2, 38  artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296716
ER  -