BRM 2, 48 (P296726)

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 02148

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of storehouse in courtyard of north gate of Irigal)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

90.0 mm × 100.0 mm × 31.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of storehouse in courtyard of north gate of Irigal)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.160.08.01 month collated LPearce
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P296726
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P296726

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	90.0 mm × 100.0 mm × 31.0 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 02148
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-002094
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	MLC.2148

References

primary: BRM 2, 48

[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: Falkenstein Topographie, 37

[Falkenstein1941Topographie] Falkenstein, Adam. 1941. Topographie von Uruk. Vol. 3. Ausgrabungen Der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft in Uruk-Warka.
history: Funck, 1984, 102-104

[Funck1984] 1984.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-09-18 at 10:43:49	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-12 at 13:15:47	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

“BRM 2, 48 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296726.

BRM 2, 48 artifact entry (No. P296726). (2024, September 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296726 (Original work published 2006)

BRM 2, 48 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296726 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 18},
	title = {BRM 2, 48  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296726},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296726},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/18/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P296726
LB  - CDLI:P296726
M1  - 2026/9/10/
TI  - BRM 2, 48  artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296726
ER  -

Cite this Artifact

“BRM 2, 48 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). September 18, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296726.

BRM 2, 48 artifact entry (No. P296726). (2024, September 18). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296726 (Original work published 2006)

BRM 2, 48 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296726 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

@misc{2024BRM,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {sep 18},
	title = {BRM 2, 48  artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296726},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296726},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2024/9/18/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P296726
LB  - CDLI:P296726
M1  - 2026/9/10/
TI  - BRM 2, 48  artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P296726
ER  -