YOS 20, 066 (P296763)

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 02187

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of share in south-building, rear building and outbuilding in Adad Gate district)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

95.0 mm × 115.0 mm × 25.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of share in south-building, rear building and outbuilding in Adad Gate district)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.128.--.--
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P296763
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P296763

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	95.0 mm × 115.0 mm × 25.0 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 02187
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-002133
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	MLC.2187

References

primary: YOS 20, 66

[Doty2012YOS20] Doty, L. Timothy, and Ronald Wallenfels. 2012. Cuneiform Documents from Hellenistic Uruk. Yale Oriental Series. Babylonian Texts, Vol. 20. New Haven: Yale University Press.
history: Doty, 1988, 108, 110

[sec62322] Doty, L. Timothy. 1988.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-30 at 18:42:22	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

“YOS 20, 066 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296763.

YOS 20, 066 artifact entry (No. P296763). (2024, July 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296763 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 20, 066 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296763 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296763},
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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 20, 066 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 30, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P296763.

YOS 20, 066 artifact entry (No. P296763). (2024, July 30). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P296763 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 20, 066 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P296763 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-10]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jul 30},
	title = {YOS 20, 066 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P296763},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P296763},
}

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