YOS 20, 085 (P303979)

Legal tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Hellenistic (323-63 BC) period and now kept in Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NCBT 01941

Period

Hellenistic (323-63 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Legal (Sale of shares in temple enterer's prebend)

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

85.0 mm × 105.0 mm × 30.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Legal (Sale of shares in temple enterer's prebend)
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Hellenistic (323-63 BC)
Dates Referenced	HE.SE.115.04.12 date restored from duplicate. copy traces of 15 in year
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P303979
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P303979

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	85.0 mm × 105.0 mm × 30.0 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)	Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	NCBT 01941
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-036487
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	NCBT.1941

References

primary: YOS 20, 85

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51	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, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P303979.

YOS 20, 085 artifact entry (No. P303979). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P303979 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 20, 085 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P303979 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P303979},
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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 20, 085 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P303979.

YOS 20, 085 artifact entry (No. P303979). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P303979 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 20, 085 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P303979 (Accessed: September 10, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-09-10]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 20, 085 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P303979},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P303979},
}

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