YOS 21, 155 (P286483)

Letter tablet excavated in Nippur (mod. Nuffar), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Cite

Photo

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

NBC 07689

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) [uncertain]

Provenience

Nippur (mod. Nuffar)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

63.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Letter
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) [uncertain]
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P286483
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P286483

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	63.0 mm × 44.0 mm × 16.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Nippur (mod. Nuffar) [uncertain]
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	NBC 07689
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-010675
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	NBC.7689

References

primary: CBCY 1, p. 61, NBC 7689

[Beaulieu1994CBCY1] Beaulieu, Paul-Alain. 1994. Late Babylonian Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 1. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.
primary: YOS 21, 155

[Frahm2011YOS21] Frahm, Eckart, and Michael Jursa. 2011. Neo-Babylonian Letters and Contracts from the Eanna Archive. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts, Vol. 21. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-11-24 at 08:30:12	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-05-14 at 10:23:37	Jagersma, Bram	Artifact metadata	Jagersma, Bram		Jagersma, Bram	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
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Ditchey, Mallory; Englund, Robert K.		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 21, 155 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 24, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P286483.

YOS 21, 155 artifact entry (No. P286483). (2025, November 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P286483 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 21, 155 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P286483 (Accessed: April 15, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P286483},
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Cite this Artifacts

“YOS 21, 155 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 24, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P286483.

YOS 21, 155 artifact entry (No. P286483). (2025, November 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P286483 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 21, 155 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P286483 (Accessed: April 15, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-15]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {nov 24},
	title = {YOS 21, 155 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P286483},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P286483},
}

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