Canonical Lamentations 536ff, esp541-45, 840-43, Text C (P302741)

Literary tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Newell Collections of Babylonian Tablets, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NCBT 00688

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

205.0 mm × 79.0 mm × 32.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P302741
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P302741

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	205.0 mm × 79.0 mm × 32.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
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 00688
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-035233
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	NCBT.688

References

primary: CanLam, 536ff, esp541-45, 840-43, Text C

[Cohen1988CanLam] Cohen, Mark E. 1988. The Canonical Lamentations of Ancient Mesopotamia. Potomac, Md : Capital Decisions.

(C, T, Tr)
history: ASJ 7, p.11-87, p. 46

[Black1985balag] Black, Jeremy Allen. 1985. “A-Še-Er Gi₆-Ta, a Balag of Inana.” Acta Sumerologica 7: 11–87.

(partial T)

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-07-08 at 18:32:53	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-06-27 at 09:25:14	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
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

“Canonical Lamentations 536ff, Esp541-45, 840-43, Text C Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P302741.

Canonical Lamentations 536ff, esp541-45, 840-43, Text C artifact entry (No. P302741). (2024, July 8). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P302741 (Original work published 2006)

Canonical Lamentations 536ff, esp541-45, 840-43, Text C artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P302741 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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Cite this Artifact

“Canonical Lamentations 536ff, Esp541-45, 840-43, Text C Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). July 8, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P302741.

Canonical Lamentations 536ff, esp541-45, 840-43, Text C artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P302741 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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