YOS 11, 40 (P306703)

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

Cite

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 05636

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

50.0 mm × 65.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Literary
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

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

Record

CDLI number	P306703
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P306703

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	50.0 mm × 65.0 mm × 20.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	YBC 05636
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-019701
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	YBC.5636

References

primary: YOS 11, 40

[vanDijk1985YOS11] Dijk, Johannes J. A. van, Albrecht Goetze, and Mary I. Hussey. 1985. Early Mesopotamian Incantations and Rituals. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts, Vol. 11. New Haven: Yale University Press.
history: AfO 27 (pp. 37-52), 037ff

[Finkel1980AfO27] Finkel, Irving L. 1980. “The Crescent Fertile.” Archiv Für Orientforschung 27: 37–52. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41636416.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-06-07 at 13:38:24	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

“YOS 11, 40 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306703.

YOS 11, 40 artifact entry (No. P306703). (2024, June 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306703 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 11, 40 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306703 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 7},
	title = {YOS 11, 40 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306703},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306703},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 11, 40 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). June 7, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P306703.

YOS 11, 40 artifact entry (No. P306703). (2024, June 7). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306703 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 11, 40 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306703 (Accessed: October 28, 2026).

@misc{2024YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-28]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {jun 7},
	title = {YOS 11, 40 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306703},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306703},
}

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DA  - 2024/6/7/
PY  - 2024
ID  - P306703
LB  - CDLI:P306703
M1  - 2026/10/28/
TI  - YOS 11, 40 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P306703
ER  -