YOS 06, 161 (P307888)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 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 06873

Period

Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

40.0 mm × 49.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nabonidus.08.04.18
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P307888
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P307888

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	40.0 mm × 49.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Uruk (mod. Warka)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	YBC 06873
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-020939
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	YBC.6873

References

primary: YOS 6, 161

[Dougherty1920YOS6] Dougherty, Raymond P. 1920. Records from Erech. Time of Nabonidus (555-538 B. C.). Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts, Vol. 6. New Haven: Yale University Press.
history: BR 6, No. 108

[SanNicolò1960BR6] San Nicolò, Mariano, and H. P. H. Petschow. 1960. Babylonische Rechtsurkunden Aus Dem 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr. Vol. 51. Abhandlungen (Bayerische Akademie Der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-Historische Klasse) . München : Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, in Kommission bei Beck.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-08-19 at 06:50:12	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-11 at 13:24:03	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 06, 161 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P307888.

YOS 06, 161 artifact entry (No. P307888). (2025, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P307888 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 06, 161 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P307888 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {YOS 06, 161 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P307888},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P307888},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 06, 161 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). August 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P307888.

YOS 06, 161 artifact entry (No. P307888). (2025, August 19). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P307888 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 06, 161 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P307888 (Accessed: November 3, 2026).

@misc{2025YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-11-03]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {aug 19},
	title = {YOS 06, 161 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P307888},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P307888},
}

TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2025/8/19/
PY  - 2025
ID  - P307888
LB  - CDLI:P307888
M1  - 2026/11/3/
TI  - YOS 06, 161 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P307888
ER  -