NBC 10159 (P286455)

Administrative tablet dated to the Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC) period and now kept in Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NBC 10159

Period

Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)

Provenience

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

36.0 mm × 33.0 mm × 16.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Sumerian

Chronology

Period	Early Old Babylonian (ca. 2000-1900 BC)
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P286455
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P286455

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	36.0 mm × 33.0 mm × 16.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	NBC 10159
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-013126
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	NBC.10159

References

citation: CBCY 2, p. 135 NBC 10159

[Beckman1995CBCY2] Beckman, Gary. 1995. Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale 2. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status	Action
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

“NBC 10159 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P286455.

NBC 10159 artifact entry (No. P286455). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P286455 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 10159 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P286455 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P286455},
}

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Cite this Artifacts

“NBC 10159 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P286455.

NBC 10159 artifact entry (No. P286455). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P286455 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 10159 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P286455 (Accessed: April 25, 2026).

@misc{2023NBC,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-25]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {NBC 10159 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P286455},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P286455},
}

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