dubsar 3, 161 (P291456)

Letter tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), 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

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NBC 01109

Period

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

Provenience

Uruk (mod. Warka)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Letter

Language(s)

Akkadian

Measurements

58.0 mm × 28.0 mm × 19.0 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	P291456
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P291456

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	58.0 mm × 28.0 mm × 19.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	NBC 01109
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-004080
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	NBC.1109

References

primary: dubsar 3, 161

[Levavi2018] Levavi, Yuval. 2018. Administrative Epistolography in the Formative Phase of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Dubsar 3. Münster: Zaphon.
history: CBCY 1, p. 17, NBC 1109

[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.
history: Ebeling, NBU no., 059

[Ebeling1934NBU] Ebeling, Erich. 1930-1934. Neubabylonische Briefe Aus Uruk. Beiträge Zur Keilschriftforschung Und Religionsgeschichte Des Vorderen Orients 1–4.
history: BIN 1, 59

[Keiser1917BIN1] Keiser, Clarence E. 1917. Letters and Contracts from Erech Written in the Neo-Babylonian Period. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of James B. Nies, Vol. 1. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2024-10-24 at 06:49:52	Alstola, Tero	Artifact metadata	Alstola, Tero; Ong, Matthew		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2024-07-11 at 09:36:17	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-11 at 09:22:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata, Other metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2024-07-11 at 09:18:49	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
2023-01-05 at 20:24:09	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie		Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2006-02-07 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI	Yale Babylonian Collection	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“Dubsar 3, 161 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P291456.

dubsar 3, 161 artifact entry (No. P291456). (2024, October 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291456 (Original work published 2006)

dubsar 3, 161 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291456 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

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	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 24},
	title = {dubsar 3, 161 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P291456},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291456},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“Dubsar 3, 161 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 24, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P291456.

dubsar 3, 161 artifact entry (No. P291456). (2024, October 24). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P291456 (Original work published 2006)

dubsar 3, 161 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P291456 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

@misc{2024dubsar,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {oct 24},
	title = {dubsar 3, 161 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P291456},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P291456},
}

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TI  - dubsar 3, 161 artifact entry
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