YOS 17, 053 (P297909)

Administrative 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

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NBC 04887

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

42.0 mm × 63.0 mm × 21.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.20.09.02 ?
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P297909
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P297909

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	42.0 mm × 63.0 mm × 21.0 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 04887
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-007866
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	NBC.4887

References

primary: CBCY 1, p. 48, NBC 4887

[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.
primary: YOS 17, 53

[Weisberg1980YOS17] Weisberg, David B., and Raymond P. Dougherty. 1980. Texts from the Time of Nebuchadnezzar. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts, Vol. 17. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
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
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	Englund, Robert K.; Guerra, Dylan; Middeke-Conlin, Robert; Pace, Carl	Yale Babylonian Collection	CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 17, 053 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P297909.

YOS 17, 053 artifact entry (No. P297909). (2023, May 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P297909 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 17, 053 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P297909 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

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	year = {2023},
	month = {may 14},
	title = {YOS 17, 053 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P297909},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P297909},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 17, 053 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). May 14, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P297909.

YOS 17, 053 artifact entry (No. P297909). (2023, May 14). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P297909 (Original work published 2006)

YOS 17, 053 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P297909 (Accessed: May 2, 2026).

@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-02]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {may 14},
	title = {YOS 17, 053 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P297909},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P297909},
}

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DA  - 2023/5/14/
PY  - 2023
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LB  - CDLI:P297909
M1  - 2026/5/2/
TI  - YOS 17, 053 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P297909
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