NBC 04940 (P297962)

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

Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NBC 04940

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

44.0 mm × 69.0 mm × 18.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nebuchadnezzar2.20.--.27
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P297962
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P297962

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	44.0 mm × 69.0 mm × 18.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Nies Babylonian Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	NBC 04940
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC)	BC-007919
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	NBC.4940

References

citation: CBCY 1, p. 51 NBC 4940

[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.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2025-12-04 at 11:26:23	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	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	Ditchey, Mallory		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“NBC 04940 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P297962.

NBC 04940 artifact entry (No. P297962). (2025, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P297962 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 04940 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P297962 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“NBC 04940 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2025. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). December 4, 2025. https://cdli.earth/P297962.

NBC 04940 artifact entry (No. P297962). (2025, December 4). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P297962 (Original work published 2006)

NBC 04940 artifact entry (2025) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P297962 (Accessed: April 23, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-23]},
	year = {2025},
	month = {dec 4},
	title = {NBC 04940 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P297962},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P297962},
}

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