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YOS 21, 171 (P299713)

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

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Museum Collection(s)

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

Museum Number

NBC 08353

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

42.0 mm × 26.0 mm × 15.0 mm

  • Artifact type: Tablet
  • Material: Clay
  • Measurements (mm): 42.0 high × 26.0 wide × 15.0 thick
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  • primary: CBCY 1, p. 67, NBC 8353

    [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 21, 171

    [Frahm2011YOS21] Frahm, Eckart, and Michael Jursa. 2011. Neo-Babylonian Letters and Contracts from the Eanna Archive. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts, Vol. 21. New Haven: Yale University Press.

  • history: AOAT 414/1, no. 215

    [Jursa2014AOAT414/1] Jursa, Michael, Johannes Hackl, and Martina Schmidl. 2014. Spätbabylonische Briefe. Bd 1: Spätbabylonische Privatbriefe. Alter Orient Und Altes Testament 414/1. Münster: Ugarit-Verlag.

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  • Provenience: Uruk (mod. Warka)
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Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
2024-11-11 at 14:14:00 Firth, Richard Artifact Firth, Richard Firth, Richard approved View
2023-05-14 at 10:23:37 Jagersma, Bram Artifact Jagersma, Bram Jagersma, Bram approved View
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Artifact Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie Electronic Babylonian Library Pagé-Perron, Émilie approved View
2006-02-08 at 00:00:00 CDLI Artifact Ditchey, Mallory CDLI approved View

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Cite this Artifact
“YOS 21, 171 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2024. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 11, 2024. https://cdli.earth/P299713.
YOS 21, 171 artifact entry (No. P299713). (2024, November 11). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P299713 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 21, 171 artifact entry (2024) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P299713 (Accessed: April 20, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-20]},
	year = {2024},
	month = {nov 11},
	title = {YOS 21, 171 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P299713},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P299713},
}


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