YBC 04153 (P305465)

Administrative tablet excavated in Uruk (mod. Warka), dated to the Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Cite

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 04153

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

49.0 mm × 78.0 mm × 23.0 mm

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)	Akkadian

Chronology

Period	Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)
Dates Referenced	Nabopolassar.20.12b.25
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P305465
Permalink	https://cdli.network/entity/P305465

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions	49.0 mm × 78.0 mm × 23.0 mm
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation	complete (Surface: Good)

Provenance

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

Collections

Collection(s)	Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number	YBC 04153
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource	Identifiers
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL)	YBC.4153

References

citation: JNES 03 (pp. 43-46), 43

[Goetze1944JNES3] Goetze, Albrecht. 1944. “Additions to Parker and Dubberstein’s Babylonian Chronology.” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 3 (1): 43–46. https://doi.org/10.1086/370699.
citation: JCS 38 (pp. 172-244), T.20.57

[Kennedy1986JCS38] Kennedy, Douglas A. 1986. “Documentary Evidence for the Economic Base of Early Neo-Babylonian Society: Part II: A Survey of Babylonian Texts, 626-605 B.C.” Journal of Cuneiform Studies 38 (2): 172–244. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359799.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Project	Reviewer	Status
2026-01-10 at 19:56:39	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2026-01-10 at 18:20:12	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-19 at 10:40:30	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-11 at 16:49:11	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2025-10-10 at 14:47:42	Firth, Richard	Artifact metadata	Firth, Richard		Firth, Richard	Approved
2023-01-21 at 07:03:51	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Földi, Zsombor J.; Jiménez, Enrique; Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Electronic Babylonian Library	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2017-11-25 at 00:00:00	CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI		CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifacts

“YBC 04153 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 10, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P305465.

YBC 04153 artifact entry (No. P305465). (2026, January 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305465 (Original work published 2017)

YBC 04153 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305465 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

“YBC 04153 Artifact Entry.” (2017) 2026. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). January 10, 2026. https://cdli.earth/P305465.

YBC 04153 artifact entry (No. P305465). (2026, January 10). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P305465 (Original work published 2017)

YBC 04153 artifact entry (2026) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P305465 (Accessed: April 13, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P305465},
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