YOS 11, 46 (P306689)

Literary tablet dated to the Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC) period and now kept in Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Lineart

Museum Collection(s)

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Museum Number

YBC 05622

Period

Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Provenience

-

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Literary

Language(s)

Sumerian

Measurements

70.0 mm × 55.0 mm × 20.0 mm

Text

tablet
obverse
1. an lugal-am3 ki nin!-am3
 en: Heaven is king, earth is queen.
2. an-na lugal-am3 {d}ma#-mi nin!-am3
 en: An is king, Mami is queen.
3. en#-ki lugal abzu-ke4
 en: Enki, king of the Abzu
4. a gub2-ba an ku3-ge-de3
 en: whose cleansed water purifies heaven,
5. a sikil a gub2-ba im-ma-ni-in-dim2
 en: pure water and cleansed water he created.
6. {d}asal dumu nun-na dug a gub2-ba
 en: When Asal, princely son, let the jug of cleansed water
7. bur#-zi u4-sakar ki-sikil szu2-szu2-a-ba
 en: and the crescent-shaped bowl in the pure place fall;
8. mu-un-sikil mu-un-dadag
 en: he then purified and brightened.
9. eme#-hul gal2 bar-sze3 he2-em-ta-gub
 en: The evil tongue being, verily stepped out.
10. KA-inim-ma a gub2 bur-zi szu2-szu2-ba
 en: It is an incantation of letting cleansed water fall into the bowl.

Text content

Genre(s) Literary
Language(s) Sumerian

Chronology

Period Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Accounting Period

Record

LOD URI https://cdli.network/entity/P306689

Physical information

Artifact type Tablet
Dimensions 70.0 mm × 55.0 mm × 20.0 mm
Weight
Material(s) Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s) Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Museum Number YBC 05622
Accession Number

External resources

External Resource Identifiers
Yale Babylonian Collection (YBC) BC-019687
Electronic Babylonian Library (eBL) YBC.5622

References

  • primary: YOS 11, 46

    [vanDijk1985YOS11] Dijk, Johannes J. A. van, Albrecht Goetze, and Mary I. Hussey. 1985. Early Mesopotamian Incantations and Rituals. Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts, Vol. 11. New Haven: Yale University Press.

Revisions and credits

Created Creator Type Authors Project Reviewer Status Action
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 View
2019-06-29 at 04:42:31 Pagé-Perron, Émilie Transliteration Pagé-Perron, Émilie CDLI Approved View
2016-10-07 at 13:29:03 Englund, Robert K. Transliteration Guerra, Dylan CDLI Approved View
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 View

Cite this Artifact

“YOS 11, 46 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P306689.
YOS 11, 46 artifact entry (No. P306689). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306689 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 11, 46 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306689 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 11, 46 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306689},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306689},
}


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Cite this Artifact

“YOS 11, 46 Artifact Entry.” (2006) 2023. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). February 1, 2023. https://cdli.earth/P306689.
YOS 11, 46 artifact entry (No. P306689). (2023, February 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P306689 (Original work published 2006)
YOS 11, 46 artifact entry (2023) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P306689 (Accessed: May 18, 2026).
@misc{2023YOS,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-05-18]},
	year = {2023},
	month = {feb 1},
	title = {YOS 11, 46 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P306689},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P306689},
}


TY  - ELEC
DA  - 2023/2/1/
PY  - 2023
ID  - P306689
LB  - CDLI:P306689
M1  - 2026/5/18/
TI  - YOS 11, 46 artifact entry
UR  - https://cdli.earth/P306689
ER  -
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