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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

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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.

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
Consult word list of Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)

Collections

Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Physical Information

Artifact type: Tablet
Material: Clay
Measurements (mm): 70.0 high × 55.0 wide × 20.0 thick
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Text Information

Genre(s): Literary
Language(s): Sumerian

Related publications

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.

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Museum No.: YBC 05622
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Chronology

Period: Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)
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Revisions and credits

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

External Resources

Consult this artifact as presented on the website of collections and projects:

Yale Babylonian Collection (BC-019687) (BC-019687)
Electronic Babylonian Library (YBC.5622) (YBC.5622)

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Cite this Artifacts

“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: April 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-02]},
	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 Artifacts

“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: April 2, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-04-02]},
	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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