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Yale Babylonian Collection

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The collection contains over 1,300 private and official letters that span several different time periods in Babylonian history. Several of these letters were still sealed in their clay envelopes to only be opened and read for the first time when they entered the collection.
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and other related fields. Since 2019 all cuneiform artifacts as well as cylinder and stamp seals are being digitized. These digital assets will be freely available in a number of online repositories.
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writing in America and ranks among the best repositories of its kind in the world. Beyond the ongoing study and conservation of its own holdings, the Yale
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Among the highlights of the collection are several tablets dating to the first half of the second millennium BCE, which contain culinary recipes.
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Cuneiform text containing culinary recipes dating to the Old Babylonian period (c. 1900โ€“1600 BCE), YBC 4644, obverse
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in 1909, the Collection is now home to one of the largest collections of ancient
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Collection stands as an important center for innovative research in
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Full text of the War inscription by Entemena, in the Net Cylinder
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Stephens, Ferris J. (1945). "The Babylonian Collection".
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About the Yale Babylonian Collection, with photographs.
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YBC 7289
square root of 2
Yale University Library
Yale University
Sterling Memorial Library
New Haven
Connecticut
United States
Peabody Museum of Natural History
cuneiform
tablets
J. P. Morgan
Near Eastern
Babylonian
Assyriology
"Net cylinder" of Entemena, the second known cylinder describing the border conflict between Lagash and Umma, circa 2500 BCE.
Entemena
Lagash
Umma
Full text of the War inscription by Entemena, in the Net Cylinder
Mesilim Lugal Kish-ki (๐’ˆจ๐’ฒ ๐’ˆ— ๐’†ง๐’† ), "Mesilim, King of Kish", on the "Net Cylinder" of Entemena
Mesilim
Kish
"Net Cylinder"
YBC 7289
YBC 7289
JSTOR
40857234

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