Yale Babylonian Collection, Mesopotamian artifacts collection at Sterling Memorial Library, New Haven, US
The Yale Babylonian Collection contains over 45,000 items, including cuneiform tablets, cylinder seals, and ancient artifacts from Mesopotamian civilizations.
Established in 1911 through support from financier J.P. Morgan, the collection joined the Yale Peabody Museum's Division of Anthropology in 2017.
The collection features early literary works, including texts from Princess Enheduanna, the first named author in history, and fragments of the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Located on the third floor of Sterling Memorial Library, the collection maintains specific floors reinforced to support the weight of numerous clay tablets.
Among its notable holdings are the world's oldest culinary recipes and a mathematical tablet containing calculations for the square root of two.
Location: New Haven
Inception: 1910
Part of: Yale University Library
GPS coordinates: 41.31120,-72.92810
Latest update: March 10, 2025 02:51
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