Yale Babylonian Collection

The collection holds Babylonian clay tablet YBC 7289 (c. 1800–1600 BC).^[1] The tablet displays an approximation of the square root of 2.

Comprising some 45,000 items, the Yale Babylonian Collection is an independent branch of the Yale University Library housed on the Yale University campus in Sterling Memorial Library at New Haven, Connecticut, United States.

Established by the donation of a hoard of cuneiform tablets by J. P. Morgan in 1910, the Collection is now home to the largest collection of ancient Near Eastern writing in the Western Hemisphere and ranks among the best repositories of its kind in the world. Beyond the ongoing study and conservation of its own holdings, the Yale Babylonian Collection stands as an important center for innovative research in Assyriology and other related fields.

The displays are open to the public on weekdays, September through July.

References

External links

• About the Yale Babylonian Collection, with photographs.

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