Yale Babylonian Collection Alabastron Vessel

The YBC Alabastron (Yale Babylonian Collection Alabastron), also known as YBC 02123 (YPM BC 016756) is a quadrilingual Ancient Egyptian alabastron vessel dating to Persian Egypt during the reign of Xerxes I (484-464 BC). Acquired by Yale University's Babylonian Collection in 1912, recent analysis of the vessel's organic residue in 2022-2025 is indicative of opiate residuals, revealing the systemic usage of opium in Egyptian and Achaemenid Persian pharmacology.

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