Cuneiform tablet: slave hire contract, Egibi archive
Object type: Cuneiform tablet
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Achaemenid
Period: Achaemenid
Date: ca. 494 BCE
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 4.7 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm (1 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 1 in.)
Classification: Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia probably from Babylon (modern Hillah)
Credit line: Purchase, 1886
Accession year: 1886