Cuneiform tablet: fragment of a hire contract
Object type: Cuneiform tablet
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Date: ca. 544 BCE
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 2.3 x 4.3 x 1.7 cm (7/8 x 1 3/4 x 5/8 in.)
Classification: Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia 
Credit line: Purchase, 1886
Accession year: 1886