Cuneiform tablet: proxy contract for the purchase of a slave, Egibi archive
Object type: Cuneiform tablet
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Date: ca. 554 BC
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 4.4 x 5.6 x 2.1 cm (1 3/4 x 2 1/4 x 7/8 in.)
Classification: Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia Babylon (modern Hillah)
Credit line: Purchase, 1879
Accession year: 1879