Cuneiform tablet: Atra-hasis, Babylonian flood myth
Object type: Cuneiform tablet
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Babylonian or Achaemenid
Period: Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid
Date: ca. 7th–6th century BCE
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 2.5 x 2.25 x 1 in. (6.35 x 5.72 x 2.54 cm)
Classification: Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia 
Credit line: Purchase, 1886
Accession year: 1886