Cuneiform tablet: fragment of a contract
Object type: Cuneiform tablet
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Babylonian or Achaemenid
Period: Neo-Babylonian or Achaemenid
Date: ca. 7th–4th century BCE
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 3.5 x 6.2 x 2.2 cm (1 3/8 x 2 1/2 x 7/8 in.)
Classification: Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia probably from Babylon (modern Hillah)
Credit line: Purchase, 1886
Accession year: 1886