Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for silver
Object type: Cuneiform tablet
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Achaemenid
Period: Achaemenid
Date: ca. 498 BCE
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 5.3 x 6.7 x 2.2 cm (2 1/8 x 2 5/8 x 7/8 in.)
Classification: Clay-Tablets-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia probably from Babylon (modern Hillah)
Credit line: Purchase, 1886
Accession year: 1886