Title: Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for barley, Esagilaya archive
Object type: Cuneiform tablet
Date: ca. 555–539 BCE
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 4.1 x 5.2 x 1.9 cm (1 5/8 x 2 x 3/4 in.)
Credit line: Purchase, 1886
Geography:      Mesopotamia probably from Babylon (modern Hillah)    
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY