Title: Cuneiform tablet: fragment of a hire contract
Object type: Cuneiform tablet
Date: ca. 544 BCE
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 2.3 x 4.3 x 1.7 cm (7/8 x 1 3/4 x 5/8 in.)
Credit line: Purchase, 1886
Geography:      Mesopotamia     
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY