Title: Cuneiform tablet: purchase of a house
Object type: Cuneiform tablet
Date: ca. 626–539 BCE
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 4.5 x 4.9 x 3 cm (1 3/4 x 1 7/8 x 1 1/8 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