Title: Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for silver, Esagilaya archive
Object type: Cuneiform tablet
Date: ca. 591 BCE
Culture: Babylonian
Period: Neo-Babylonian
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 3.2 x 3.5 x 1.9 cm (1 1/4 x 1 3/8 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