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Title: Cuneiform tablet: slave hire contract, Egibi archive
Period: Achaemenid
Date: ca. 494 BCE
Geography: Mesopotamia, probably from Babylon (modern Hillah)
Culture: Achaemenid
Medium: Clay
Dimensions: 4.7 x 6.4 x 2.5 cm (1 7/8 x 2 1/2 x 1 in.)
Credit Line: Purchase, 1886
Accession Number: 86.11.173
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