This tiny fragment is a receipt acknowledging the payment of .75 kg of gold to a temple in Babylonia.
So why is it being hailed as the most important find in Biblical archaeology in 100 years?
Tiny tablet provides proof for Old Testament
The sound of unbridled joy seldom breaks the quiet of the British Museum's great Arched Room, which holds its collection of 130,000 Assyrian cuneiform tablets, dating back 5,000 years.
But Michael Jursa, a visiting professor from Vienna, let out such a cry last Thursday. He had made what has been called the most important find in Biblical archaeology for 100 years, a discovery that supports the view that the historical books of the Old Testament are based on fact.