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The Babylonian Map of the World with Irving Finkel

The Babylonian Map of the World with Irving Finkel

Babylonian Map of the World 6th century BCE Babylonian clay tablet written in Akkadian with a labeled depiction of the known world The Babylonian Map of the World is an ancient clay tablet inscribed with a schematic world map and two Akkadian language texts. Dated to the 9th century BC (with a late 8th or 7th century BC …

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