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The Babylonian Map of the World (also Imago Mundi or Mappa mundi) is a Babylonian clay tablet with a schematic world map and two inscriptions written in the Akkadian language. Dated to no earlier than the 9th century BC (with a late 8th or 7th century BC date being more likely), it includes a brief and partially lost textual description.
30 wrz 2014 · The tablet contains a map of the Mesopotamian world, with Babylon in the center. It contains carefully etched images and cuneiform writing. Babylon is surrounded by two concentric circles that represent the ocean, named “bitter water” or the “salt sea.” It is labeled with Babylon, Assyria, and Elam.
Download scientific diagram | Map of Nigeria showing major ethnic groups and Tribes. from publication: ARC UMO'S BOUND PHD THESIS | | ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists.
9 wrz 2024 · At the world's center sits the Euphrates River and the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon. Labels written in cuneiform, an ancient text, note each location on the map, according to The British...
Abstract. The Babylonian Map of the World, which is arguably one of the most famous and frequently referenced artifacts from Ancient Mesopotamia, has almost without exception been assumed to present an idealized and highly ideological picture of the cosmos with the city of Babylon occupying its privileged center.
The Babylonian Map of the World is the oldest known world map. It shows Babylon in the center and several known regions surrounded by the ocean. Outlying regions are depicted in triangles surrounding the ocean. The inscriptions on the tablet record aspects of Babylonian cosmology.
In the Curator’s Corner video above, he offers an up-close view of the Babylonian Map of the World — or rather, the fragment of the clay tablet from the eighth or seventh century BC that he and other experts have determined contains a piece of the oldest map of the known world in existence.
