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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.
Imago Mundi Babylonian map, the oldest known world map, 6th century BC Babylonia. Now in the British Museum. A Babylonian world map, known as the Imago Mundi, is commonly dated to the 6th century BCE. [5]
28 paź 2024 · A recent video by the British Museum highlights the discovery and decoding of what is considered the world’s oldest map. This ancient Babylonian clay tablet, known as the Imago Mundi, reveals a familiar narrative through its inscriptions and map details.
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.
10 wrz 2015 · The Babylonian World Map, also known as Imago Mundi is usually dated to the 6th - 7th century BC. It is one of the oldest known world maps (if not the oldest) and certainly the most famous one. A close-up view of the Babylonian map of the World.
9 lis 2024 · The Babylonian Mappa mundi or world map (British Museum 92687), a diagrammatic labeled depiction of the world, was probably created between 700 and 500 BCE, in Sippar, southern iraq, where it was discovered. It was first published in 1899.
The oldest surviving world map is the Babylonian Map of the World, also known as the ‘Imago Mundi’. It is a clay tablet dated to 700-500 BCE that depicts the world as a circular disc with Babylon at the center.
