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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.
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25 lip 2022 · Babylonian world map (ca. 9th c. BCE) July 25, 2022. In 1881, archaeologist Hormuzd Rassam discovered this ancient Babylonian world map, inscribed on a clay tablet with cuneiform writing, during an excavation of the city of Sippar in modern-day Iraq. It measures 12.2 x 8.2 cm (5 x 3 inches).
9 wrz 2024 · The map depicts how Babylonians perceived the world thousands of years ago. (Image credit: Universal History Archive via Getty Images)
This tablet contains both a cuneiform inscription and a unique map of the Mesopotamian world. Babylon is shown in the centre (the rectangle in the top half of the circle), and Assyria, Elam, and other places are also named. The central area is ringed by a circular waterway labelled ‘Salt-Sea’.
13 lip 2024 · But the oldest map of the known world was not made on vellum or in Europe. It was actually carved in clay and preserved 2,600 years ago in what is now known as The Babylonian Map of the World or Imago Mundi.
