Babylonian Clay Tablet Map. Babylonian map of the world, 6th century b.c [316 × 400] r/ArtefactPorn the secrets of the world's oldest map, a 3,000-year-old clay tablet. 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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The Imago Mundi , created around the 7th century BC, is a schematic map in the Akkadian language, depicting the world as the Babylonians understood it. Acquired by the British Museum in 1882 and translated in 1889, this tablet depicts a map of known and unknown regions of the ancient Mesopotamian world
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The map was written in cuneiform script on a clay tablet, of which only the major portions survive, measuring 12.2 x 8.2 cm. Babylonian Map of the World, clay tablet produced between the late 8th and 6th centuries bce that depicts the oldest known map of the ancient world It is one of the oldest known world maps (if not the oldest) and certainly the most famous one
Babylonia clay map mesopotamian hires stock photography and images Alamy. A close-up view of the Babylonian map of the World This later Babylonian clay tablet, dating from the Persian Period (seventh or sixth century B.C.), shows an asysocentic view of a flat, round world with Babylonia in the center
Babylonian Map Of The World Maping Resources. This ancient Babylonian clay tablet, known as the Imago Mundi, reveals a familiar narrative through its inscriptions and map details Now housed at the British Museum, the damaged clay tablet dates back to 600 BC, and depicts an early interpretation of the layout of the world.