Babylonian Clay Tablet Map

Babylonian Clay Tablet Map. The Formation of Ancient Babylon HubPages the secrets of the world's oldest map, a 3,000-year-old clay tablet. A damaged clay tablet discovered in the late 1800s in Sippar, Iraq is said to be the oldest map of the world

Babylonian Map of the World (Illustration) Ancient History Encyclopedia
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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 A damaged clay tablet discovered in the late 1800s in Sippar, Iraq is said to be the oldest map of the world

Babylonian Map of the World (Illustration) Ancient History Encyclopedia

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. 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 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.

Babylonian World Map, British Museum, London Travel To Eat. the secrets of the world's oldest map, a 3,000-year-old clay tablet. Assuming that the orientation of the map is the ordinary one employed in other Babylonian maps, the reader will be able to trace the several features of the country and their details

Babylonian Map of the World (Sippar, c.500s BC)..... A damaged clay tablet discovered in the late 1800s in Sippar, Iraq is said to be the oldest map of the world It was discovered on the banks of the Euphrates River, and published in 1899