#clay tablet

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Babylonian Map of the World (6th century BC), also known as Imago Mundi, is oldest clay tablet map written in Akkadian.

The tablet describes the oldest known depiction of the known world.

It was discovered at Sippar, southern Iraq, 60 miles north of Babylon on east bank of Euphrates River.

This map not only serves as a historical record of the region's geography but also includes mythological elements, providing a comprehensive view of the ancient Babylonian worldview.

Today, the Babylonian Map of the World is housed in the British Museum, where it continues to be a valuable artifact for understanding the ancient past.

Details of the map:

1. “Mountain” (Akkadian:šá-du-ú)

2. “City” (Akkadian: uru)

3. Urartu (Armenia) (Akkadian: ú-ra-áš-tu)

4. Assyria (Akkadian: kuraš+šurki)

5. Der (Akkadian: dēr)

6. Swamp (Akkadian: ap–pa–ru)

7. Elam (Akkadian: šuša)

8. Canal (Akkadian: bit-qu)

9. Bit Yakin (Akkadian:bῑt-ia-᾿-ki-nu)

10. “City” (Akkadian: uru)

11. Habban (Akkadian: ha-ab-ban)

12. Babylon (Akkadian: tin.tirki), divided by Euphrates

13. Ocean (salt water, Akkadian:idmar-ra-tum)

[its-a-date]

There were books written in dead languages, a set of samurai armor, an Incan mirror, and, beneath that, figurines and clay tablets and bone carvings from civilizations long forgotten. One of their strangest discoveries was an armillary, a Renaissance-era teaching device with metal spheres inside one another to depict planetary revolutions.

"The Descent" - Jeff Long

[the-puffinry]

look at this bird tablet by a sumerologist who makes his own renditions of ancient tablets. 🐦🦆🦅🕊️🐧🐤🦉

[archaeologs]

Summary account of silver for the governor written in Sumerian Cuneiform on a clay tablet. From Shuruppak, Iraq, circa 2500 BC. British Museum, London. Learn more / Daha fazlası Shuruppak https://www.archaeologs.com/w/shuruppak/

[yutani-corporation]

ギルガメシュ叙事詩 [~2100年 BCE]

[wtf-fun-factss]

The oldest known written complaint is from ancient Babylon written circa 1750 BC. On a clay tablet, a customer named Nanni complains to the merchant Ea-nasir about the low quality of his copper as well as him being rude to Nanni's servant who passed through enemy territory only to be refused a refund. – WTF Fun Facts

Source: Complaint tablet to Ea-nasir - Wikipedia

[noosphe-re]

Text of the "Self-praise of Shulgi (Shulgi D)" / Self-praise of Shulgi (Shulgi D) is a Sumerian myth, written on clay tablets dated to between 2100 and 2000 BC. (via Wikipedia)

[ancientstuff]

Elamite clay tablet unearthed in mysterious Burnt City

TEHRAN – A team of Iranian, Italian, and Serbian archeologists has unearthed an Elamite clay tablet inside the Burnt City, a rare discovery

That's an odd tablet - the Elamite must be on the other side, because those marks don't look like any script I've ever seen. They're identical, for one.