Clay slabs from the Assyrian period in Babylon, titled 'Intentions of the Babylonian World'
British Museum
Museum collections
Babylonian cultural relics
Cultural relics from the Assyrian period in ancient Babylon
Clay board
Babylonian World Intentions
Clay products
Map of Babylon, Cuba
Akkadian clay board
World Map Cultural Relics
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Coin
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This is a Babylonian clay tablet written in Akkadian. It was created no earlier than the 9th century BC (more likely in the 8th or late 7th century BC). This map is centered around the Euphrates River, flowing from the north to the south. The map is marked with "Babylon" and is located in the northern half of the map. The outlet of the Euphrates River is marked with "swamp" and "outflow outlet". Susa, the capital of Elam, is located in the south, with Urartu in the northeast,. Mesopotamia is surrounded by a circular "river" called the "Bitter River" or the ocean, with seven or eight "regions" depicted as triangular areas outside the ocean.
