#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)

#Babylonian Map of the World #Imago Mundi #clay tablet map #clay tablet #Akkadian #Sippar #Iraq #British Museum #history #mythology #map #Archaeo Histories #Ancient Babylon #Babylonia #geography #artifact

[the-puffinry]

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

#sumerian #birds #birdlr #clay tablet

[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/

#archaeologs #archaeology #archaeological #dictionary #history #sumerian #cuneiform #clay tablet #shuruppak #iraq #british museum #arkeoloji #tarih #sanat

[meowdy-howdy]

stimboard based on the air nomads in ATLA! thanks for the request anon!

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#air nomads #ATLA #window stim #air stim #wind stim #cloud stim #sand stim #light stim #mountain stim #clay stim #clay tablet #request complete! #stim #stimboard

[pintrestparasite]

hey does anyone have a spare clay tablet? some dude scammed me over copper and i'm gonna send a complaint

#ea nasir #copper #clay #clay tablets #clay tablet

[another-goblin]

He's into arts and crafts now. Good for him.

We are having a ladle appreciation party

#genshin impact #my stuff #neuvillette #genshin spoilers #lantern rite #lantern rite spoilers #look at this thing #so cute #and leisurely #like an otter #btw I wonder does he know how he looks in a dragon form? #also wriothesley I'll be very angry if I don't see that clay tablet displayed in a special place #with the reverence it deserves #btw I think it's not the first time he makes things #he also made medals for carole and vautrin #and maybe that special vision for furina #but all in all #I'm glad to see that he's as weird and delightfully awkward as usual

[covenawhite66]

Ashurbanipal, the ruthless king of the Assyrians .

Between 669 BC and 631 BC, the monarch oversaw the massive expansion of Assyria from its roots in northern Iraq stretching through ancient Babylon and extending beyond lower Egypt, where the Nile River empties.

his scholarship crossed borders and Ashurbanipal collected thousands of works written on sheets of clay. Much of the library (in which he preferred to remain secluded) that he assembled is a perfect example of the level of knowledge of the Assyrian empire, the value of education to his kingdom, and the power he wielded during that period of time. All combined made Assyria a region that, according to experts, was "magnificent, innovative and interesting." Ashurbanipal was a complex and often misrepresented figure.

In an effort to collect all knowledge, Ashurbanipal, King of Assyria from 668 to 627 BCE, collected a library at his capital city Nineveh, containing, it has been estimated, 20,000–30,000 clay tablets written in cuneiform script.

#archeologicalsite #archeology #history #discovery #clay tablet #ancient assyria #assyrian #ancient library

[anishenanigans]

the squad!!

#wof #wings of fire #dragonets of destiny #clay wof #glory wof #starflight wof #sunny wof #tsunami wof #wings of fire art #dragon art #wof fanart #first piece drawn using a drawing tablet so its Messy and was definitely a learning experience #but all things considered I do like the end result #ani's art

[ryssbelle]

Spiderman and Clay bffs for life

Based on the stickers I have on my wall, Clay is a new edition to my spiderman wall lmao

#my art #spiderman #trolls #trolls clay #dreamworks trolls #trolls 3 #ultimate spider man #why did i put clay on the spiderman wall you ask? #because i thought it would be funny #i put evil john dory on my therapy notebook XD #cuz evil john dory is paramount for mental health #and i have a poppy and branch on my drawing tablet #there are no floyd stickers :( #there are bruces tho and vivas #i just havent found a place for them yet #but yeah i put clay right between spideys legs #cuz he fit #its like #dont talk to me or my troll son ever again #which depending on the spiderman is even funnier since clay would be older than him #okay but the real spiderman in the trolls universe is viva #cuz have you seen how she uses the sticky hands #shes a spider at heart

[codacheetah]

DID I EVER SHOW YOU ALL MY LITTLE GUYS...... LOOK AT THEM

#codacheetah #my art #in stars and time #isat #isat loop #isat siffrin #clay art #polymer clay #look at them..... my children #they're both kinda scuffed siffrin is very obviously my first ever clay guy and loop has smudged paint #but i heart them so much. my sillies #and i just happened to have a tiny tree on my desk!!! so it works out!!!!! #edit: oh btw sorry if my tablet looks disgustang it's from the clay i don't value my belongings #also sorry if my desk looks disgustang it's because i like Stuff

[thepastisalreadywritten]

Oldest known paycheck shows workers being paid with beer.

This clay tablet not only shows that beer is a popular beverage but also shows that economic relationship between employee and employer has already been established.

According to the cuneiform writing on a nearly 5000 year old tablet, workers in Mesopotamia were rewarded for their labor in daily rations of beer.

Dated 3300 BC, the tablet was found in the Sumerian city of Uruk and is one of earliest known examples of writing.

According to Alison George in New Scientist, the tablet, which is the oldest known paycheck in the world, tells that workers prefer their daily share of beer as a salary.

This beer was also distributed by employers.

Cuneiform was a kind of caption.

In this tablet, which is currently in British Museum, image of a person eating from a bowl means "food ration" and a cone-shaped container means "beer."

Alison George says semicircular scratches scattered across tablet also record amount of beer a particular worker takes.

According to George, this makes the tablet as the "oldest known paycheck in the world, implying that concept of employee and employer was familiar even 5,000 years ago."

Annalee Newitz of Ars Technica points out that these wages were not meant to keep workers drunk so that they would be more obedient.

In ancient world, beer was a starchy and satisfying beverage and could be used as a meal as well.

British Museum

#beer #cuneiform #clay tablet #wages #paycheck #Mesopotamia #Uruk #writing #salary #British Museum #employer employee relationship

[didntseemecoming]

SO yesterday I had a guest professor who

spent well over 10 minutes showing us memes about Ea-Nasir

Wondered if the Babylonians wore skirts because of 'the flow down under'

Called like all the kings in the Ancient Near East cute

Called all of us darlings, multiple times

Casually brought VERY valuable clay tablets to our lesson in a tin cookie jar

Proudly exclaimed 'I'm the father' while explaining pregnant tablets (clay tablets with another clay tablet in them)

'What happens in the office between me and the tablets, stays in the office between me and the tablets'

Casually said he was the first ever to put a tablet in a particle accelerator LIKE LAST WEEK

Had an absolutely FIRE powerpoint

Showed us a picture of a cute dog just because

What a legend

#ea nasir #memes #university #uni #ancient near east #clay tablets

[manichewitz]

im going insane over this tweet because absolutely no one in the comments knew about ea-nasir?? no one had even heard about this or seen this photo before?? like??? i fully forgot that the story of ea-nasir and his mid copper is not an important historical event outside of tumblr dot com. i feel like i’ve been transported into a different and worse reality and i would like to go back

#also the way i’ve seen that exact photo before from someone’s tumblr post about it #this is making me insane #the way things travel from tumblr to other sites is just. so fucking weird #what do you MEAN you dont know about ea-nasir and his copper what do you MEAN #twitter #x (twitter) #ea nasir #ancient history #babylonian history #copper #clay tablets #heritage post #heritage posts #.txt #alex talks

[lonicera-edulis]

Beebo was found and in an unexpected place. At least not in some dirty corner. Thanks at least for this, cats, I guess.

#my stuff #it was a plastic box with old pencils and pens and other random stuff in dusty room with old books #there is also broken clay engie :') #I need to remake him somehow so he will hold my tablet pen #also I guess we can thank a bumblebee for whom I was trying to find a little bowl-like thing to fill with honeyed water #I need to fix color and markings on smaug

[amygdalae]

Snow crash is the only Stephenson book I’ve read, but I remember enjoying it. It was so extra even for cyberpunk.

It's so funny and over the top yeah. There's some Stuff in it that makes me want to kill Neal Stephenson with hammers but its also an extremely clever entertaining read

#all the stuff abt snow crash and viruses Enki and the sumerian clay tablets and the book of deuteronomy and the tower of babel really cool

[byz-was-here]

One of these days Im going to write a short where an agori unintentionally introduces paper and pencils to the matoran.

Nokama and Whenua are going to lose their minds.

#byzrambles #bonkle #bionicle #agori #whenua #nokama #lose their minds in a good way #because you can store much more info on a ream of paper than a stack of clay tablets #it's the sneakernet principle