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It was excavated at Sippar, southern Iraq, 100 km north of Babylon on the east bank of the Euphrates River, in 1899. It is made on a baked clay tablet and 12.2 cms tall but the tablet is damaged. It contains a number of cuneiform text which are translated below. It is dated to the 7-5th century BCE. This map is one of the first to give a view of the world as thought of by the inhabitants of Babylon. It is thought that the island locations, may also represent a mythological interpretation of the world, instead of real islands. 

 

 

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