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| The geographical content of The Babylonian Map of the World (mappa mundi) was first determined by F.E. Peiser. The second copy of the tablet was published by R.C. Thompson in 1906 in CT 22 48. This copy formed the basis of subsequent works by E. Weidner, E. Unger and W. Horowitz. In 1995 I. Finkel identified and joined fragment to the map on the obverse. | The geographical content of The Babylonian Map of the World (mappa mundi) was first determined by F.E. Peiser. The second copy of the tablet was published by R.C. Thompson in 1906 in CT 22 48. This copy formed the basis of subsequent works by E. Weidner, E. Unger and W. Horowitz. In 1995 I. Finkel identified and joined fragment to the map on the obverse. | ||
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| Because of Bit Yakin and Urartu regions are indicated on the map, dating of the tablet cannot be before the 9th century BCE. In the colophon of the tablet Ea-bēl-ilī’s name is mentioned as the person who edited the tablet. The name Ea bēl ilī appears on another economical tablet (TuM II/IIII 220:12-13), is mentioned as ' | Because of Bit Yakin and Urartu regions are indicated on the map, dating of the tablet cannot be before the 9th century BCE. In the colophon of the tablet Ea-bēl-ilī’s name is mentioned as the person who edited the tablet. The name Ea bēl ilī appears on another economical tablet (TuM II/IIII 220:12-13), is mentioned as ' | ||
