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In the back of a manuscript collection of astronomical texts, which includes one of Abraham Ibn Ezra’s works on the use of the astrolabe (a tool for astronomical calculations), is a set of crude but…
Contributor:
Artist Unknown
Date:
ca. 1629
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The flood story in the Atrahasis Epic, Babylonia, 17th century BCE. The epic relates the early history of humanity from creation through the flood. Apart from its polytheistic perspective, it has many…
Places:
Sippar, Babylonia (Tell Abu Habbah, Iraq)
Date:
Middle Bronze Age