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~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Astronomical tablet BM 32234

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay cuneiform tablet. Astronomical, lunar eclipse table for at least 609-447 BC. Dated 4th century BC. From Babylon. Refers to the murder of the Persian king Xerxes I (485-465 BC) by his son. BM 3223

Astronomy & Mathematics

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Clay tablet. The cuneiform text mentions the murder of Xerxes I (r. 485-465 BCE) by his son and a lunar eclipse (609-447 BCE). From Babylon, Iraq. British Museum

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay tablet. The cuneiform text mentions the murder of the Achaemenid king Xerxes I (r. 485-465 BCE) by his son and a lunar eclipse (for at least 609-447 BCE). 4th century BCE. From Babylon, Iraq. Bri

Astronomy & Mathematics

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- Atra-hasis, Babylonian flood myth MET 266810

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian or Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Mythology

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- Atra-hasis, Babylonian flood myth MET 266811

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian or Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Mythology

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- Gula incantation MET hb86 11 130

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian or Achaemenid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Mythology

~450 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cuneiform tablet- ritual fragment MET ME86 11 359

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Achaemenid or Seleucid; Cuneiform tablet; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

Mythology