HISTORICAL MAPS · C. 6TH CENTURY BC (COPIED FROM AN OLDER ORIGINAL)
The Babylonian Map of the World
The oldest surviving map of the known world: a palm-sized clay tablet showing Babylon inside a ring of ocean, with mysterious triangular lands beyond.
- Made by
- Unknown Babylonian scribe
- Date
- c. 6th century BC (copied from an older original)
- Held by
- British Museum, London (museum no. 92687)
- Medium
- Clay tablet, 12.2 × 8.2 cm
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