File:British Museum Cuneiform planisphere K8538.jpg

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English: Part of a circular clay tablet with depictions of constellations (planisphere); the reverse is uninscribed; restored from fragments and incomplete; partly accidentally vitrified in antiquity during the destruction of the place where it was found. Found in Kuyunjik, ancient Nineveh, in the so-called “Library of Ashurbanipal”. Neo-assyrian period.
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Source/Photographer BabelStone (Own work)

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British Museum reference K.8538
Detailed description Part of a circular clay tablet with depictions of constellations (planisphere); the reverse is uninscribed; restored from fragments and incomplete; partly accidentally vitrified in antiquity during the destruction of the place where it was found.
Size Diameter: 14.1 centimetres
Thickness: 3.2 centimetres
Location Room 55

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