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They are similar in content to Old Babylonian tablets translated a decade ago connected with Dur-Abiesuḫ, a fortress on the Tigris river near the ancient city of Nippur.

The two layers excavated dated to the Sasanian period—an empire ruled between 224–651 C.E—and the ancient Babylonian period—ruled between ca. 1894 and 1595 B.C.E.

Image credits: Archeology and art #6 1927 Dress, Slip And Cape Which Belonged To Marjorie Merriweather Post. The dress is of sheer green silk chiffon with narrow shoulder straps and a flared skirt.

The first known census was conducted during the Babylonian Empire, in 3800 BCE. Along with human numbers, livestock and resources such as milk, wool and vegetables were tabulated and the data ...

Ancient Babylonians predicted death omens by deciphering lunar eclipses, a newly translated tablet revealed. The 4,000-year-old tablet said that the omens often foretold the death of the king.