Without AI, it would have taken decades to decode. The text, inscribed on an ancient tablet, is from Babylon, Mesopotamia - once the largest city in the world in 2000 BCE.

"Hymn to Babylon": Missing Mesopotamian Text Dating Back Nearly 3,000 Years Discovered It appears to have been a feature of the school curriculum in the ancient city, but we’ve only just found it.

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The hymn lauds the “free citizens” of Babylon — the ṣābū kidinni — as protectors of the orphan and the humble. “They follow the divine precepts and keep justice,” the text declares.