Sentences with phrase «babylonian cuneiform tablets»

The diverse collections also boast artifacts of ancient history and natural science: fossil collections, a 143 - pound meteorite, an Egyptian mummy, shards of Babylonian cuneiform tablets, samplings of early Mediterranean jewelry, and representations of Berkshire ecosystems including local mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, plants, and minerals.

A scholar translating Babylonian cuneiform tablets found the name of a Babylonian who is also mentioned in the Torah as having been present at the razing of Jerusalem in 586 BCE.

There is a written recipe for dying wool with indigo on a Babylonian cuneiform tablet dated to the seventh century B.C..

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In the service of astrology, Babylonian priests wrote instructional texts on cuneiform tablets, many of which still survive.

One of the most celebrated artifacts in mathematics is a palm - sized cuneiform tablet made during the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4000 years ago in modern - day Iraq.