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Fragment of a circular clay tablet with depictions of constellations (planisphere). Neo-Assyrian.
The reverse is uninscribed.
Section of a sphere or instrument for astrological calculations. The flat side is inscribed with mathematical figures and descriptions.
Celestial planisphere; in this stylised map the sky has been divided into eight sections.
It represents the night sky of 3-4 January 650 BC over Nineveh.
The rectangular shape at the top has been identified as the constellation known today as Gemini and the stars contained with an oval shape are the Pleiades.
The two triangles in the lower right mark the bright stars of Pegasus.
Excavated/Findspot: Kouyunjik
Asia: Middle East: Iraq: Iraq, North: Nineveh (historic - Iraq): Kouyunjik
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Museum link in the British Museum
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/W_K-8538?selectedImageId=633921001
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