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NIPPUR MAP TABLET. DATE: ca. 1500 B.C. MATERIAL: Clay. DIMENSIONS: 5 inches by 4.3 inches. FOUND: Nippur, Iraq. For the busy farmers of the Babylonian sacred city of Nippur, ready access to water ...
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