That'll float yer boat !
Posted on 11/04/2024 4:27:41 AM PST by Eleutheria5
Scientists have recently unlocked the secrets of the world's oldest map, a 3,000-year-old clay tablet known as the Imago Mundi, which is believed to show the location of Noah’s Ark. The ancient Babylonian artifact, etched with cuneiform—a script using wedge-shaped symbols—has puzzled archaeologists for centuries. Discovered in what is now Iraq in 1882, the tablet is housed at the British Museum, where it has become one of its famous collections.
The Imago Mundi depicts a circular world map, illustrating early Babylonian ideas about the world's creation. The map is thought to show the entire known world at the time, with Mesopotamia at the bottom center. Mesopotamia is enclosed by a circle representing a "bitter river" that was believed to surround the entire world, marking the borders of the known world at that time.
On the reverse side of the artifact, passages reportedly provide a guide describing what a traveler would encounter on their journey, including a path to "Urartu" and specific instructions on how to get there. One passage says: "To the fourth, to which you must travel seven leagues." Another passage reportedly instructs those on the journey to go through "seven leagues to see something that is thick as a parsiktu-vessel."
The term "parsiktu" appears on other ancient Babylonian tablets, referencing the scale of a vessel meant to withstand the legendary Great Flood. Researchers believe that Urartu, also known as Ararat, is linked to an ancient Mesopotamian poem recounting a family who, like Noah, landed their ark to preserve life following the 150-day flood. As the flooding ended, they were safely stationed at one of the peaks of Urartu, which aligns with "Ararat," the Hebrew term for the mountain where Noah’s Ark is said to have come to rest after the flood.
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Riiiight!
Urartu, which aligns with “Ararat,”
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Trouble is that there are 3 Ararats: one in Turkey, another in Saudi, and another somewhere else in the region.
Next problem is how long is a league - that measurement has been argued for decades if not centuries. And how long was a Babylonian ‘league’ exactly?
While some say 18” the real measurement was from wrist to elbow
The other region is Armenia.
Cubit is either five or six hand breadths, according to an argument in the Talmud.
If it’s phonetically similar to “parsah” in Aramaic, there’s a similar term in Talmudic parlance. But my high-school cuneiform is rusty.
That'll float yer boat !
Parsiktu would be a good name for a band.
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Supposedly.
That’s great. They found some documents from Noah a few years back too
https://babylonbee.com/news/new-evidence-reveals-noah-had-regrets-about-letting-geese-board-ark
“Let’s see, I used to know that”
my high-school cuneiform is rusty. 🤣
I thing there is an online cuneiform dictionary if you care to brush up 😀.
“Their wing-tip feathers make great pens and arrows. Nothing like them. As for their meat, it’s light and tender, and good in sandwiches.”—Ham
“Whatchoo talkin’ ‘bout, Ham. Can’t hear myself think with their blim-blamin’ honking.”—Japheth
“You’re both full of goose crap. Their eggs are huge, and delicious. But their honking is annoying, and they are aggressive and nasty. There’s good and bad in everything on this earth. Geese are no exception.”—Shem
“Boys, boys! Stop all this bickering and help your father. The lion and the goose are both ganging up on him again.” —Mom
Arguments In the TALMUD ?
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I find That hard to believe!
That’s from Bill Cosby!
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How long can you tread water?
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French: “Jai parler le français comme une vache espagnole!”
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English: “I speak French like a Spanish cow!”
It’s like those French have a different word for everything.
LOL!
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