The "Esagila" tablet. Document copied from older texts in 229 BC, written in Uruk from an original of Borsippa. The tablet explains the history and engineering of the 7-floor high Etemenanki temple (the equivalent of the Tower of Babel in the Bible). Clay tablet. Cuneiform script. Louvre Museum. Paris, France.

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Caption: The "Esagila" tablet. Document copied from older texts in 229 BC, written in Uruk from an original of Borsippa. The tablet explains the history and engineering of the 7-floor high Etemenanki temple (the equivalent of the Tower of Babel in the Bible). Clay tablet. Cuneiform script. Louvre Museum. Paris, France.

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