The publication of a reconstructed “Hymn of Babylon” has been in the news. The text of the hymn has been assembled from a number of cuneiform tablets from the Sippar library with the help of AI. The hymn is incomplete; it would have been about 250 lines in length, roughly two-thirds has been recovered. The work may date to the 13th century BC. It is made up of hymns to Marduk, to his temple Esagil, to Babylon the city and its river, and to the Babylonians. The authors of the article in Iraq journal say…
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