BABYLONIAN SERPENT SEALS
Apr 01, 2020
2 minutes
TEXT AND ART BY BEATRICE TANAKA
THE CHALDEANS AND BABYLONIANS were among the earliest inventors of writing. At first writing was mostly used to celebrate victories, fix boundaries, establish laws and prayers, and count taxes and goods. Texts telling of kings and battles were often engraved on stone, but for the equivalent of
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