The Planisphere is a neo-Assyrian flat star map, namely, the reproduction by the ancients of the spherical part of the starry sky on a clay table in the form of a flat map. One such planisphere, K8538, was found in the library of King Assurbanipal in Nineveh, and dates back to 800-1000 BC. The city of Nineveh was the last capital of Assyria and was destroyed by the Babylonians in the 600s BC.
The city of Nineveh was the last capital of Assyria and was destroyed by the Babylonians in the 600s BC. The greatest library of King Ashurbanipal - the Kouyunjik Library, which contained about 50,000 tablets, was half looted. As a result, many ancient scriptures have not survived to our time. On such "tablets of knowledge" various events were depicted that took place with the planet Earth in different epochs of the universe. But back to our K8538 planisphere. The map is a circle divided by radial lines into 8 equal sectors (1-8 or 0-7). Its diameter is 18 centimeters. Unfortunately, about 45% of the planisphere is missing due to 2 significant damages.
The surviving part of the tablet is a circular map with the names of stars and constellations, namely their symbolic designations. This planisphere was rewritten from an older Sumerian source and tells about several events that happened in the past. One of such natural events was the fall of an asteroid on planet Earth in the Alpine region. The division of the planisphere into eight parts raises many questions. The king of Assyria Sargon II built "eight gates of Babylon in eight directions of the wind", which was reflected on the tablet as a very important number in all of ancient Mesopotamia. “On all sides opposite to the eight winds, I opened eight large gates …” - this is what Sargon II said.
Next - the planet Venus, which had an important mystical significance for the Sumerians. She was depicted in the form of an eight-pointed star, four of which were elongated. For many other ancient peoples, the dome of the night sky, like the symbol of Venus, was divided into 8 sectors, each of which represented one element of nature. Each element, in turn, had a unique connection with the universe. Clay tablets were of great mystical significance to the ancients, and were used in rituals and spells. In addition to the systems familiar to us, other unknown stars are displayed on the planisphere, the origin of which raises a chain of new questions.
Many of these celestial bodies, reading by symbols, return to the Earth with an indefinite periodicity, and it is no secret that at such moments various reactions occur on the planet. All planispheric tablets have a common connection and can tell a lot about the past of planet Earth, about other civilizations, and about what will happen in the future..