To the Minoan artisan or priest in 1700 BCE, Babylon wasn't just a distant country; it was the keeper of primordial secrets. By 1700 BCE, the Enuma Elish and the astronomical observations of the Sebitti (the Pleiades) weren't new - they were already centuries, if not millennia, old, inherited from the Sumerians.

Hammurabi was ruling (or had recently ruled) Babylon right around this era (c. 1792-1750 BCE). For the Minoans, who were hitting their cultural Neopalatial peak, Babylonia was the ancient, prestigious "Old World." Incorporating Babylonian astronomical concepts like the Sebitti onto the Phaistos Disk object would be the equivalent of a modern designer channeling ancient, high-mysticalsacred geometry. It carried the weight of absolute, time-tested truth.

We often forget how incredibly globalized the Middle Bronze Agewas. Ideas didn't just drift slowly;