Assertion: empire's language | /r/HasProperty | preserved by ancient babylonians
Facets:
value: onward
type: LOCATION
value: from 1700 bc
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: From 1700 BC and onward, the Sumerian language was preserved by the ancient Babylonians and Assyrians only as a liturgical and classical language for religious, artistic and scholarly purposes.