time, Nabonidus is characterised by some scholars as an unorthodox religious reformer and as the first archaeologist. The origins of Nabonidus, his connection...
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The Cylinders of Nabonidus refers to cuneiform inscriptions of king Nabonidus of Babylonia (556-539 BC). These inscriptions were made on clay cylinders...
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first-in-line to the throne. As Nabonidus was relatively old at the time, Belshazzar could expect to become king within a few years. Nabonidus was absent from Babylon...
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Nabonidus and Belshazzar's Assyrian rather than Babylonian heritage is also likely to have added to this resentment. In the sixth year of Nabonidus (550/549)...
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of Nabonidus in 556 BC, though the start of the text is so poorly preserved that none of this portion is legible. It mentions campaigns by Nabonidus against...
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Cyrus Cylinder (category Nabonidus)
points. Nabonidus, Cyrus's deposed predecessor as king of Babylon, commissioned foundation texts on clay cylinders – such as the Cylinder of Nabonidus, also...
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document dated to the reign of Nabonidus at Sippar is from 26 June. However, the earliest document dated to Nabonidus at the city of Nippur is from 25...
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It dates to circa 530 BCE. The curator was Ennigaldi, the daughter of Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. It was in the state of Ur...
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Retrieved 28 March 2011. The Nabonidus Chronicle of the Babylonian Chronicles The Verse account of Nabonidus The Prayer of Nabonidus (one of the Dead Sea scrolls)...
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Babylon's national god, Marduk. For this, Nabonidus may have faced opposition from the Babylonian clergy. Nabonidus was also opposed by the clergy when he...
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Labashi-Marduk's place proclaimed Nabonidus, Belshazzar's father, as king. The sources suggest that while he was part of the conspiracy, Nabonidus had not intended, nor...
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century BC of the Neo-Babylonian period, when it was restored by King Nabonidus. Its remains were excavated in the 1920s and 1930s by Sir Leonard Woolley...
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Cyaxares II (section The Nabonidus Chronicle)
fourteenth or fifteenth year of Nabonidus, i.e. 542 to 540 BC, commemorating his restoration of the temple at Ehulhul. Nabonidus relates how, in the tenth year...
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year of Nabonidus' reign, which is in 553 BCE, and the Nabonidus Chronicle seems to date the defeat of Media in the sixth year of Nabonidus (i.e., 550...
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Battle of Opis (category Nabonidus)
of Nabonidus attribute Nabonidus's failure to the desire of the god Marduk to punish a regime that had opposed his will. The strongly anti-Nabonidus tone...
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regarding Nabonidus is chiefly derived from a chronological tablet containing the annals of Nabonidus, supplemented by another inscription of Nabonidus where...
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place. Excavations of Nabonidus (circa 550 BC) A foundation deposit of Naram-Sin was discovered and analysed by king Nabonidus, circa 550 BC. who Robert...
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daughters married the high official Nabonidus. Marriage to a daughter of Nebuchadnezzar could explain how Nabonidus could become king, and also explain...
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Nabu-balatsu-iqbi (category Nabonidus)
inscriptions, Nabonidus refers to his father Nabu-balatsu-iqbi as a "learned counsellor", "wise prince", "perfect prince" and "heroic governor". Nabonidus never...
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Nitocris of Babylon (category Nabonidus)
tentatively be identified as the name of Nabonidus's wife and Belshazzar's mother. It is conjectured that Nabonidus married Queen regnant Nitocris, a daughter...
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have put the fall of Babylon, in the 17th-year of Nabonidus, in 539 BCE. In the Talmud, the name Nabonidus is not mentioned, whereas the presumed succession...
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Ecbatana (section Chronicle of Nabonidus description)
Ezra 6:2, in the time of Darius I, as part of the national archives. The Nabonidus Chronicle, an ancient Babylonian text from the 5th century BC, describes...
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Ishmael: Tema about Jouf district Verse account of Nabonidus, translation at Livius.org Chronicle of Nabonidus Archived 2016-12-08 at the Wayback Machine, translation...
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important ancient sources for his conquest of Babylon are the Nabonidus Chronicle (Nabonidus was the last Babylonian king, and Belshazzar, who is described...
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However, by 556 BC, the Chaldeans had been deposed by the Assyrian-born Nabonidus and his son and regent Belshazzar.[citation needed] The transfer of empire...
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an aristocrat, and Nabonidus the "Red Priest", a clergyman with a strong power base. After he is delivered a threat by Nabonidus (the ear of a corrupt...
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interest, and opposition to the excavation of human remains. Excavations of Nabonidus (c. 550 BC) In Ancient Mesopotamia, a foundation deposit of the Akkadian...
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Labashi-Marduk succeeds Neriglissar as King of Babylon. 556 BC/555 BC: Nabonidus succeeds Labashi-Marduk as King of Babylon. 551 BC: Confucius was born...
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show past glories of their respective nations. In the 6th century BCE, Nabonidus of the Neo-Babylonian Empire excavated, surveyed and restored sites built...
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Daniel 4 (section Daniel 4 and the Prayer of Nabonidus)
final doxology in which the king repeats his praise of God. The Prayer of Nabonidus is a fragmentary story from the Dead Sea Scrolls (scroll 4QPrNab) with...
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