Nabû-na’id šar Bābili mārua ana Sîn bēliya apqid adi balṭu lā iḫaṭṭakka Nabonidus, king of Babylon, my son, to Sîn my lord I have devoted. So long as he is alive let him not offend against you.1 These are the words of Adad-gûppî, mother of the Neo-Babylonian king Nabonidus. As scholar Beaulieu mentions, Nabonidus (Akkad. … Continue reading Nabonidus & Exaltation of Sîn
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House of Egibi: Entrepreneurs in the Neo-Babylonian Empire
It's 560 BCE, the Neo-Babylonian throne had been usurped by Neriglissar. The situation is north-west of the city of Babylon and a purchase is going to be made of a land outside the city by a man named Nabû-ahhē-iddin. Around 24 Kur of land (about 32.4 hectare) situated on either side of the New Canal … Continue reading House of Egibi: Entrepreneurs in the Neo-Babylonian Empire
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