R.J. (Bert) van der Spek, emeritus professor of Ancient Mediterranean and West Asian history at the Vrije Universiteit (VU University) Amsterdam, specializes in the history of Hellenistic Babylonia. Presently he is working on an edition of Babylonian Chronicles of the Hellenistic Period (BCHP), here online, with the historical sections of the Astronomical Diaries to be added. They will be published in I.L. Finkel, R.J. van der Spek, R. Pirngruber, Babylonian Chronographic Texts from the Hellenistic Period (2020). He also is working on projects concerning the history of market performance and the history of silver and money from Ancient Mesopotamia to the Present.

There are 93 items in Bert van der Spek:

Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (BM35603), upper edge

Bagayasha

Bagayasha or Bacacis: Arsacid prince, mentioned in several sources in the years 138-120 BCE. He  is almost certainly identical to the Bagasis who briefly reigned as king in 127/126.Reign of Mithradates …

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BCHP 1: Alexander Chronicle, obverse	BCHP 01 Alexander Chronicle, reverse	BCHP 2: Alexander and Arabia Chronicle (BM 41080), Obverse	BCHP 03 Diadochi Chronicle (BM 36313+34660), Obverse
BCHP 03 Diadochi Chronicle (BM 36313+34660), Reverse	BCHP 04 Alexander Arses (BM 36613)	BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Obverse	BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Reverse
BCHP 05: Antiochus and Sin Chronicle (RM 757), Top, left	BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Obverse