Bert van der Spek
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:
BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse |
BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment |
BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment |
BCHP 06 Ruin Esagila (BM32248), Reverse, fragment |
BCHP 07 Antiochus, Bactria, and India Chronicle (BM 32310), Reverse |
BCHP 07 Antiochus, Bactria, and India Chronicle (BM 32398), Obverse |
BCHP 08 Juniper Garden Chronicle (BM 32266), Obverse |
BCHP 08 Juniper Garden Chronicle (BM 32266), Reverse |
BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32235), Obverse |
BCHP 09 End of Seleucus Chronicle (BM 32235), Reverse |
BCHP 1 (Alexander Chronicle)
The Chronicle concerning Alexander the Great ("Alexander Chronicle"; ABC 8; BCHP 1) is one of the Mesopotamian chronicles written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. It is very hard to understand but clearly mentions several events from the reign of Alexander the Great. …BCHP 10 (Seleucid Accessions Chronicle)
The Chronicle concerning the reign of Antiochus II, the accession of Seleucus II and the accession of Seleucus III (the "Seleucid Accessions Chronicle"; BCHP 10 or ABC 13) is one of the Mesopotamian chronicles written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic…