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 10 Seleucid Accessions (BM 32171), Obverse |
BCHP 10 Seleucid Accessions (BM 32171), Reverse |
BCHP 11 (Invasion of Ptolemy III Chronicle)
The Chronicle concerning the Invasion of Ptolemy III (the "Ptolemy III Chronicle"; BCHP 11) is one of the Mesopotamian chronicles written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. It tells how, during the Laodicean War (246-241 BCE), the Ptolemaic king Ptolemy III…
BCHP 11 Ptolemy III Chronicle (BM 34428), Obverse |
BCHP 11 Ptolemy III Chronicle (BM 34428), Reverse |
BCHP 12 (Seleucus III Chronicle)
The Chronicle concerning the reign of Seleucus III Keraunos ("Seleucus III chronicle"; BCHP 12 = ABC 13B) is one of the Mesopotamian chronicles written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. …
BCHP 12 Seleucus III Chronicle (BM 35421), Obverse |
BCHP 12 Seleucus III Chronicle (BM 35421), Reverse |
BCHP 13 (Politai Chronicle)
The Politai Chronicle (BCHP 13) is one of the Mesopotamian chronicles written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. Politai Chronicle, Obverse The first…
BCHP 13 Politai Chronicle (BM 46120), Upper edge |
BCHP 14 (Greek Community Chronicle)
The Babylonian Chronicle concerning the Greek Community in Babylon ("Greek Community Chronicle"; BCHP 14) is one of the Mesopotamian chronicles written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. …
BCHP 14 Greek Community (BM 33870), Obverse |