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 15 (Gold Theft Chronicle)
The Chronicle Concering the Theft of Gold from the Day One Temple, or Gold Theft Chronicle (BCHP 15) is one of the Mesopotamian chronicles written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. …
BCHP 15 Gold Theft (BM 32510), Obverse |
BCHP 15 Gold Theft (BM 32510), Reverse |
BCHP 16 (Document on Land and Tithes)
The Document concerning a Tithe of Arable Land and Šatammu Nergal-ina-teši-etir is a historiographical document written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. …
BCHP 16 Document on land and tithes (BM 33020+330208), Obverse |
BCHP 16 Document on land and tithes (BM 33020+330208), Reverse |
BCHP 17 (Judicial Chronicle)
The Judicial Chronicle concerning Temple Robberies is one of the Mesopotamian chronicles written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period.The Judicial Chronicle concerning Temple Robberies is a Mesopotamian chronicle written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. one of the Mesopotamian…
BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Lower Edge 16-18 |
BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Obverse 1-15 |
BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Reverse 19-33 |
BCHP 17 Judicial Chronicle (BM 47737), Upper Edge 34-35 |
BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Bottom |