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 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Complete |
BCHP 18A Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35229), Top |
BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Bottom |
BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Central part |
BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Complete |
BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Lower edge |
BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Top |
BCHP 18B Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BM 35189), Top left |
BCHP 18B/A Chronographic Document Concerning Bagayasha B/A
The Chronographic Document concerning Bagayasha (BCHP 18B/A) is a Mesopotamian historiographical text written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. It describes a punitive action by the Parthian prince Bagayasha (the future king Arsaces VIII Bagases) against the city of Babylon. …
BCHP 18C Astronomical Diary concerning Bagayasha (BM 48888) |
BCHP 18C Astronomical Diary concerning Bagayasha (BM 48888), Edge |
BCHP 18C Astronomical Diary Concerning Bagayasha and Timotheus
The Astronomical Diary concerning Bagayasha and Timotheus (BCHP 18C) is a Mesopotamian historiographical text written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. It describes a punitive action by the Parthian prince Bagayasha (the future king Arsaces VIII Bagases) against the city of Babylon. …