BCHP 19 Chronicle concerning an Arsacid King
The Chronicle Concering an Arsacid King (BCHP 19), is one of the Mesopotamian chronicles written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period.
The Chronicle Concering an Arsacid King (BCHP 19), is one of the Mesopotamian chronicles written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. The tablet can be dated anywhere in the Parthian period, which in Babylonia begain in 141 BCE and lasted until 224 CE, and offers fairly stereotypical information that might have been written in every century and decad. Today, this cuneiform tablet (BM 34124 = Sp. 226) is in the British Museum.
On this webpage, a new reading of the tablet is proposed. The official publication of this text will be in I.L. Finkel, R.J. van der Spek, R. Pirngruber, Babylonian Chronographic Texts from the Hellenistic Period (2020; = BCHP; Writings of the Ancient World).
Description of the tablet
BM 34124 = Sp. 226 is a fragment of a one-columned tablet. Its height is 7 cm, its width 7.5 cm, and its thickness 2.3 cm. The right edge is partly preserved, the left edge is lost, but in view of the curvature of the tablet not many signs can be lost.
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[Obv.1'] [.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..] x x [.. .. .. ..] |
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[Obv.2'] [.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ] .. .. .. .[. .. .. ..] |
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[Obv.3'] [.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ] .. .. .. .. .. [.. ..] |
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[Obv.4'] [.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Mon]th Tebêtu (X). That month, d[ay .. th |
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[Obv.5'] [.. .. .. .. .. .. ..] .. .. .. .. they made .. .. .. [.. ..] |
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[Obv.6'] [.. .. .. .. .. .. .. at the side of him to PN-ni because [of .. ..] |
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[Obv.7'] [.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .].. .. to me and at that time [.. .. .. ..] |
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[Obv.8'] [.. .. .. .. .. .. .. ] x x x x x [.. .. .. ..] |
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[Obv.9'] [.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..] x x [ .. .. .. ..] |
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