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There are 240 items in Tablet:
CM 48 (Kings of Ur)
CM 48 (Chroniques Mésopotamiennes 48): chronicle of the reign of king Šulgi of Ur.The following text, written in Uruk in the year 251 BCE, is part of a Babylonian chronicle, and deals with reign of the godless Sumerian king Šulgi…CM 52 (Nabu-šuma-iškun)
The following, very fragmentary text from Uruk, is a chronographic document dealing with the history of Babylonia in the eighth century BCE, and especially the demise of king Nabû-šuma-iškun, who died in 748, after he had broken all written and…CM 53 (Chronographic Document concerning Nabonidus)
The Chronographic Document concerning Nabonidus is a cuneiform text that describes events from the second and third years of the reign of Nabonidus (r.556-539). The following chronographic document is a damaged part of what may have been a Babylonian chronicle from…CM 6 (The Royal Chronicle of Lagaš)
The Royal Chronicle of Lagaš is a fragment of a Mesopotamian chronicle that appears to be some sort of addition to the Sumerian King List, which does not refer to the city of Lagaš. …CM 7 (Tummal Chronicle)
CM 7 (Chroniques Mésopotamiennes 7): Sumerian text on the history of the Tummal sanctuary in Nippur.This chronicle is a Sumerian text on the history of the Tummal sanctuary in Nippur, where the goddess Ninlil was venerated, the divine spouse of…
The Cyrus Cylinder |
Cyrus Cylinder
In the Cyrus Cylinder, a cuneiform tablet now in the British Museum, Cyrus describes how he had conquered Babylon (October 539 BCE). It is interesting because the Persian king presents himself to his new subjects as the perfect ruler, carefully…
Th. Pinches' drawing of the Cyrus Cylinder |
Cyrus Cylinder Translation
In the Cyrus Cylinder, a cuneiform tablet now in the British Museum, Cyrus describes how he had conquered Babylon (October 539 BCE). It is interesting because the Persian king presents himself to his new subjects as the perfect ruler, carefully…D2Ha
Achaemenid Royal Inscriptions: collection of Old Persian cuneiform texts from the sixth, fifth, and fourth centuries BCE, left by the Achaemenid kings on their official monuments.D2Ha, gold tablet from Ecbatana [Stereotypical inscription on a gold tablet, similar to A2Hc.] A great god is Ahuramazda, who…
DPh (drawing) |
Dynastic Prophecy
Dynastic Prophecy, Columns I and II In mid-July 330, the Persian king Darius III Codomannus (r.336-330) was killed; this meant the…