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Nabonidus (Babylonian cuneiform: Nabû-naʾid, [2] [3] meaning "May Nabu be exalted" [3] or "Nabu is praised") [4] was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruling from 556 BC to the fall of Babylon to the Achaemenian Empire under Cyrus the Great in 539 BC.
Labinetus or Labynetus (Λαβύνητος Labýnētos; Hellenized form of the Akkadian name Nabû-na'id) is a name that probably refers to the kings of the Chaldean dynasty (626-539 BCE) in general.
She also mentions that she lived to see her son Nabonidus made king over Babylon, which took place in 556 BC, making her approximately 92 years old at his coronation, and 96 years old at his departure to Teima. She apparently died at the age of 104 (c. 544 BC), having lived with sound body and mind to see descendants to the fourth generation.
The Nabonidus Chronicle is an ancient Babylonian text, part of a larger series of Babylonian Chronicles inscribed in cuneiform script on clay tablets.It deals primarily with the reign of Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, covers the conquest of Babylon by the Persian king Cyrus the Great, and ends with the start of the reign of Cyrus's son Cambyses II, spanning a period ...
Articles relating to Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (reigned 556-539 BCE). Pages in category "Nabonidus" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.
The translation of the Nabonidus Cylinder of Sippar was made by Paul-Alain Beaulieu, author of, "The Reign of Nabonidus, King of Babylon 556-539 B.C." [4] [5] [i.1-7] I, Nabonidus, the great king, the strong king, the king of the universe, the king of Babylon, the king of the four corners, the caretaker of Esagila and Ezida, for whom Sin and Ningal in his mother's womb decreed a royal fate as ...
English: Nabonidus cylinder from Sippar (full transcription, three columns), mentioning the expedition of Cyrus against Astyages, the finding of tlhe cylinder of Naram-Sin, son of Sargina, the finding of the cylinder of Sagasalti-Burias son of Kudirri-Bel, &c.
In 547 BC, [3] Nabonidus revived the office of entu ("high priestess") of Ur, which had been vacant since the time of Nebuchadnezzar I in the 12th century BC, and named Ennigaldi to this office. [14] The entu was devoted to the moon-god Sin (known as Nanna in Sumerian times) and was the highest-ranking priestess in the country, supposedly ...