Neo-Babylonian

Description:

After the collapse of the Assyrian Empire, led by a coalition of Babylonians, Medes, Scythians, and Cimmerians, the Neo-Babylonian Empire flourished. The seat of the empire was transferred from Nineveh to Babylonia, and economics, agriculture, building projects, arts, and sciences flourished. The period was a renaissance of Sumerian/Akkadian traditions. Temples dominated the urban social structure, legal system, and social hierarchy. The period ended during the reign of Nabonidus, when Babylon was captured by Cyrus the Great.

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Short/Low Chronology:

Middle Chronology: 625-539 BCE

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
17348	(none)	1931,1010.246	(none)	Beads. Glass paste. Possibly the Horus Eye? Discoid and barrel beads also animals head pendants - flat. [A-C] 3 animals of type (A). [D] 1 animal of type (B). Each has a raised border of blue glass paste on one side and a pellet of blue glass paste for the eyes. [E] One Puzuzu head [E]. [drawing]
7821	(none)	(none)	(none)	Brick Nabonidus = U2863 but half breadth.
7012	(none)	(none)	B16243	Clay bowl. Light drab. Type CCXXXVI. =P.3b
7033	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay bowl. Dark drab. Type CXCIV. =P.35a.
93	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. fr. of = Inscribed [Annotated] TTB Neo-Babylonian
8837B	(none)	1928,1009.9	(none)	Clay cylinder. Fragments giving bottom half of the 2 columns ? dedication to Sin-Nannar Style of Nebuchonosor. H.C.71.
67A	(none)	1923,1110.200	B15239	Clay seals 2. From wheat-sack fastening cords each bearing stamps of oval seals. on (A) pegasus, lion, stag. on (B) lion(?), Bucranium, etc. [Annotated] B and Phil
6309	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet - Fragment unbaked. List of officials, among them (---) son of A-mu-ru. Time Ist Babylonian Dynasty.
18122	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet of unusual shape. With very small writing: one side intact. The obverse mostly flaked away. Persian. [drawing]
19978	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet.
20087	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet.
18743	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Complete.
2816	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Fragment. Neo-Babylonian syllabary - list of signs Zi and of short sentences ki-na --
2815	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Fragment. Neo-Babylonian. Syllabary: List of signs [transcribed sign] gish. Colophon: e ba-da house of the boys - Probably material of the school.
3018	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Fragment: Religious Omina. Neo-Babylonian/Persian.
6320	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Hymn. Late Sumerian. About BC 1900(?).
6321	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Hymn. Late Sumerian. About BC 1900(?).
2557	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Letter Unto Nabu-sag-ga, so speaks?. x his brother: Na-dug son of Ma-kam(?) ?unto the 5 brothers, ?son of Makam, ? ki-ma son of the calker (Ad-kib), he has brought Neo-Babylonian Period? 10 lines writing. H.C.
3011	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Neo-Babylonian Syllabary.
2926	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Neo-Babylonian. Small fragments missing. 3 incantations formulae laid in the boxes of the pavement at the entrance of the door. H.C.
19977	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. One corner chipped.
6326	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Sumerian religious hymn or incantation. About BC 800. Drawing at the end. [drawing]
18123	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablets. A small hoard of Persian tablets found together in a clay tripod pot: not in good condition, but much flaked by salt and broken.
7009	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Light drab. Cracked. 10 incised concentric circles round upper part of body. Type LXXXVIII. =P.182a. cf U7008 & U7010-7019
7015	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Dark drab. Type CXCIV. =P.35a. Persian?