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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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)
1151	(none)	(none)	B15617	Portion (about half) of small baked clay cylinder of Nabonidus, duplicate of U.1111 etc. Found in 2 pieces and joined. P.
1154	(none)	(none)	B15618	Fragment from right side of small baked clay barrel-cylinder of Nabonidus. 17 lines from 2nd column. Inscription duplicate of U.1111, U.1131, etc. P.
1155	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment from small baked clay barrel-cylinder of Nabonidus. Fragments of 4 lines, from Column I. Inscription of duplicate of U.1111, U.1113, etc. Probably part of same object as U.1154 but does not join.
1156	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of baked clay barrel-cylinder of nabonidus, inscription duplicate of that upon U.1111, U.1113, etc. Fragments of 15 lines, from column I.
1157	(none)	(none)	(none)	Portion of baked clay barrel-cylinder of Nabonidus, inscribed as U.1111, U.1131, etc. 16 lines, column I and 5 column II.
1180	(none)	(none)	(none)	Small fragment of baked clay tablet, with parts of 6 lines, from a New Babylonian copy of a syllabary.
1207	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of New Babylonian baked clay tablet, obverse only preserved. Parts of 12 lines of an astronomical omen-text, in 4 sections.
134	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fr. of Clay Tablet. Inscribed [Annotated] Account tablet of Persian or New Babylonian period. [Annotated] Placed in 1N/No. 2.
135A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Frs. of tablets. 14 frs. in all. Inscribed. Persian date.
135B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Fragments of tablets. 14 pieces in all. Inscribed. Persian date.
135C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Fragments of tablets. 14 pieces in all. Inscribed. Persian date.
135D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Fragments of tablets. 14 pieces in all. Inscribed. Persian date.
135E	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
135F	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Fragments of tablets. 14 pieces in all. Inscribed. Persian date.
135G	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Fragments of tablets. 14 pieces in all. Inscribed. Persian date.
135H	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Fragments of tablets. 14 pieces in all. Inscribed. Persian date.
135I	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Fragments of tablets. 14 pieces in all. Inscribed. Persian date.
135J	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Fragments of tablets. 14 pieces in all. Inscribed. Persian date.
135K	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Fragments of tablets. 14 pieces in all. Inscribed. Persian date.
135L	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Fragments of tablets. 14 pieces in all. Inscribed. Persian date.
135M	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Fragments of tablets. 14 pieces in all. Inscribed. Persian date.
135N	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Fragments of tablets. 14 pieces in all. Inscribed. Persian date.
13622	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment. Neo-Bab. Semitic?
15049	52-30-44	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Contract of late epogue (neo-Bab. or Persian).
1560A	(none)	1924,0920.243	(none)	[A-B] Two fragments of large baked clay cylinder of Nabonidus: containing parts of column I & II of the inscription on cylinder K.1688 in the British Museum. These fragments possibly belong to that cylinder.