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)
6322B	52-30-56	(none)	(none)	(none)
15049	52-30-44	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Contract of late epogue (neo-Bab. or Persian).
8860	52-30-40	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
15660	52-30-39, 52-30-39	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Neo-Bab. Letter.
599	52-30-38	(none)	(none)	Tablet, complete. New Babylonian letter from Shamash-dur to a lady concerning certain birds.
15688	52-30-33, 52-30-33	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Oval. Neo-Bab. (?) Tablet. UET/III:141
17629	52-30-17	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	52-30-057 ?	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
(none)	52-30-018	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
(none)	52-30-006	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
(none)	52-30-005 ?	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
(none)	33-35-10	(none)	(none)	unknown
17060	31-43-491	(none)	(none)	Dagger blade. Copper. Type ?.
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
76A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-BQ] 64 tablets and fragments of tablets, numbering in all 15-20 tablets of the contract type, Persian period, mostly dated in the reign of Ataxerxes. A single hoard in burnt stratum near surface, near a large pot. [BR-BX]+7 tablets and fragments of the same hoard in the small box. [BY]+1 fragment from the same hoard placed in the small box
93	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. fr. of = Inscribed [Annotated] TTB Neo-Babylonian
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.
472	(none)	1923,1110.137	(none)	Silver vase. Broken on one side, but most of the fragments found. The sides are intentionally indented. Very thin metal in fair condition. [drawing 1:5]
806	(none)	1923,1110.2	(none)	Basalt hinge-stone. Inscribed with name, etc., of NABONIDUS. The fragments of the iron shoe of the door-post are still fixed in the stone.
1111	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment (711) of New Babylonian Clay cylinder with inscription for Nabonidus (cf. Langdon, Neubab.Konigsinscar. P.250ff.) Duplicate of U.1131, U.1132 and other fragments unnumbered making up part of the complete cylinder.
1131	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment from middle of a baked clay cylinder of Nabonidus (cf. U.1132, U.1111) in 2 columns 2 3/8 [60.325mm] by 1 3/4 [44.45mm] inscription concerning the building of E-lugal-galga-si-sa, the Ziggurat of Ur. Joins U.1132, and another fragment unnumbered making up part of complete cylinder.
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.