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)
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.
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.
1625A	(none)	(none)	B15620, B15620, B15620	Three (3) fragments of a black diorite monument, originally in shape of 4-sided pyramid, surmounted by a smaller body of the same shape. Around all sides of the lower pyramid runs a long inscription of New Babylonian date, concerning contracts for the building of a bit apti and the acquisition of the site for it, in the city of Ur. Found on New Babylonian floor level in N. corner between Nabonidus platform and the old wall.
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.
2747	(none)	1927,1003.254	(none)	Paste statuette. Blue glass paste, much worn. Servant in attitude of devotion. Head and trunk only. [drawing 1:1]
2816	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Fragment. Neo-Babylonian syllabary - list of signs Zi and of short sentences ki-na --
2834	(none)	(none)	B16212	Royal inscription - in limestone. Small fragment. Probably (Nabonidus?) king of all the world, king? H.C.
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.
3011	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Neo-Babylonian Syllabary.
3018	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Fragment: Religious Omina. Neo-Babylonian/Persian.
3187	(none)	1927,1003.257	(none)	Fragment of blue glass paste. [drawing 1:1]
3354	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of limestone tablet. Inscribed both sides. Historical inscription? About BC 700? H.C.
6309	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet - Fragment unbaked. List of officials, among them (---) son of A-mu-ru. Time Ist Babylonian Dynasty.
6320	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Hymn. Late Sumerian. About BC 1900(?).
6321	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Hymn. Late Sumerian. About BC 1900(?).
6326	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Sumerian religious hymn or incantation. About BC 800. Drawing at the end. [drawing]
6754A	(none)	1927,0527.92	(none)	[A-B] 2 copper graves. Both shaped with flat rims and two handles at each end. Covered over by wooden lid let down into ground by ropes. Corbelled burnt brick box built over them. Traces of rope remain on one handle of (A). Neo-Babylonian [Neo-Babylonian has been crossed out]. Entered in [illegible, maybe tab or lab] and no graves P.1, 2. E.
6754B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 copper graves. Both shaped with flat rims and two handles at each end. Covered over by wooden lid let down into ground by ropes. Corbelled burnt brick box built over them. Neo-Babylonian [Neo-Babylonian has been crossed out] Entered in [illegible, maybe tab or lab] and no graves P.1, 2. E.
7002	(none)	(none)	(none)	Collection of beads. Small paste and carnelian also bronze fragments.
7003	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Glazed. White. Type CCLX. = P.191
7006	(none)	(none)	B16604	Clay vase. Light drab. Type CCLIX =P.193. Neo-Bab?
7008	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Light drab. Type LXXXIII = P.135. cf. U.7009-U.7019.