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The Book of Daniel describes the fall of Babylon on which Jos. Antiq. X. xi. 2 relied. 2. Family. Nabonidus was the only son of Nabu-balatṩu-iqbi, a “wise prince and governor,” at Harran and of Adda-guppi’, an influential votary of the gods Sin, Ningal, Nusgu and Sardarunna, who died in 547 b.c., aged 104, and was given a state funeral ...
Adad-guppi. 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. Nabonidus was the last native ruler of ancient Mesopotamia, [5] [6 ...
- 25 May 556 BC – 13 October 539 BC
- Adad-guppi
Mar 4, 2024 · Interestingly, while Nabonidus is not mentioned in the Bible, some ancient texts suggest that he may have been. One text, 4Q242 from Qumran, also called the “Prayer of Nabonidus,” recounts the story of the Babylonian king driven to madness, told in Daniel 4. The scroll, however, features several notable differences.
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In 555 B.C. the latter was murdered in a conspiracy that placed Nabonidus, a distinguished general, on the throne. Like his priestess mother, Nabonidus was a deeply religious man and a devotee of the moon-god Sin. The 2-foot-tall basalt stela shown is thought to depict Nabonidus, who wears a spiked helmet and raises his right hand towards ...
A 22-inch-high basalt stela depicting Babylon’s king Nabonidus (r. 556–539 B.C.) shows him wearing a conical hat and gripping a staff as he pays homage to the crescent moon of the god Sin, the ...
Nabonidus. Nabonidus (Akkadian Nabû-nāʾid) was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, reigning from 556-539 B.C.E. Although his background is uncertain, his mother may have been a priestess of the moon god Sîn to whom Nabonidus was unusually devoted. He took the throne after the assassination of the boy-king Labashi-Marduk.
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