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Nergal-šarra-uṣur, King of Babylon as seen in the Cuneiform, Greek, Latin and Hebrew Sources

Nergal-šarra-uṣur, King of Babylon as seen in the Cuneiform, Greek, Latin and Hebrew Sources Nergal-sarra-usur, King of Babylon äs seen in the Cuneiform, Greek, Latin and Hebrew Sources By Ronald H. Sack -- North Carolina State University Cuneiform documents thus far have been able to teil us very little of the important events that may have taken place in southern Mesopotamia during the years 594--557 B.C. The work of A. K. Grayson, unfortunately1, turned up no British Museum "chronicles" or "excerpts" that would have provided much desired Information about the reigns of Nabü-kudurri-usur (0. T. Nebuchadnezzar), AmelMarduk (0. T. Evil-Merodach), Nergal-sarra-usur (Classical Neriglissar) and Labasi-Marduk. As a result, the historian, for better or worse, is forced to probe the Hebrew, Greek and Latin secondary sources (äs well äs the dated cuneiform contract tablets) in the hope of determining what actually happened during this period. Sources of this nature, when taken together, can sometimes paint intriguing pictures of periods and personalities about which relatively little has been written. Such is the Situation with the reign of Nergal-sarrausur, king of Babylon during the years 560--56 B.C. His case is, perhaps, unique in that our cuneiform documents deal somewhat extensively with his activities prior to becoming king, while the secondary commentaries provide Information that, thus http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie de Gruyter

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de Gruyter
Copyright
Copyright © 2009 Walter de Gruyter
ISSN
0084-5299
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1613-1150
DOI
10.1515/zava.1978.68.1.129
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Nergal-sarra-usur, King of Babylon äs seen in the Cuneiform, Greek, Latin and Hebrew Sources By Ronald H. Sack -- North Carolina State University Cuneiform documents thus far have been able to teil us very little of the important events that may have taken place in southern Mesopotamia during the years 594--557 B.C. The work of A. K. Grayson, unfortunately1, turned up no British Museum "chronicles" or "excerpts" that would have provided much desired Information about the reigns of Nabü-kudurri-usur (0. T. Nebuchadnezzar), AmelMarduk (0. T. Evil-Merodach), Nergal-sarra-usur (Classical Neriglissar) and Labasi-Marduk. As a result, the historian, for better or worse, is forced to probe the Hebrew, Greek and Latin secondary sources (äs well äs the dated cuneiform contract tablets) in the hope of determining what actually happened during this period. Sources of this nature, when taken together, can sometimes paint intriguing pictures of periods and personalities about which relatively little has been written. Such is the Situation with the reign of Nergal-sarrausur, king of Babylon during the years 560--56 B.C. His case is, perhaps, unique in that our cuneiform documents deal somewhat extensively with his activities prior to becoming king, while the secondary commentaries provide Information that, thus

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Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologiede Gruyter

Published: Jan 1, 1978

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