Nitocris

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biblical-tradition character legendary figure

Nitocris is a character in the biblical Book of Daniel, often depicted in later traditions as the wife or queen associated with Belshazzar during the fall of Babylon.

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Label	Occurrences
Nitocris canonical	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical-tradition character ⓘ legendary figure ⓘ
associatedEvent	Babylon’s capture by the Persians ⓘ
associatedRuler	Belshazzar, crown prince of Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Belshazzar NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ fall of Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	figures associated with the Book of Daniel ⓘ legendary queens of Babylon ⓘ
culture	Christian biblical tradition ⓘ Jewish biblical tradition ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
historicity	disputed ⓘ not securely attested in contemporary cuneiform sources ⓘ
languageOfName	Greek ⓘ Latinized form ⓘ
linkedFigure	Belshazzar’s mother (in some reconstructions) NERFINISHED ⓘ Nabonidus NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	later biblical traditions ⓘ
nameVariant	Nitokris NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork	Book of Daniel NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext	Old Testament studies ⓘ biblical exegesis ⓘ
roleInTradition	mother-figure associated with Belshazzar ⓘ queen of Babylon ⓘ wife of Belshazzar ⓘ
scholarlyTopic	historical background of the Book of Daniel ⓘ identity of Belshazzar’s queen ⓘ
sourceType	post-biblical tradition ⓘ
timePeriod	6th century BCE (traditional setting) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Frideric Handel’s oratorio "Belshazzar" → character → Nitocris ⓘ

subject surface form: Belshazzar