Babylonian chronicles

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Babylonian literature ancient Near Eastern text cuneiform tablet series historiographical text primary historical source

The Babylonian Chronicles are a series of ancient cuneiform tablets that record key political and military events in Babylonian history, providing one of the most important primary sources for the chronology of the ancient Near East.

Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form	Occurrences
Babylonian Chronicles	0
Nabonidus Chronicle	3
Chronicle of Nabopolassar	1
Chronicle of Nebuchadnezzar II	1
Chronicle of the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II	1
Chronicle of the Reign of Esarhaddon	1
Verse Account of Nabonidus	1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Babylonian literature ⓘ ancient Near Eastern text ⓘ cuneiform tablet series ⓘ historiographical text ⓘ primary historical source ⓘ
chronologyUsedFor	Achaemenid period chronology ⓘ Neo-Babylonian period chronology ⓘ late Assyrian period chronology ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ surface form: Babylonia
dateOfComposition	first millennium BCE ⓘ
describedBySource	British Museum ⓘ
documentsEvent	accession of Cyrus the Great ⓘ campaigns in Syria and Palestine ⓘ conquest of Babylon by Cyrus the Great ⓘ eclipses and omens ⓘ fall of Nineveh ⓘ internal revolts in Babylonia ⓘ reign of Nabonidus ⓘ reign of Nabopolassar ⓘ reign of Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ rise of the Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ royal successions ⓘ wars between Babylonia and Assyria ⓘ
genre	chronicle ⓘ
hasPart	Babylonian chronicles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chronicle of Nabopolassar Babylonian chronicles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chronicle of Nebuchadnezzar II Babylonian chronicles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chronicle of the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II Fall of Nineveh ⓘ surface form: Chronicle of the Fall of Nineveh Babylonian chronicles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Chronicle of the Reign of Esarhaddon Jerusalem Chronicle ⓘ Babylonian chronicles self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Nabonidus Chronicle
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: ancient Mesopotamia
mainSubject	Babylonian history ⓘ military history ⓘ political history ⓘ
materialUsed	clay ⓘ
methodOfCreation	inscribed with a stylus on wet clay ⓘ
narrativePerspective	Babylonian royal and scribal viewpoint ⓘ
preservedIn	British Museum ⓘ various museum collections ⓘ
significantFor	chronology of the ancient Near East ⓘ correlation of biblical and Near Eastern history ⓘ study of Achaemenid rule in Babylonia ⓘ study of Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	6th century BCE ⓘ 7th century BCE ⓘ early 5th century BCE ⓘ late 8th century BCE ⓘ
typicalContent	dates, campaigns, accessions, and major events ⓘ
typicalStructure	year-by-year entries ⓘ
writingSystem	wedge-shaped cuneiform signs ⓘ
writtenInLanguage	Akkadian ⓘ surface form: Akkadian language
writtenInScript	cuneiform script ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

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

King of Anshan → describedBySource → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ

Siege of Jerusalem (587–586 BCE) → describedIn → Babylonian chronicles ⓘ

Babylonian chronicles → hasPart → Babylonian chronicles self-linksurface differs ⓘ