Babylon's strangest mystery: What happened to King Nabonidus? 🤔
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The interpretation of many ancient texts is uncertain and databases should present that uncertainty. While the first two lines of the famous #Taymanitic #Nabonidus text are clear, the last has resisted interpretation.
See why on the updated #OCIANA card: ociana.osu.edu/inscriptions...
#HistorysFirstArchaeologist: We got a winner!
#Nabonidus, King of Babylon takes the trophy home.
But #Khaemweset delivered an exciting and close run, in particular in the last quarter. So, who knows, maybe they sooner or later agree on a return match ...
#Khaemweset's catching up. Slowly though. Does he still have a chance beating #Nabonidus in the race for the title of #HistorysFirstArchaeologist, though? 🤔😬😉
Poll still running, final 45 mins!
Preliminary results are in:
So far #Nabonidus seems to increase the lead over his ancient Egyptian opponent - but #HistorysFirstArchaeologist poll's still running for 9 hours. 😉
While the archaeological interest of both, #Khaemweset and #Nabonidus, likely rather followed political and religious tracks, they're both attributed with a certain historical curiosity - and both have been named "#HistorysFirstArchaeologist".
So, choose your player. 😉
Or do you choose #Nabonidus, king of Babylon (c. 609 - c. 539 BC) who excavated the foundations of ancient temples to properly rebuild them - and who tried his hands on building an archaeological...
Finally, #Nabonidus spent a significant time of his reign at the oasis settlement of #Tayma. A particularly interesting episode - to which @dai_weltweit colleagues could contribute some fascinating new facets with their research and...
#Nabonidus also has a bit of a linkt to the #Harran region (today SE Turkey), where he pushed his religious #reformation forward, rebuilding the temple dedicated to the Moon deity Sin.
There is stela in nearby Urfa's @SMuzesi referring to Nabonidus and these events.
#Nabonidus' dismissal of #Marduk as highest deity may thus have led to an unfortunate alliance of those priests and Cyrus II of Persia ... subsequently leading to the fall of #Babylon king and empire.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt2250wnt
#Nabonidus is quite an interesting historical character, last independent king of Babylon. He really seemed interested in these older temple and cults. His attempt to restore them naturally caused some tension with the established priesthood ...
