Neo-Babylonian

Description:

After the collapse of the Assyrian Empire, led by a coalition of Babylonians, Medes, Scythians, and Cimmerians, the Neo-Babylonian Empire flourished. The seat of the empire was transferred from Nineveh to Babylonia, and economics, agriculture, building projects, arts, and sciences flourished. The period was a renaissance of Sumerian/Akkadian traditions. Temples dominated the urban social structure, legal system, and social hierarchy. The period ended during the reign of Nabonidus, when Babylon was captured by Cyrus the Great.

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Middle Chronology: 625-539 BCE

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
7012	(none)	(none)	B16243	Clay bowl. Light drab. Type CCXXXVI. =P.3b
7011	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Light drab. 4 concentric circles incised below rim. Type XII. =P.205.
7010	(none)	1927,0527.276	(none)	Clay vase. Light drab. Two handles one on either side of shoulder. Type LXVII. =P.217.
7009	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Light drab. Cracked. 10 incised concentric circles round upper part of body. Type LXXXVIII. =P.182a. cf U7008 & U7010-7019
7008	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Light drab. Type LXXXIII = P.135. cf. U.7009-U.7019.
7006	(none)	(none)	B16604	Clay vase. Light drab. Type CCLIX =P.193. Neo-Bab?
7003	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Glazed. White. Type CCLX. = P.191
7002	(none)	(none)	(none)	Collection of beads. Small paste and carnelian also bronze fragments.
67A	(none)	1923,1110.200	B15239	Clay seals 2. From wheat-sack fastening cords each bearing stamps of oval seals. on (A) pegasus, lion, stag. on (B) lion(?), Bucranium, etc. [Annotated] B and Phil
6754B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 copper graves. Both shaped with flat rims and two handles at each end. Covered over by wooden lid let down into ground by ropes. Corbelled burnt brick box built over them. Neo-Babylonian [Neo-Babylonian has been crossed out] Entered in [illegible, maybe tab or lab] and no graves P.1, 2. E.
6754A	(none)	1927,0527.92	(none)	[A-B] 2 copper graves. Both shaped with flat rims and two handles at each end. Covered over by wooden lid let down into ground by ropes. Corbelled burnt brick box built over them. Traces of rope remain on one handle of (A). Neo-Babylonian [Neo-Babylonian has been crossed out]. Entered in [illegible, maybe tab or lab] and no graves P.1, 2. E.
6326	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Sumerian religious hymn or incantation. About BC 800. Drawing at the end. [drawing]
6322B	52-30-56	(none)	(none)	(none)
6321	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Hymn. Late Sumerian. About BC 1900(?).
6320	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Hymn. Late Sumerian. About BC 1900(?).
6309	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet - Fragment unbaked. List of officials, among them (---) son of A-mu-ru. Time Ist Babylonian Dynasty.
599	52-30-38	(none)	(none)	Tablet, complete. New Babylonian letter from Shamash-dur to a lady concerning certain birds.
472	(none)	1923,1110.137	(none)	Silver vase. Broken on one side, but most of the fragments found. The sides are intentionally indented. Very thin metal in fair condition. [drawing 1:5]
3354	(none)	(none)	(none)	Fragment of limestone tablet. Inscribed both sides. Historical inscription? About BC 700? H.C.
32500	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
32253	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
32252	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
32251	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
32250	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
32249	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]