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Chronicle concerning Alexander and Arabia (BCHP 2) |
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BCHP 2: The Arabia Chronicle (British Museum).** |
The Babylonian
Chronicle
concerning Alexander and Arabia ("Alexander and Arabia Chronicle";
BCHP 2) is one of the historiographical texts from ancient Babylonia.
It deals with events from the last regnal year of the Macedonian
king Alexander
the Great. For a very brief introduction to the literary genre of chronicles,
go here.
The cuneiform tablet (BM 41080) is in the
British
Museum. On this website, a new reading is proposed by
Bert
van der Spek of the Free University of Amsterdam (Netherlands) and
Irving Finkel of the British Museum.*
Please notice that this is a preliminary
version of what will be the chronicle's very first
edition. This web publication is therefore intended to invite suggestions
for better readings, comments and interpretations (go here
to contact Van der Spek).
Description of the tabletSmall fragment. Height: 5.0 cm, width 3.5 cm. Reverse lost. |
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Babylonian Chronicles |