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    inscriptions, Nabonidus states the following: I am Nabonidus, the only son, who has nobody. In my mind there was no thought of kingship. Nabonidus's father was...
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    The Cylinders of Nabonidus refers to cuneiform inscriptions of king Nabonidus of Babylonia (556-539 BC). These inscriptions were made on clay cylinders...
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    of Nabonidus in 556 BC, though the start of the text is so poorly preserved that none of this portion is legible. It mentions campaigns by Nabonidus against...
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    first-in-line to the throne. As Nabonidus was relatively old at the time, Belshazzar could expect to become king within a few years. Nabonidus was absent from Babylon...
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    Nabonidus and Belshazzar's Assyrian rather than Babylonian heritage is also likely to have added to this resentment. In the sixth year of Nabonidus (550/549)...
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    Cyrus Cylinder (category Nabonidus)
    points. Nabonidus, Cyrus's deposed predecessor as king of Babylon, commissioned foundation texts on clay cylinders – such as the Cylinder of Nabonidus, also...
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  • document dated to the reign of Nabonidus at Sippar is from 26 June. However, the earliest document dated to Nabonidus at the city of Nippur is from 25...
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    Retrieved 28 March 2011. The Nabonidus Chronicle of the Babylonian Chronicles The Verse account of Nabonidus The Prayer of Nabonidus (one of the Dead Sea scrolls)...
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    Labashi-Marduk's place proclaimed Nabonidus, Belshazzar's father, as king. The sources suggest that while he was part of the conspiracy, Nabonidus had not intended, nor...
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    the neo-Babylonian period. For this, Nabonidus may have faced opposition from the Babylonian clergy. Nabonidus was also opposed by the clergy when he...
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