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Nabonidus,the Last King of the Babylonian Empire

r. 556–539 BCE
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Nabonidus was the Last King of the Babylonian Empire, reigning from 556 to 539 BCE.

During a period of his reign, his son Belshazzar acted as regent.

The Nabonidus Cylinder​ that was excavated in 1854 from the foundation of a ziggurat at Ur, states, ”And as for Belshazzar my firstborn son, my own child, let the fear of your great divinity be in his heart…”

Nabonidus Cylinder
The British Museum, London
Ardon Bar-Hama

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Nabonidus Cylinder​  

”And as for Belshazzar my firstborn son, my own child, let the fear of your great divinity be in his heart…”

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