r. 556–539 BCE
Nabonidus, the Last King of the Babylonian Empire
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…”
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”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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