NMC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Ashurbanipal, Nanaya, Seleucid Era
29 Mar 2018
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331-141 bc: hellenistic period, capital outside of bayblon, but babylonia still local capital. Alexander the great: 334 bc, at age of 22, alexander led his army against darius iii, won 3 battles against. Antiochus cylinder (borsippa): comes from azida temple, borsippa was an important city in the hellenistic period, commemorates restoration of temple dedicated to god nabu, son of god marduk. Uruk continued having babylonian forms, only a small amount of housing in hellenistic architecture was excavated, Assurbanipal wrote a tablet that was excavated in his palace, found in the house library during the hellenistic period, might have come after fall of nineveh in form of plunder. Irigal/eshgal temple dedicated to goddesses ishtar and nanaya. Nikarchos and kephalon at uruk: we have inscriptions drawn up in the name of these high officials. Reconstruction of resh temple: baked brick style, possible greek influence. Macedonian-style burial customs, burial mounds found near uruk, quite the enigma, the mounds were reserved for higher officials.
