This article is about the 8th-century BC king. For the 7th-century BC religious official, see Nabonassar (7th century BC).
Nabû-nāṣir
King of Babylon
Nabonassar written in Akkadian
Reign
747–734 BC
Predecessor
Nabû-šuma-iškun
Successor
Nabû-nādin-zēri
House
Dynasty of E (Mixed Dynasties)
Nabû-nāṣir was the king of Babylon from 747 to 734 BC. He deposed a foreign Chaldean usurper named Nabu-shuma-ishkun, bringing native rule back to Babylon after twenty-three years of Chaldean rule. His reign saw the beginning of a new era characterized by the systematic maintenance of chronologically precise historical records. Both the Babylonian Chronicle[i 1] and the Ptolemaic Canon begin with his accession to the throne. He was contemporary with the Assyrian kings Aššur-nirarī V (755–745 BC) and Tiglath-Pileser III, the latter under whom he became a vassal, and the Elamite kings Humban-Tahrah I (reigned until 743 BC) and Humban-Nikaš I (742–717 BC).[i 1]: 9–10 Cite error: There are <ref group=i> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=i}} template (see the help page).
Inscribed in cuneiform as dAG-PAB or dAG-ŠEŠ-ir, Greek: Ναβονάσσαρος, whence "Nabonassar", and meaning "Nabû (is) protector".: 226 Tablet BM 92502 The Chronicle...
wins the stadion race at the eighth Olympic Games. 747 BC—February 26 – Nabonassar becomes king of Babylon. 747 BC—Meles becomes king of Lydia. c. 744 BC—Piye...
Beginning of the Roman 'Ab urbe condita' calendar. February 26, 747 BC: Nabonassar becomes king of Babylon. 747 BC: Meles becomes king of Lydia. 747 BC:...
Julian days were first used by Ludwig Ideler for the first days of the Nabonassar and Christian eras in his 1825 Handbuch der mathematischen und technischen...
Chronicles are written in Babylonian cuneiform and date from the reign of Nabonassar until the Parthian Period. The tablets were composed by Babylonian astronomers...
Book 2 describes the history of the Babylonian kings from Alulim down to Nabonassar (747–734 BC). Eusebius reports that Apollodorus reports that Berossus...
seventy years, but Marduk relented and allowed Esarhaddon to rebuild it. Nabonassar claimed that Marduk proclaimed him lordship and had ordered him to "plunder...
of ominous phenomena in astronomical diaries began during the reign of Nabonassar (747–734 BC), when a significant increase in the quality and frequency...
The Chaldean rule proved short-lived. A native Babylonian king named Nabonassar (748–734 BC) defeated and overthrew the Chaldean usurpers in 748 BC, restored...
written during the late 6th or early 5th century BC. Similarities with the Nabonassar to Shamash-shum-ukin Chronicle, another of the Babylonian Chronicles,...
Kings in his Almagest, which prove to have been recorded faithfully: Nabonassar (747 BC) 14 years Nadios (Nabu-nadin-zeri) Khinziros (Nabu-mukin-zeri)...
and civil unrest prominent throughout the land. The Babylonian king Nabonassar overthrew the Chaldean usurpers in 748 BC, and successfully stabilised...
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