Nabû-naṣir

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Nabû-naṣir (also Nabonassar , Nabobasser , Nebo-Adon-Assur ) was from 747 to 733 BC. Chr. Babylonian king. The lunar eclipse of 731 BC noted in Babylonian sources BC allowed the exact dating of his reign.

background

In the third year of the reign of Nabû-naṣir came in Assyria Tiglat-Pileser III. came to power and in the same year went on his first campaign in the Akkad region to the places Rabbilu and Hamranu in order to kidnap the statues of the gods from Šapazza to Assyria on the way back . Further attacks on Babylonia followed. At Borsippa there was a battle between Tiglat-Pileser III. and Nabû-naṣir.

743 BC In the fifth year of the reign of Nabû-naṣir, Humban-Nikaš came to the throne in Elam . 733 BC Nabû-naṣir died of an illness.

Nabonassar era

The Greek astronomer Claudius Ptolemy began with the first year of the reign of Nabû-naṣir his chronological calculations under the designation Era Nabonassar (Anno Nabonassar) . As the start date he chose the alleged New Year's first Thoth in the Egyptian calendar , the first day of the season Achet . In fact, New Year's Day was tied to the heliacal rising of Sothis .

The 1st Achet I fell in 747 BC. On February 18 in the Gregorian calendar . Claudius Ptolemy dated the day in the proleptic Julian calendar to February 26 (Wednesday). The actual New Year's Day, the coming of Sothis , was celebrated by the Egyptians in 747 BC. BC on the other hand on the 22nd Peret I (July 10th) , the 1st Wepet-renpet in the Sothis calendar .

literature

  • Jean-Jacques Glassner, Benjamin R. Foster: Mesopotamian chronicles , Brill, Boston 2005, ISBN 90-04-13084-5
  • Albert-Kirk Grayson: Assyrian and Babylonian chronicles , Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake 2000, ISBN 1-57506-049-3
  • Richard-Anthony Parker: The calendars of ancient Egypt , Chicago Press, Chicago 1950
  • Siegfried Schott: Ancient Egyptian Festival Dates , Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz / Wiesbaden 1950

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See James Evans: The history and practice of ancient astronomy , Oxford University Press, New York 1998, ISBN 0-19-509539-1 , p. 176.
  2. ↑ Cf. Jean Meeus : Astronomical Algorithms - Applications for Ephemeris Tool 4.5 - , Barth, Leipzig 2000 for: Ephemeris Tool 4.5 according to Jean Meeus, conversion program, 2001 .
predecessor Office successor
Nabû-šuma-iškun King of Babylonia
747–733 BC Chr. 		Nabû-nādin-zēri
personal data
SURNAME Nabû-naṣir
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nabu-nasir; Nabonassar; Nabobasser; Nebo Adon Assur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION King of Babylonia
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 733 BC Chr.