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Archaeologists Discover 2,550-Year-Old Carving of the Last King of Babylon

Archaeologists Discover 2,550-Year-Old Carving of the Last King of Babylon
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The final Babylonian monarch, Nabonidus, is recognized in an ancient sculpture etched on a basalt stone 2,550 years ago.

The inscription, discovered in Saudi Arabia, shows King Nabonidus holding a scepter and surrounded by four religious symbols: a serpent, a crescent moon, the sun, and a flower.

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Although academics still understand the symbols’ meanings, some speculate that they depict the star of Ishtar, the winged disc of the sun god Shamash, and the crescent of the moon god Sin – a divinity worshipped by king Nabonidus.

According to the Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage, archaeologists discovered 26 lines of cuneiform script, an ancient method of writing used in the Middle East, making this the longest inscription ever found in the kingdom of Babylonia.

From 556 BC until 539 BC, King Nabonidus reigned over Babylonia, but only after killing the boy-king Labashi-Marduk.

Labashi-mother Marduk was a priestess of the moon deity Sin, whom Nabonidus is said to have adored. According to legend, he finally went insane due to his interest in religious archaeology.

Several paintings show King Nabonidus, some of which resemble newly unearthed carvings in that they depict him holding a scepter and surrounded by religious symbols.

The engraved rock was discovered in the Al-Hadeed Governorate, located in the northern Al Hail area of the nation.

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The Saudi Commission for Tourism and National Heritage announced that Al Hait, formerly known as ‘Fadak,’ ‘had a considerable historical value from the first millennium BC to the early Islamic era.’

‘Ancient buildings and monuments, including castles, fortifications, and water installations, may be found in the region.’

According to Arab News, researchers studying in the region earlier discovered more inscriptions naming Nabonidus from when he ruled until the kingdom fell to Cyrus Persia.

Babylonia was a state in ancient Mesopotamia that began as a tiny port town on the Euphrates River more than 4,000 years ago.

Nonetheless, the city grew to be one of the largest in the ancient world during its existence.

Babylonia’s empire stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea at its peak.

King Nabonidus was a member of the Neo-Babylonian Kingdom, the final empire in Mesopotamia to be controlled by local rulers.

According to the History Channel, the Neo-Babylonian Empire became the world’s most powerful empire after defeating the Assyrians at Nineveh in 612BC.

Like Babylonia before it, the Neo-Babylonian Empire was short-lived.

Persian ruler Cyrus the Great took Babylon and brought it under Persian authority in 539 BC, less than a century after its establishment.

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