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The Antiochus cylinder is a devotional cylinder written in traditional Akkadian for Antiochus I Soter, c. 250 BCE. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Discovered in Borsippa , it is now located in the British Museum (BM 36277).
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Cyrus cylinder 17 90920 Alexander chronicle (text and translation) 8 29 1 Alexander and Arabia chronicle (text and translation) 2 Diadochi chronicle (text and translation) 10 30 3 Alexander and Artaxerxes (translation) 4 Antiochus I and Sin temple chronicle (text and translation) 11 32 5 Ruin of Esagila chronicle (text and translation) 6
The Antiochus Cylinder of Antiochus I of the Seleucid Empire contains the last known example of a royal titulary written in Akkadian. The cylinder is today housed at the British Museum. In the Cyrus Cylinder, Cyrus the Great of the Achaemenid Empire assumes many native Mesopotamian title following his 539 BC conquest of Babylon.
Antiochus I Soter (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίοχος Σωτήρ, Antíochos Sōtér; "Antiochus the Savior"; c. 324/3 – 2 June 261 BC) was a Greek king of the Seleucid Empire. [2] Antiochus succeeded his father Seleucus I Nicator in 281 BC and reigned during a period of instability which he mostly overcame until his death on 2 June 261 BC. [ 3 ]
The title appears on the Antiochus Cylinder of king Antiochus I (r. 281–261 BC), which describes how Antiochus rebuilt the Ezida Temple in the city of Borsippa. It is worth noting that the last known surviving example of an Akkadian-language royal inscription preceding the Antiochus cylinder is the Cyrus Cylinder created nearly 300 years ...
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