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title: Tablets with King Nabonidus Inscriptions, Harran
author: Ronnie Jones III
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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# Tablets with King Nabonidus Inscriptions, Harran

_Authored by [Ronnie Jones III](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/ronandjess522/)_

## Image File

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## Image Caption

These large tablets comes from the 6th-5th century BCE. They contain the inscriptions from King Nabonidus, who was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian [Empire](https://www.worldhistory.org/empire/), reigning from 556–539 BC. These tablets were found in Harran - near Sanliurfa, [Turkey](https://www.worldhistory.org/Asia_Minor/) - which was an Assyrian stronghold and also contained the [temple](https://www.worldhistory.org/temple/) of the moon-goddess, of whom Nabonidus' mother was a priestess. It is housed at the Sanliurfa Archeological Museum in Sanliurfa, Turkey.

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## About the Author

In university Ronnie concentrated his studies on the Greco-Roman world while writing his senior thesis on the Reformation. He has studied Koine Greek and Hebrew at the masters level, and is currently studying Turkish.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
III, R. J. (2016, March 14). Tablets with King Nabonidus Inscriptions, Harran. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4632/tablets-with-king-nabonidus-inscriptions-harran/>
### Chicago
III, Ronnie Jones. "Tablets with King Nabonidus Inscriptions, Harran." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 14, 2016. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4632/tablets-with-king-nabonidus-inscriptions-harran/>.
### MLA
III, Ronnie Jones. "Tablets with King Nabonidus Inscriptions, Harran." *World History Encyclopedia*, 14 Mar 2016, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4632/tablets-with-king-nabonidus-inscriptions-harran/>.

## License & Copyright

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