RELG 433 - Biblical Archaeology
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Chapter 18
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Page 369, Illustration 18.1, Bulla of Gedaliah
Page 374, Illustration 18.3, artists' renditions of ancient Babylon
Note - the illustration in the textbook is oriented with north to the bottom, rather than to the top. Most plans and illustrations have north to the top
Page 375, Illustration 18.3, The Ishtar Gate, as originally found, and as reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin
Glazed tiled dragons, aurochs, and lions from the Processional Way of Babylon, reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin
Page 376, Illustration 18.4, Building brick from Babylon, with the name of Nebuchadnezzar
Page 379, Illustration 18.6, Record of rations for Jehoiachin
Page 380, Illustration 18.7, Nabonidus stele
Page 382, Illustration 18.8, Plan of Nebuchadnezzar's palace
Page 383, Illustration 18.8, Wall from Nebuchadnezzar's palace, reconstructed in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin
In the Museum this panel is placed next to the Ishtar Gate. Its original place was in the throne room of Nebuchadnezzar's palace.
Page 384, Illustration 18.9, the Cyrus Cylinder
Page 386, Illustration 18.10, the Silver Amulets from Ketef Hinnom
The textbook implies that these amulets date from the time of the Exile. It is more generally thought that they date from the time of King Josiah - well before the Exile
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