Babylonian, Macedonian, King of the World: The Antiochos Cylinder from Borsippa and Seleukid Imperial Integration

Strootman, Rolf

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“…201-4: For new editions of the cylinder of Antiochus I from Borsippa with extensive commentaries see now Stevens 2014 and Stol and Van der Spek online. Consult also the new studies by Erickson 2011, Kosmin 2014b, and Strootman 2013. They all point-in different ways!-to the fact that the cylinder is not merely a royal inscription in Babylonian style, but betrays a new ideological stance.…”

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Spek¹

2021

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Sonja Plischke’s Die Seleukiden und Iran is an attempt to study Seleucid empire building in Iran. In view of the fact that indigenous written sources from Iran are practically absent, Plischke decided to include Babylonia in this work, since the written cuneiform evidence from that region is fairly abundant. She detects some general tendencies—such as religious policy and the general wish to connect the different parts of the empire—supported by a personal conception of Seleucid kingship, beside more specific treatment of different regions. In my view, the Seleucids probably did not pay sufficient attention to the East, so that their control weakened. I take the opportunity to discuss the Babylonian sources, correct errors in Plischke’s use of them, and adduce some new publications.

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“…P. 18: Perdiccas was probably not the last champion of the unity of the empire. Universal rule remained an issue for the successors (Strootman 2014;Meeus 2014).…”

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“…130 Ma 2000. But rulers co-opted local elites and negotiated with them in exchange for revenue even in relatively firmly controlled regions such as Egypt (Manning 2003, 226) or Seleukid Babylonia (Strootman 2013). 131 Strootman 2011a.…”

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The Ptolemaic Sea Empire

Strootman¹

2019

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In 1982, archaeologists of the State Hermitage Museum excavated a sanctuary at the site of Nymphaion on the eastern shore of the Crimea. The sanctuary had been in use from ca. 325 bce until its sudden abandonment around 250 bce.1 An inscription found in situ associates the site with Aphrodite and Apollo, and with a powerful local dynasty, the Spartokids.2 Built upon a rocky promontory overlooking the Kimmerian Bosporos near the port of Pantikapaion (the seat of the Spartokids), the sanctuary clearly was linked to the sea. Most remarkable among the remains were two polychrome plastered walls covered with graffiti depicting more than 80 ships-both war galleys and cargo vessels under sail-of varying size and quality, as well as images of animals and people. The most likely interpretation of the ship images is that they were connected to votive offerings made to Aphrodite (or Apollo) in return for safe voyages.3 Most noticeable among the graffiti is a detailed, ca. 1.15 m. wide drawing of a warship, dated by the excavators to ca. 275-250, and inscribed on its prow with the name "Isis" (ΙΣΙΣ).4 The ship is commonly

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Between Greece and Babylonia

Stevens

2019

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Babylonian, Macedonian, King of the World: The Antiochos Cylinder from Borsippa and Seleukid Imperial Integration

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References 38 publications

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