Nabonassar

American  

[nab-oh-nas-er] / ˌnæb oʊˈnæs ər /

noun

1. died 733? b.c., king of Babylon 747?–733?.

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Example Sentences

Perhaps from this, or from a similar source, comes the Babylonian part of the list of Kings known as the Canon of Ptolemy, which begins, as does the Babylonian Chronicle, with the accession of Nabonassar.

From Assyrian Historiography by Olmstead, A. T. (Albert Ten Eyck)

Of the three ancient eras above spoken of, the earliest is that of the Olympiads, next that of the foundation of Rome, and the latest the era of Nabonassar.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

We know that the Astronomical Canon of Ptolemy begins with the accession of a king of Babylon named Nabonassar, in 747 B.C.

From A History of Art in Chaldæa & Assyria, v. 1 by Armstrong, Walter, Sir

Meton in the year of Nabonassar 316, observed the Summer Solstice in the eighth degree of Cancer, and therefore the Solstice had then gone back seven degrees.

From The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended To which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great by Newton, Isaac, Sir

He is the same as Nabonassar, from whose reign began the famous astronomical epocha at Babylon, called from his name the Æra of Nabonassar.

From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Rollin, Charles