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

When speaking of the eclipses which were observed at Babylon, Ptolemy gives a list of Babylonian kings, with the length of their reigns, from the so-called era of Nabonassar, in b.c.

From Fresh Light from the Ancient Monuments by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

A year previously Nabu-natsir, known to the Greeks as Nabonassar, was crowned king of Babylonia.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

He appears to have been welcomed by Nabonassar, who became his vassal, and he offered sacrifices in the cities of Babylon, Sippar, Cuthah, and Nippur.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

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

Now this year being carried into Chald�a, the Chald�ans began their year of Nabonassar on the same Thoth with the Egyptians, and made it of the same length.

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