In the article, I focused on fragmentary cuneiform evidence of Babylonian astronomical diaries from 250/249 BC. It shows how someone unknown had gathered his troops and chariots departed Antioch. This contains 4 interrelated questions: 1) Who troops? 2) When did it happen? 3) Where were gathering? 4) What was purpose campaign? By now communis opinio formed as answers to 3 The by Seleucid king A...

Seleucos I and the Cult of Zeus Nikatôr In order to study cult Nikatôr, six Greek inscriptions (one from northern Syria five southern Anatolia) are gathered commented. The origin, diffusion longevity evoked, since it was vivid until IIIrd century A.D. in eastern Mediterranean, mainly Taurus (Pamphylia, Lycia, Pisidia Phrygia Paroreios). Accordingly, also connection with onomastics numismatics, ...

Abstract This article presents a new reading and interpretation of the Aramaic burial inscription from “Abraham’s House” complex. Rather than representing curse, we propose that records year in which loculus was completed. Moreover, suggested 99 is counted not Hyrcanus’ death but rather time his accession to high public office, either as king or priest. The use continuous numbering system exten...

Abstract This paper aims to show how local civic communities, nominally subject the Seleucid dynasts, integrated Roman magistrates into an existing framework of authority during late second and early first centuries BCE . I argue that as played increasingly significant role in region, cities initially framed them quasi-regal terms, which their interlocutors consciously accepted. Through a close...