ClaimChronology and 607 BCEverified1940sExplicit statement

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Das Datum 539 v. u. Z. für den Fall Babylons stammt aus der Nabonid-Chronik zusammen mit den letzten datierten Tafeln aus dem siebzehnten Jahr Nabonids: Die Chronik hält fest, dass Sippar am 11. Oktober fiel, Babylon am 13. Oktober und dass Cyrus die Stadt am 29. Oktober 539 v. u. Z. betrat.

Claim ID claim-chronology-539-same-evidenceConcerns 1942Ausdrückliche Aussage

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Das Datum 539 v. u. Z. für den Fall Babylons stammt aus der Nabonid-Chronik zusammen mit den letzten datierten Tafeln aus dem siebzehnten Jahr Nabonids: Die Chronik hält fest, dass Sippar am 11. Oktober fiel, Babylon am 13. Oktober und dass Cyrus die Stadt am 29. Oktober 539 v. u. Z. betrat. Source: Babylonian Chronology, 626 B.C. - A.D. 45 (Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 24), 1942Source: electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), fragment BM.35382, 2026

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Babylonian Chronology, 626 B.C. - A.D. 45 (Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 24), “II. Kings' Reigns: Nabunaid and Cyrus”

1942 · p.11 · Richard A. Parker and Waldo H. Dubberstein · Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

“The Nabunaid Chronicle ... iii 14-18 states that Sippar fell to Persian forces VII/14/17 (Oct. 11, 539), that Babylon fell VII/16/17 (Oct. 13), and that Cyrus entered Babylon VIII/3/17 (Oct. 29). This fixes the end of Nabunaid's reign and the beginning of the reign of Cyrus.”

The date 539 BCE for the fall of Babylon is derived here from the Nabonidus Chronicle together with the last dated tablets of Nabonidus' seventeenth year, exactly the same two classes of document that yield 587/586 for the destruction of Jerusalem.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Babylonian Chronology, 626 B.C. - A.D. 45 (Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 24), II. Kings' Reigns: Nabunaid and Cyrus

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. Read in the ISAC PDF on 19 September 2026; running head 'KINGS' REIGNS 11'. The page also lists Nabonidus tablets dated from 31 August to 14 October 539.

Herkunft des Scans. Free PDF of the volume published by the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures (formerly the Oriental Institute), University of Chicago; CC BY-NC-ND 4.0; DOI https://doi.org/10.83354/68x5-8f30

Untermauert durch. src-chr-e-ebl-bm35382, src-chr-e-w68-0815-absolute-539

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-chr-e-pd-1942-p11-nabonidus-cyrus

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electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), fragment BM.35382, “Catalogue record for the Nabonidus Chronicle”

2026 · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen

“The Nabonidus Chronicle. S. Smith, BHT, 98-123, pls. XI-XIV; Grayson, TCS 5, Chronicle 7; George, BiOr 53, 379 (new copy of col. iii 24-28).”

The catalogue record for the tablet from which the date of the fall of Babylon is taken. It is held in the British Museum, comes from Babylon, is classified as a chronicle, and carries the CDLI number P388185.

Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for electronic Babylonian Library (eBL), fragment BM.35382, Catalogue record for the Nabonidus Chronicle

Hinweis zur Vertrauensangabe. The eBL API record was downloaded and read on 19 September 2026. The eBL edition carries a transliteration but no English translation, so the wording of the fall-of-Babylon entry is cited here from Parker and Dubberstein and from the Watch Tower's own quotation of Ancient Near Eastern Texts.

Untermauert durch. src-chr-e-pd-1942-p11-nabonidus-cyrus, src-chr-e-w68-0815-absolute-539

Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung. src-chr-e-ebl-bm35382

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