Caroline Waerzeggers
Biographic Data
| ID | 4688534 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caroline Waerzeggers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caroline |
| FAMILY NAME | Waerzeggers |
| SIGNATURE | WAERZEGGERS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Leiden University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Babylonian Astro-Historiography of the Late First Millennium BCE
In modern scholarship, Babylonian astral science (astronomy, astrology, celestial divination) is commonly perceived as being oriented towards the future. In this paper, we argue that Babylonian scholars also used astronomical prediction to study, interpret, order, and reconstruct the past. In particular, developments in astronomical and astrological prediction during the first millennium BCE engendered a new approach to historiography. This appro…
Venster op het verleden: Romeinse archieven in de archival turn
Window to the past? Roman archives in the archival turn Ancient historians frequently depend on documents from ancient archives to conduct their research. While it may be tempting to view the archive as a ‘window to the past’, an impartial repository of knowledge, this article uses archival turn theory – a theory rooted in (post) colonial history – to analyse ancient archives from the Roman provinces. Specifically, it delves into a family archive…
Writing History Under Empire: The Babylonian Chronicle Reconsidered
This article proposes to read the Babylonian Chronicle as historical literature. It argues that the text was composed in response to Babylonia’s integration in the Persian Empire. The text presents itself as a self-conscious departure from the chronographic tradition by tracing the roots of Babylon’s fate to the mid-eighth century, when a triangle of power is said to have emerged between Assyria, Babylonia and Elam—a configuration that reduced th…
Changing Marriage Practices in Babylonia from the Late Assyrian to the Persian Period
Based on an analysis of marriage contracts, this paper argues that at the time of the Persian conquest (539 BCE) Babylonians practiced two types of marriage depending on their social status. Non-elite families negotiated different terms of marriage than elite families, in three areas: bridal wealth, household creation, and regulations about adultery and divorce. However, these divergent marriage practices became less pronounced and eventually obs…
Exile and Return: The Babylonian Context
This collection of essays explores new ways of understanding the Babylonian Exile and the return to Yehud – a formative period in ancient Judaism. Drawing among others on new materials from cuneiform texts, the contributions study how Judean and other exiles interacted with the host society and vice versa, the way in which various biblical books reflect Babylonian culture, and the return migration to Jerusalem
The Babylonian Chronicles: Classification and Provenance
The Prebend of Temple Scribe in First Millennium Babylonia
BM 113929 and VAT 13392 provide evidence for the existence of the prebend of temple scribe in seventh-century Babylonia. This article presents editions of these two documents and discusses evidence from texts composed under the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid dynasties that would indicate that this prebend continued to exist in these later periods
The Babylonian Priesthood in the Long Sixth Century Bc
Babylonia experienced a remarkable upsurge in prosperity in the long sixth century BC (c. 620–480 BC). Tens of thousands of cuneiform texts bear witness to its vibrant economy, dynamic society, and creativity in art, literature, and science. In this fast-moving world, temples were bulwarks of traditional Babylonian beliefs and values. Everywhere in Mesopotamia, priests have left archives that tell us about their cultic tasks, daily concerns, and …
Prebend Prices in First-Millennium b.c . Babylonia
The Carians of Borsippa
The state channelled the influx of foreign groups into Babylonian society in various ways during the Chaldean and Persian periods (mid-first millennium BC). The military land-grant system placed incoming groups in the Babylonian countryside and tied them to the king through the principle of “land-for-service”. This scheme is known mainly by its results, for instance in the numerous fiefs occupied by ethnic groups in the area of Nippur in the late…
Exile and Return, The Babylonian Context
This collection of essays explores new ways of understanding the Babylonian Exile and the return to Yehud – a formative period in ancient Judaism. Drawing among others on new materials from cuneiform texts, the contributions study how Judean and other exiles interacted with the host society and vice versa, the way in which various biblical books reflect Babylonian culture, and the return migration to Jerusalem
The Babylonian Chronicles: Classification and Provenance
The Babylonian Priesthood in the Long Sixth Century Bc
Babylonia experienced a remarkable upsurge in prosperity in the long sixth century BC (c. 620–480 BC). Tens of thousands of cuneiform texts bear witness to its vibrant economy, dynamic society, and creativity in art, literature, and science. In this fast-moving world, temples were bulwarks of traditional Babylonian beliefs and values. Everywhere in Mesopotamia, priests have left archives that tell us about their cultic tasks, daily concerns, and …
The Carians of Borsippa
The state channelled the influx of foreign groups into Babylonian society in various ways during the Chaldean and Persian periods (mid-first millennium BC). The military land-grant system placed incoming groups in the Babylonian countryside and tied them to the king through the principle of “land-for-service”. This scheme is known mainly by its results, for instance in the numerous fiefs occupied by ethnic groups in the area of Nippur in the late…
The Prebend of Temple Scribe in First Millennium Babylonia
BM 113929 and VAT 13392 provide evidence for the existence of the prebend of temple scribe in seventh-century Babylonia. This article presents editions of these two documents and discusses evidence from texts composed under the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid dynasties that would indicate that this prebend continued to exist in these later periods
The Babylonian Priesthood in the Long Sixth Century Bc
Babylonia experienced a remarkable upsurge in prosperity in the long sixth century BC (c. 620–480 BC). Tens of thousands of cuneiform texts bear witness to its vibrant economy, dynamic society, and creativity in art, literature, and science. In this fast-moving world, temples were bulwarks of traditional Babylonian beliefs and values. Everywhere in Mesopotamia, priests have left archives that tell us about their cultic tasks, daily concerns, and …
Prebend Prices in First-Millennium b.c . Babylonia
The Babylonian Chronicles: Classification and Provenance
Exile and Return: The Babylonian Context
This collection of essays explores new ways of understanding the Babylonian Exile and the return to Yehud – a formative period in ancient Judaism. Drawing among others on new materials from cuneiform texts, the contributions study how Judean and other exiles interacted with the host society and vice versa, the way in which various biblical books reflect Babylonian culture, and the return migration to Jerusalem
Changing Marriage Practices in Babylonia from the Late Assyrian to the Persian Period
Based on an analysis of marriage contracts, this paper argues that at the time of the Persian conquest (539 BCE) Babylonians practiced two types of marriage depending on their social status. Non-elite families negotiated different terms of marriage than elite families, in three areas: bridal wealth, household creation, and regulations about adultery and divorce. However, these divergent marriage practices became less pronounced and eventually obs…
Writing History Under Empire: The Babylonian Chronicle Reconsidered
This article proposes to read the Babylonian Chronicle as historical literature. It argues that the text was composed in response to Babylonia’s integration in the Persian Empire. The text presents itself as a self-conscious departure from the chronographic tradition by tracing the roots of Babylon’s fate to the mid-eighth century, when a triangle of power is said to have emerged between Assyria, Babylonia and Elam—a configuration that reduced th…
Exile and Return, The Babylonian Context
This collection of essays explores new ways of understanding the Babylonian Exile and the return to Yehud – a formative period in ancient Judaism. Drawing among others on new materials from cuneiform texts, the contributions study how Judean and other exiles interacted with the host society and vice versa, the way in which various biblical books reflect Babylonian culture, and the return migration to Jerusalem
Venster op het verleden: Romeinse archieven in de archival turn
Window to the past? Roman archives in the archival turn Ancient historians frequently depend on documents from ancient archives to conduct their research. While it may be tempting to view the archive as a ‘window to the past’, an impartial repository of knowledge, this article uses archival turn theory – a theory rooted in (post) colonial history – to analyse ancient archives from the Roman provinces. Specifically, it delves into a family archive…
Babylonian Astro-Historiography of the Late First Millennium BCE
In modern scholarship, Babylonian astral science (astronomy, astrology, celestial divination) is commonly perceived as being oriented towards the future. In this paper, we argue that Babylonian scholars also used astronomical prediction to study, interpret, order, and reconstruct the past. In particular, developments in astronomical and astrological prediction during the first millennium BCE engendered a new approach to historiography. This appro…
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