Nabonidus Chronicle

The Nabonidus Chronicle is an ancient Babylonian text, part of the larger series of Babylonian Chronicles inscribed in cuneiform script on clay tablets. It deals primarily with the reign of Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, covers the conquest of Babylon by the Persian king Cyrus the Great, and ends with the start of the reign of Cyrus's son Cambyses II, spanning the period from 556 BC to some time after 539 BC. It provides a rare contemporary account of Cyrus's rise to power and is described by the historian Amelie Kuhrt as the most reliable and sober ancient account of the fall of Babylon. The chronicle is thought to have been copied by a scribe during the Seleucid period, though the original text was probably composed in the late sixth or early fifth century BC. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/