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contribution by Rassam

• In Hormuzd Rassam
  …in Iraq]—died 1910) was an Assyriologist who excavated some of the finest Assyrian and Babylonian antiquities that are now in the possession of the British Museum and found vast numbers of cuneiform tablets at Nineveh (Nīnawā, Iraq) and Sippar (Abū Ḥabbah, Iraq), including the earliest known record of archaeological activity.
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development of chronology

• In chronology: Mesopotamian chronology, 747 to 539 bc
  …in the early years of Assyriology was to reconstruct a sequence for Assyria for the period after 747 bc. This was done chiefly by means of limmu, or eponym, lists, several of which were found by early excavators. These texts are lists of officials who held the office of _limmu_…
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history of Mesopotamia

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  In history of Mesopotamia: The classical and medieval views of Mesopotamia; its rediscovery in modern times
  …in which the kings of Assyria and Babylonia affected the course of events in Israel and Judah: in particular Tiglath-pileser III, Shalmaneser V, and Sennacherib, with their policy of deportation, and the Babylonian Exile introduced by Nebuchadrezzar II. Of the Greeks, Herodotus of Halicarnassus
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use of epigraphy

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  In epigraphy: Ancient Mesopotamia
  …also from the Babylonian and Assyrian periods, from the reign of Hammurabi (1792–1750 bce) to the 6th century bce. There are lists of date formulas and year names from Hammurabi’s reign and from that of his son Samsuiluna; lists of Assyrian eponymous year names, based on those of dignitaries; the…
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