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Wednesday, November 26, 2025

Concerns about the Babylonian version of the Behistun inscription

BIBLIGRAPHIA IRANICA: The Unfinished Story of the Babylonian Version of the Bīsotūn (Behistun) Inscription (DB Bab.). Notice of a new peer-review journal article:
Hackl, Johannes. 2025. The Unfinished Story of the Babylonian Version of the Bīsotūn (Behistun) Inscription (DB Bab.). Iraq. Published online 2025:1-20. doi:10.1017/irq.2025.10033
The article is open-access. It is highly technical, but if you are familiar with the Behistun inscription (which was the Rosetta Stone for deciphering Akkadian cuneiform) you can pick up the introductory and summary sections and the conclusion and get the gist.

For background on the Behistun (Bistun, Bīsotūn) inscription, see here. For more posts follow the links. As you can see, the Aramaic version has some relevance for the study of ancient Judaism.

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