BCHP 13 (Politai Chronicle)

The Politai Chronicle (BCHP 13) is one of the Mesopotamian chronicles written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period.

Politai Chronicle, Obverse

The first Babylonian document on the politai (Greek citizens of the city of Babylon) is the Politai Chronicle (BCHP 13), one of the Mesopotamian chronicles written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. (The cuneiform tablet BM 46120 = 81-7-6,572) is in the British Museum. The tablet can be