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Berossus on the antediluvian history (2)

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Antediluvian age
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01.02 Human history
01.02.03 Antediluvian age
King lists
05 Scientific knowledge and scholarly lore
05.11 Historiography
05.11.02 Historiographic texts
05.11.02.03 King lists
Longevity
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01.02 Human history
01.02.03 Antediluvian age
01.02.03.04 Longevity
Seven antediluvian cities
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01.02 Human history
01.02.03 Antediluvian age
01.02.03.02 Seven antediluvian cities
Seven antediluvian kings
01 Religious and ideological doctrines and imagery
01.02 Human history
01.02.03 Antediluvian age
01.02.03.01 Seven antediluvian kings

Keywords
antediluvian age
kings
lists

Period
3rd century BCE
Hellenistic Empires

Channel
Hellenistic philosophers and scholars

Text
Alaparos = Alalgar, Amelon = Ammeluanna, Pautibiblon = Badtibira.

Berossus, Babyloniaca F3:
After the death of Aloros his son Alaparos reigned three saroi. And after Alaparos Amelon, one of the Chaldeans from the city Pautibiblon. He reigned thirteen saroi.

Source (list of abbreviations) (source links will open in a new browser window)
Berossus, Babyloniaca F3

Bibliography

Burstein 1978, 18

Burstein, Stanley M. The Babyloniaca of Berossus. Sources from the Ancient Near East 1.5. Malibu: Undena Publications 1978.

Amar Annus

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