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[[Image:Cylinder Nabonidus BM WA91128.jpg|thumb|right|Terracotta cylinder by Nabonidus concerning repairs on the temple of [[Sin (mythology)|Sîn]], [[British Museum]]]]
Nabonidus' background is not clear. He said in his inscriptions that he was of unimportant origins.<ref>Collected in Beaulieu 1989.</ref> Similarly, his mother [[Addagoppe of Harran|Addagoppe]], who lived to an old age and may have been connected to the [[temple]] of the [[Lunar Deity|moon-god]] [[Sin (mythology)|Sîn]] in [[Harran]], does not mention her family background in her inscriptions. There are two arguments for an [[Assyria]]n background: repeated references in Nabonidus' royal [[propaganda]] and [[imagery]] to [[Ashurbanipal]], the last great [[Neo-Chaldean Empire|Neo-Chaldean]] king; and Nabonidus' originating from, and his special interest in Harran, an Chaldean city and the last stronghold of the Neo-Chaldeans after the fall of [[Nineveh]], their main [[Capital city|capital]].<ref>W. Mayer, "Nabonidus Herkunft", in M. Dietrich and O. Loretz (eds.), ''Dubsar anta-men: Studien zur Altorientalistik'' (Münster: Ugarit-Verlag 1998), 245-61; {{cite journal
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Similarly: {{cite web
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}}</ref> However, it has been pointed out that Nabonidus' royal propaganda was hardly different from his predecessors, while his Persian successor, [[Cyrus the Great]], also referred to Ashurbanipal in the [[Cyrus cylinder]].<ref>A. Kuhrt, "'Ex oriente lux': How we may widen our perspectives on ancient history", in R. Rollinger, A. Luther and J. Wiesehöfer (eds.), ''Getrennte Wege? Kommunikation, Raum und Wahrnehmung in der alten Welt'' (Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Antike 2007), 617-32.</ref> He certainly did not belong to the previous ruling dynasty, the [[Chaldea]]ns, of whom [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] was the most famous member. He came to the throne in 556 BC by overthrowing the young king [[Labashi-Marduk]].
[[Image:Cylinder Nabonidus BM WA91128.jpg|thumb|right|Terracotta cylinder by Nabonidus concerning repairs on the temple of [[Sin (mythology)|Sîn]], [[British Museum]]]]
Nabonidus' background is not clear. He said in his inscriptions that he was of unimportant origins.<ref>Collected in Beaulieu 1989.</ref> Similarly, his mother [[Addagoppe of Harran|Addagoppe]], who lived to an old age and may have been connected to the [[temple]] of the [[Lunar Deity|moon-god]] [[Sin (mythology)|Sîn]] in [[Harran]], does not mention her family background in her inscriptions. There are two arguments for an [[Assyria]]n background: repeated references in Nabonidus' royal [[propaganda]] and [[imagery]] to [[Ashurbanipal]], the last great [[Neo-Chaldean Empire|Neo-Chaldean]] king; and Nabonidus' originating from, and his special interest in Harran, an Chaldean city and the last stronghold of the Neo-Chaldeans after the fall of [[Nineveh]], their main [[Capital city|capital]].<ref>W. Mayer, "Nabonidus Herkunft", in M. Dietrich and O. Loretz (eds.), ''Dubsar anta-men: Studien zur Altorientalistik'' (Münster: Ugarit-Verlag 1998), 245-61; {{cite journal
|quotes =
|author = Parpola, Simo
|date =
|year = 2004
|month =
|title = National and Ethnic Identity in the Neo-Chaldean Empire and Chaldean Identity in Post-Empire Times
|journal = [[Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies]]
|volume = 18
|issue = 2
|pages = pp. 19
|publisher = JAAS
|location =
|issn =
|pmid =
|doi =
|bibcode =
|oclc =
|id =
|url = http://www.jaas.org/edocs/v18n2/Parpola-identity_Article%20-Final.pdf
|format = PDF
|accessdate =
|laysummary =
|laysource =
|laydate =
|authorlink =Simo Parpola
}}
Similarly: {{cite web
|url = http://www.nineveh.com/Assyrians%20after%20Assyria.html
|title = Assyrians after Assyria
|accessdate =
|author = Parpola, Simo
|last =
|first =
|authorlink =Simo Parpola
|coauthors =
|date =
|year =
|month =
|work =
|publisher = University of Helsinki, The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project (State Archives of Assyria)
|pages =
|doi =
|archiveurl =
|archivedate =
}}</ref> However, it has been pointed out that Nabonidus' royal propaganda was hardly different from his predecessors, while his Persian successor, [[Cyrus the Great]], also referred to Ashurbanipal in the [[Cyrus cylinder]].<ref>A. Kuhrt, "'Ex oriente lux': How we may widen our perspectives on ancient history", in R. Rollinger, A. Luther and J. Wiesehöfer (eds.), ''Getrennte Wege? Kommunikation, Raum und Wahrnehmung in der alten Welt'' (Frankfurt am Main: Verlag Antike 2007), 617-32.</ref> He certainly did not belong to the previous ruling dynasty, the [[Chaldea]]ns, of whom [[Nebuchadnezzar II]] was the most famous member. He came to the throne in 556 BC by overthrowing the young king [[Labashi-Marduk]].
