06-10-2006, 11:06 AM
Why do you post it on the tenth of June? He died on the eleventh! :wink:
The cuneiform evidence is discussed by Leo Depuydt, 'The Time of Death of Alexander the Great: 11 June 323 BC, ca. 4:00-5:00 PM' in: Die Welt des Orients 28 (1997) 117-135
Two links that may have some interest:
[url:dxrtbcv3]http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander_t41.html[/url] (summary of Depuydt's article)
[url:dxrtbcv3]http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander_z6.html[/url] (identification of the omen of Alexander's death)
The cuneiform evidence is discussed by Leo Depuydt, 'The Time of Death of Alexander the Great: 11 June 323 BC, ca. 4:00-5:00 PM' in: Die Welt des Orients 28 (1997) 117-135
Two links that may have some interest:
[url:dxrtbcv3]http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander_t41.html[/url] (summary of Depuydt's article)
[url:dxrtbcv3]http://www.livius.org/aj-al/alexander/alexander_z6.html[/url] (identification of the omen of Alexander's death)
