The Gentile Times Reconsidered Chronology Christ

202 THE GENTILE TIMES RECONSIDERED
Nebuchadnezzar II (604–562 B.C.E.)
The only portrait of Nebuchadnezzar II extant is found on this
cameo, now in the Berlin Museum. It was probably engraved by a
Greek in the service of the great king. The surrounding cuneiform
inscription reads: "To Marduk his lord, Nebuchadnezzar, King of
Babylon, for his life this made." The picture of the cameo, which
has the inventory number VA 1628, is used courtesy of the
Vorderasiatisches Museum in Berlin.
[The twenty-first year]: The king of Akkad stayed home (while)
Nebuchadnezzar (II), his eldest son (and) the crown prince,
mustered [the army of Akkad]. He took his army’s lead and
marched to Carchemish which is on the bank of the Euphrates. He
crossed the river [to encounter the army of Egypt] which was encamped
at Carchemish. [...] They did battle together. The army of Egypt
retreated before him. He inflicted a [defeat] upon them (and)
finished them off completely. In the district of Hamath the army
of Akkad overtook the remainder of the army of [Egypt which]