A Fragment of a Synchronistic King List (Ass 13956dh)

A fifth fragment (Ass 13956dh; Ashur ph 4198) bearing a copy of a Synchronistic King List [http://www.livius.org/k/kinglist/synchronic.html], also found at the Assyrian religious capital Ashur, preserves the names of the kings of the Second Dynasty of the Sealand [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon3/index.html] (1025-1005 BC), Bazi Dynasty [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon4/index.html] (1004-985 BC), Elamite Dynasty [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon5/index.html] (984-979 BC), and the Uncertain Dynasties [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon6/index.html] (978-626 BC). The tablet originally contained two columns on each face, which each column of text being further sub-divided into four sub-columns (from left to right: the Babylonian king, the Babylonian chief scholar, the Assyrian king, and the Assyrian chief scholar). The preserved text (=cols. iii and iv) comes from the lower part of the reverse face. This version of the Synchronistic King List [http://www.livius.org/k/kinglist/synchronic.html] was probably inscribed during the reign of the Assyrian king Aššur-etel-ilāni (ca. 631–627/626 BC).

	Lacuna
iii 1')	K[aššû-nādin-aḫḫē ...]	[...]
iii 2')	E[ulmaš-šākin-šumi ...]	[...]
iii 3')	N[inurta-kudurrī-uṣur (I) ...]	[...]
iii 4')	Š[irikti-Šuqamuna ...]	[...]
iii 5')	[Mār-bīti]-apla-uṣur [...]	[...]
iii 6')	[Nabû]-mukīn-apli [...]	[...]
iii 7')	Ninurta-[kud]urrī-uṣur II [...]	[...]
iii 8')	Mār-bīti-aḫ[ḫē-id]dina [...]	[...]
iii 9')	Šamaš-mudammiq [...]	[...]
iii 10')	Nabû-šuma-ukīn (I) [...]	[...]
iii 11')	Nabû-apla-iddina [...]	[...]
iii 12')	Marduk-zākir-šumi (I) MU-PAP [...]	[...]
iii 13')	Marduk-balāssu-iqbi [...]	[...]
iii 14')	Bab[a-aḫa-iddina ...]	[...]
	Lacuna
iv 1')	[Sennacherib, k]ing of Assyria and Babylon	Nabû-bāni
iv 2')	[ditto]	Kalbu
iv 3')	[ditto]	Bēl-upaḫḫir
iv 4')	[Esarhaddon], king of Assyria and Babylon	Nabû-zēru-līšer
iv 5')	[...] Ashurbanipal	Ištar-šumu-ēreš
iv 6')	[...] ditto	ditto
iv 7')	[...] Aššur-etel-ilāni
iv 8')	[...] collated.
iv 9')	[...] the god Nabû, his helper,
iv 10')	[...] Baltil (Aššur)
iv 11')	[...]
	Lacuna

Selected Bibliography

Grayson, A.K., 'Königslisten und Chroniken. B. Akkadisch,' in: D.O. Edzard (ed.), Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 6/1–2, Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, 1980, pp. 124–125 §3.17.

Schroeder, O., Keilschrifttexte aus Assur verschiedenen Inhalts (= Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft 35), Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1920, no. 182.

Jamie Novotny

Jamie Novotny, 'A Fragment of a Synchronistic King List (Ass 13956dh)', The Royal Inscriptions of Babylonia online (RIBo) Project, The RIBo Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2016 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/kinglists/fragmentass13956dh/]