The Kings

An overall view is given here of those texts which can be associated definitely with a particular king.

Shalmaneser III (858-824 B.C.)

No. 17 Uraráš­u (Ararat) campaign

Šamši-Adad V (823-811 B.C.)

No. 41 Letter from the god Aššur concerning the king's campaign against Babylonia, and in particular the capture of Der.

Sargon II (721-705 B.C.)

No. 4 Prayer for the king's health and the land's prosperity, appended to a Nanaya hymn.
No. 18 Military account in epic style

Sennacherib (704-681 B.C.)

No. 33 Inquiry into the reason for his father's death on the battlefield

Esarhaddon (680-669 B.C.)

No. 10 Praise of the city of Assur

Assurbanipal (669-627 B.C.)

No. 1 Aššur hymn
No. 2 Marduk hymn
No. 3 Hymn to Ištars of Nineveh and Arbela
No. 5 Nanaya hymn
No. 6 Hymn to Tašmetu and Nabû
No. 8 Praise of the city of Arbela
No. 12 Righteous sufferer's prayer to Nabû (arguably Assurbanipal)
No. 13 Dialogue between Assurbanipal and Nabû
No. 19 Assurbanipal addresses Ištar
No. 20 Wars in Elam
No. 21 Wars in Elam
No. 25 Literary letter praising the king
No. 26 "
No. 27 "
No. 28 "
No. 31 Defeat of Teumman
No. 32 Underworld vision (if Kummâ is Assurbanipal)
No. 44 Letter from the god Aššur
No. 45 "
No. 46 "

Alasdair Livingstone

Alasdair Livingstone, 'The Kings', Court Poetry and Literary Miscellanea, SAA 3. Original publication: Helsinki, Helsinki University Press, 1989; online contents: SAAo/SAA03 Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2020 [http://oracc.org/saao/saa03/sourcesandattribution/thekings/]

 
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