Fragments of Synchronistic King Lists
Synchronistic King List (main ex.).
Bibliography.
Notes on translation and
trascription of names.
KAV 9 (VAT 11931)
This fragment is of difficult interpretation. According to Grayson (AOAT 1, 112 ff.; RlA 6, 121 f.) it comes from a synchronistic list, and the preserved portions belong to columns iii and iv on the reverse of the tablet. Col. iv records the names of a few kings of Babylon (even though some names are Assyrian) while col. iii only preserves some numerals (length of reigns of Assyrian kings?).
| Line | Text | ||
| (lacuna) | |||
| iii? 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 |
27 [Eriba-Adad(?) ...] 35 [Assur-uballit(?) ...] 10 [Enlil-narari(?) ...] 12 [Arik-din-ili(?) ...] [x+]13 [Adad-narari (I) (?) ...] [x+]10 [Shalmaneser (I) (?) ...] [x+]7 [Tukulti-Ninurta (I) (?) ...] |
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| (lacuna) | |||
| iv? 1 2 3 4 5 6 |
[...] As[sur-nadin-shumi(?)] [...] Shu?[zubu(?) (= Nergal-ushezib)] [...] Shu[zubu(?) (= Mushezib-Marduk)] [...] Sennach[erib] [...] Esar[haddon] [...] Assur[banipal] |
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| (lacuna) | |||
KAV 10 and 13
These fragments (VAT 11261 and 11345) come from the same
tablet but do not join. KAV 10 preserves the end of ten lines of
col. i recording a list of the kings of Assyria from no. 82
Ninurta-apil-Ekur to no. 91 Shamshi-Adad IV, and the beginning of
ten lines of col. ii with a list of later Babylonian kings. It is
clear therefore that this text originally recorded the Babylonian
kings on the left and the Assyrian kings on the right (like KAV
11 and 12). The smaller fragment (KAV 13) only preserves the
beginning of the names of four Babylonian kings
Note that in col. ii each name is separated by an horizontal line
(both in KAV 10 and 13).
| Line | Kings | ||
| (lacuna) | |||
| i 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
[... Ninurta-apil-E]kur [... Assur]-dan (I) [... Nin]urta-tukulti-Assur [... Mu]takkil-Nusku [... Ass]ur-resha-ishi (I) [... Tuk]ulti-apil-esharra [...] Ashared-apil-ekur [... Assur]-bel-kali [... Eriba]-Adad (II) [... Shamshi]-Adad (IV) |
||
| (lacuna) | |||
| ii 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
Sh[irikti-Shuqamuna
...] Mar-[biti-apla-usur ...] Nabu-muk[in-apli ...] Ninurta-kudurri-usur (II) Mar-biti-ahhe-iddina Shamash-mudam[miq ...] Nabu-shuma-[ukin (I) ...] Nabu-apla-[iddina ...] Marduk-z[akir-shumi (I) ...] MU-[PAP (was) his ummanu (?) ...] |
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| (lacuna of ca. 7 lines) | |||
| 1' 2' 3' 4' 5' |
[...] Marduk-b[el-zeri] Marduk-apla-[usur] Eriba-Mar[duk] Nabu-shuma-[ishkun] |
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| (lacuna) | |||
KAV 11 (VAT 11262)
This fragment records the names of the Assyrian kings from no. 67 Enlil-nasir II to no. 75 Arik-din-ili. In some cases, several names are written on the same line. No king appears to be missing. This lets us suppose that the text belong to the cathegory of Synchronistic king lists, and that the names of the contemporary Babylonian kings were once written on the left of their Assyrian conterparts.
| Line | Kings | ||
| (lacuna) | |||
| 1 | [...] Enlil-nasir (II) As[sur-nerari (II) (...)] | ||
| 2 3 |
[...] Assur-bel-nishe[shu
(...)] [...] Assur-rim-nishe[shu (...)] |
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| 4 | [...] Assur-nadin-ahhe (II) Eriba-Adad (I) As[sur-uballit (I) (...)] | ||
| 5 6 |
[...] Enlil-nar[ari
(...)] [... his] umman[u (...)] |
||
| 7 | [...] Arik-din-il[i (...)] | ||
| 8 | (blank space) | ||
| 9 | (blank space) | ||
| (lacuna) | |||
KAV 12 (VAT 11338)
In this small fragment the names of the Babylonian kings are written on the left of their Assyrian contemporaries.
| Line | Babylonian kings | Assyrian kings | No. |
| (lacuna) | |||
| 1 2 3 |
[Nabu-kudur]ri-usur (blank space) [...] (blank space) |
Ninurta-tukul[ti-Assur] Mutakkil-[Nusku] Assur-resha-[ishi (I)] |
84 85 86 |
| 4 | [Enlil-nadin]-apli | (blank space) [...] | |
| 5 6 |
Marduk-nadin-ahh]e(?) [...] |
Tukulti-apil-e[sharra] Ashared-apil-e[kur] |
87 88 |
| (lacuna) | |||
KAV 182
This tablet originally contained a list of Babylonian kings, Babylonian ummani, Assyrian kings and Assyrian ummani, whose names were written across four columns. As the names of kings of Assyria and kings of Babylon appaearing on the surviving fragment are not contemporary, it seems clear that the preserved sections belong to two different columns, presumedly col. iii and iv from the reverse. The following table exemplifies the contents of the tablet.
| Reverse | |
| Col. iv | Col. iii |
| - - Bab. kings - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
- - Bab. ummani - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
- - Ass. kings - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
- - Ass. ummani - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
- - Bab. kings - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
- - Bab. ummani - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
- - Ass. kings - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
- - Ass. ummani - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Col. iii (?)
| Line | Babylonian kings | Babylonian ummani (?) |
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 |
[Kasshu-nadin-ahhe(?)] E[ulmash-shakin-shumi(?)] [Ninurta-kudurri-usur (I)] Sh[irikti-Shuqamuna] [Mar-biti]-apla-usur [Nabu]-mukin-apli Ninurta-[kud]urri-usur (II) Mar-biti-ah[he-id]dina Shamash-mudammiq |
[...] [...] [...] [...] [...] (blank?) [(...)] (blank space) (blank space) (blank space) |
| 10 11 |
Nabu-shuma-ukin (I) Nabu-apla-iddina |
(blank space) (blank space) |
| 12 | Nabu-zakir-shumi (for Marduk-zakir-shumi) | MU-PAP [...] |
| 13 | Marduk-balatsu-iqbi | (blank space) |
| 14 | Ba-[ba-aha-iddina] | [...] |
Col. iv (?)
| Line | Assyrian kings | Assyrian ummani |
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 |
(blank?) (blank) (blank) king of Assyria and Babylon (blank) (blank) king of Assyria and Babylon Assur-bani-pal " Assur-etil-ilani |
[...] (blank?) (blank?) Nabu?-bani Kalbu Bel-upahhir Nabu-zeru-lishir Ishtar-shuma-eresh " (blank space) |
| 8 9 10 11 |
[...]-bari [...] Nabu-tuklatsu [...] Baltil [...]-shu |
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Written
by Marco De Odorico in 1997 (revised 2001) |