Mesopotamian Chronicles (Writings from the Ancient World)

MESOPOTAMIAN CHRONICLES......Page 4
Contents......Page 8
Series Editor’s Foreword......Page 12
Abbreviations......Page 14
Babylonian Calendar......Page 17
Explanation of Signs and Conventions......Page 18
Preface......Page 20
Part I: Mesopotamian Historiography......Page 22
I. The Future of the Past......Page 24
COPIES AND COMPILATIONS......Page 36
LITERARY COMPOSITIONS......Page 40
Notes......Page 49
Part II: Analysis of the Compositions......Page 56
II. Definition......Page 58
THE AUTHORS......Page 61
THE PLACE OF CHRONICLES IN LIBRARIES......Page 62
THE SUCCESS OF THESE COMPOSITIONS......Page 63
STYLE......Page 64
SOURCES......Page 66
OBJECTIVITY AND ACCURACY......Page 69
Notes......Page 72
THE CHRONICLE OF THE SINGLE MONARCHY......Page 76
THE BABYLONIAN AND HELLENISTIC ROYAL CHRONICLES......Page 91
THE ASSYRIAN ROYAL CHRONICLE......Page 92
THE ROYAL CHRONICLE OF LAGAŠ......Page 95
LOCAL CHRONICLES......Page 96
THE NEO-BABYLONIAN CHRONICLES: TOWARD A SERIAL HISTORY......Page 98
ASSYRIAN CHRONICLES AND ASSYRIAN “NATIONALISM”......Page 109
Notes......Page 112
IV. Genesis......Page 116
Notes......Page 120
V. Diachrony......Page 122
Notes......Page 134
Part III: The Documents......Page 136
1. CHRONICLE OF THE SINGLE MONARCHY......Page 138
MANUSCRIPT G......Page 139
3. CONTINUATORS: THE BABYLONIAN ROYAL CHRONICLE......Page 147
4. CONTINUATORS: THE HELLENISTIC ROYAL CHRONICLE......Page 155
5. CONTINUATORS: THE ASSYRIAN ROYAL CHRONICLE......Page 157
6. A PARODY: THE ROYAL CHRONICLE OF LAGAŠ......Page 165
COLOPHON (VERSION C)......Page 166
Notes......Page 171
7. THE TUMMAL CHRONICLE......Page 177
Notes......Page 180
8. EPONYM CHRONICLE (SECOND MILLENNIUM)......Page 181
9. EPONYM CHRONICLE (FIRST MILLENNIUM)......Page 185
10. SYNCHRONISTIC CHRONICLE......Page 197
12. CHRONICLE OF ARIK-DĒN-ILI (1317–1306)......Page 205
14. CHRONICLE OF AŠŠUR-RĒŠA-IŠI I (1132–1115)......Page 207
15. CHRONICLE OF TIGLATH-PILESER I (1114–1076)......Page 209
Notes......Page 212
16. FROM NABONASSAR TO ŠAMAŠ-ŠUMA-UKĪN (745–668)......Page 214
17. FROM NABONASSAR TO ESARHADDON (748/747–669)......Page 223
18. ESARHADDON'S CHRONICLE; BEGINNING OF THE REIGN OF ŠAMAŠ-ŠUMA-UKĪN (680–668)......Page 227
19. FROM THE END OF AŠŠUR-NĀDIN-ŠUMI TO THE REVOLT OF ŠAMAŠ-ŠUMA-UKĪN (694–652) AND A FEW EARLIER REIGNS......Page 231
20. CHRONICLE OF THE NEW YEAR’S FESTIVAL (689–626)......Page 233
21. CHRONICLE OF THE FIRST YEARS OF NABOPOLASSAR (626–623)......Page 235
22. NABOPOLASSAR AND THE FALL OF THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE (616–609)......Page 239
23. CHRONICLE OF NABOPOLASSAR (608–606)......Page 245
24. THE DEATH OF NABOPOLASSAR AND THE FIRST YEARS OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR II (605–595)......Page 247
25. CHRONICLE OF THE THIRD YEAR OF NERIGLISSAR (557)......Page 251
26. CHRONICLE OF NABONIDUS (556–539)......Page 253
27. FRAGMENT OF A NEO-BABYLONIAN CHRONICLE......Page 259
29. CHRONICLE CONCERNING DARIUS III (335–331) AND ALEXANDER (330–323)......Page 261
30. CHRONICLE OF THE DIADOCHI (321/320–309/308)......Page 263
31. MENTIONS OF ARSES (337–336) AND OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT (330–323)......Page 267
32. CHRONICLE FROM THE TIME OF ANTIOCHUS I, CROWN PRINCE (294/293–281/280)......Page 269
33. CHRONICLE OF SELEUCUS I (311 OR 305–281/280)......Page 271
35. CHRONICLE OF SELEUCUS III (225/224–223/222)......Page 273
36. CHRONICLE FROM THE SELEUCID PERIOD......Page 275
37. JUDICIAL CHRONICLE......Page 277
Notes......Page 280
38. CHRONICLE OF THE ESAGILA......Page 284
39. CHRONICLE OF ANCIENT KINGS......Page 289
40. CHRONICLE OF ANCIENT KINGS......Page 291
41. FRAGMENTS OF A CHRONICLE OF ANCIENT KINGS......Page 293
42. FRAGMENTS OF A CHRONICLE OF ANCIENT KINGS......Page 295
44. FRAGMENT OF A CHRONICLE OF ANCIENT KINGS......Page 297
45. CHRONICLE OF THE KASSITE KINGS......Page 299
46. CHRONICLE OF THE LAST KASSITE KINGS AND THE KINGS OF ISIN......Page 303
47. CHRONICLE OF THE KINGS OF BABYLON FROM THE SECOND ISIN DYNASTY TO THE ASSYRIAN CONQUEST......Page 305
48. URUK CHRONICLE CONCERNING THE KINGS OF UR......Page 309
Notes......Page 312
XI. Putative Chronicles......Page 314
50. CHRONICLE OF MARKET PRICES......Page 315
51. RELIGIOUS CHRONICLE......Page 317
52. CHRONOGRAPHIC DOCUMENT CONCERNING NABÛ-ŠUMA-IŠKUN......Page 321
53. CHRONOGRAPHIC DOCUMENT CONCERNING NABONIDUS......Page 333
Notes......Page 338
Bibliography......Page 340
1. Proper Names......Page 366
2. Theonyms......Page 379
3. Place Names and Names of Peoples......Page 380