Dynastic Chronicle (ABC 18)

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Fragment B

The Dynastic Chronicle (No. 18 in Grayson's Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles ) is a fragmentary text of historical Babylonian historiography . The tablet broke into several pieces. These pieces could be put together into three fragments called A, B, and C. These pieces do not fit together directly, but still seem to belong on the same board. The table is divided into six columns, of which column 1 is on fragment A, columns 2, 4 and 5 on fragment B and column 6 on fragment C.

The now assembled pieces of Fragment A and Fragment B are in the British Museum .

Fragments

Fragments A

Fragments B

Column 1

Column 1 starts with a gap of probably six lines. The next six lines can only be reconstructed using the Sumerian King List .

"After the kingdom came out of heaven, the kingdom was in Eridu ."
Eridu, Alulim became king; he ruled for N years.
Alalgar ruled for N years.
Two kings of the Eridu dynasty ruled for N years.
They were called kings of heaven.
Bad-tibira , Enmenluana ruled for N years.

The next 19 lines are completely or partially on fragment A.

A1 " Emmegalanna ruled for N years."
A2 " Dumuzi , the shepherd, ruled for N years."
A3 "Three kings of the Bad-tibira dynasty ruled for N years."
A4 "The Bad-tibira dynasty came to an end, the rule was transferred to Sippar."
A5 "Sippar, Enmeduranna ruled N years."
A6 "A king of the Sippar dynasty ruled for N years."
A7 "The Sippar dynasty ended, the rule was transferred to Larak ."
A8 "Larak, Ensipazianna ruled for N years."
A9 "A king of the Larak dynasty ruled for N years."
A10 "The Larak dynasty has ended, the rule has been transferred to Šuruppak ."
A11 "Šuruppal, Ubartutu ruled for N years."
A12 " Ziusudra , son of Ubartutu ruled for N years."
A13 "Two kings of the Šuruppak dynasty ruled for N years."
A14 "Fifth cities, nine kings ruled for N years."
A15 "Enlil [...]"
A16 "Enlil [...]"
A17-18 "The unrest [...]"
A19 "[...]"

Then a part is missing. Then there are three more lines from column 1, which are on fragment B, the text of which is illegible.

B1 "[...]"
B2 "[...]"
B3 "[...]"

The rest of column 1 is missing.

Column 2

Column 2 begins like column 1 with a missing piece, this time with an unknown number of lines. Only four lines are known, three of which have been preserved in such a way that they can be read. Column 2 is on fragment B.

1 "[…]"
2 " Balihu , son of the same, [...]"
3 " Enmennunna [...]"
4 " Melamkiššu [...]"

The rest is missing.

Column 3

Column 3 is completely lost.

Column 4

Column 4 starts with a missing piece. Then come the following lines. Column 4 is on fragment B.

1 "Babylon, [...]"
2 " Sumu-la-El [...]"
3 " Sabi'um [...]"
4 " Apil-Sîn [...]"
5 " Sîn-muballiṭ [...]"

Lines 6 to 12 are missing, but can be roughly reconstructed. The missing names are Hammurapi I. , Šamšu-iluna , Abi-ēšuḫ , Ammī-ditāna , Ammi-ṣaduqa and Šamšu-ditana .

7 [11 kings of the Babylonian dynasty ruled for N years.]

Lines 13-14 are damaged and unreadable.

13 "[...]"
14 "[...]"

They probably contained something like:

13-14 [... The Babylonian dynasty ended, the rule was transferred to Meerland .]

Lines 15-17 are too destroyed to translate.

15 "[...]"
16 "[...]"
17 "[...]"

Column 5

Column 5 starts with a missing piece. Then come the following lines. Column 5 is on fragment B.

1 "[...] Meerland [...]"
2 "The knight, resident in Meerland, Simbar-šīpak , son of Eriba-Sîn ,"
3 “Soldier of the Damiq-ilišu dynasty , killed with the sword. He ruled for 17 years. "
4 "He was buried in the palace of Sargon ."
5 " Ea-mukīn-zēri , the usurper , son of Hašmar , ruled for 3 months."
6 "He was buried in the Bit-Hašmar moor ."
7 “ Kaššu-nadin-aḫḫe , son of SAPpaya , ruled for 3 years. He was buried in the palace of [...]. "
8 "Three kings of the Sealand Dynasty ruled for 23 years."
9 " Eulmaš-šākin-šumi , son of Bazi , ruled for two years."
10 " Ninurta-kudurrī-uṣur , son of Bazi, ruled for two years."
11 " Sirikti-Suqamuna , likewise, ruled for 3 years."
12 "Three kings of the Bit-Bazi dynasty ruled for 20 years and 3 months."
13 " Mār-bīti-apla-uṣur , descendant of [...] Elam , ruled for 6 years."
14 "He was buried in the palace of Sargon."
15 "A king of the Elam dynasty ruled for six years."
16 "[...]"

The rest is missing.

Column 6

Column 6 is on fragment C.

1 "[…]"
2 "The knight [...]"
3 " Marduk-apla-uṣur ruled for N years."
4 "A king of the [...] dynasty ruled for N years."
5 “The Chaldean dynasty has ended. The rule was moved to the seaside. "
6 "The sea country, Erība-Marduk ruled for N years."
7 "A king of the Sealand dynasty ruled for N years."
8 "The dynasty of the seaside land was ended, the rule was transferred to Chaldea ."
9 "Chaldea, [...] ruled for N years."
10 "A king of the Chaldean dynasty ruled for N years."
11 “The Chaldean dynasty has ended. The rule was moved to [...] "
12 "[...]"
13 "[...]"

The rest is missing.

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