Synchronistic king list
The synchronistic king list is a neo-Assyrian compilation that was found in Aššur (A. 117). It is now in the Istanbul Archaeological Museum . This list of kings is the most important source for the chronology of the Central Babylonian and Central Assyrian periods .
For the Kassitic period , the specified synchronisms are strongly doubted and are partially demonstrably wrong. The Kassite kings and the rulers of the Meerland dynasty were apparently mechanically arranged one after the other, even when rulers overlapped.
literature
- MC Astour: The Name of the Ninth Kassite Ruler . In: Journal of the American Oriental Society . Vol. 106/2, 1986, pp. 327-331.
- EF Weidner : The great king list from Assur . In: Archive for Orient Research . Vol. 3, 1926, pp. 66-77 (transcription).
- AK Grayson : Assyrian and Babylonian king lists. Collations and comments . In: W. Röllig (Ed.): Lisān mitḫurti: Festschrift Wolfram von Soden . Neukirchen 1969 ( Old Orient and Old Testament . Vol. 1), pp. 104–118.
- AL Oppenheim (Ed.): Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament . Princeton 1969, ISBN 0-691-03503-2 , pp. 272 ff. (Translation).
- A. Götze : The Kassites and Near Eastern Chronology . In: Journal of Cuneiform Studies . Vol. 18, 1964, pp. 97-101.