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[First poste in AWOL 7 November 2013, updated 26 August 2015]

Mesopotamian chronicles
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The Assyrianand Babylonianchronicles are historiographical texts from ancient Mesopotamia. Although they contain references to the earliest times, they deal especially with the second half of the second and the entire first millennium down to the first century BCE (cf. this table).
On this page, you will find
  • links to translations of all known chronicles; they are meant as a first introduction and for ready reference, but it is advisable not to quote them without consulting a printed edition, because many readings are still uncertain;
  • new editions of the chronicles of the Seleucidand Parthianperiod; several of them have not been published before.

In the table below, yellow indicates a text written in, pink stands for Assyrian, blue for Babylonian.
   

Chronicles

  
 CM 1+2 Sumerian King List 
Translation
ABC 18CM 3 Dynastic chronicle 
Translation
 CM 5 Assyrian King List 
Translation
 CM 6 Royal chronicle of Lagaš 
Translation
ABC 19CM 38 Weidner chronicle 
Translation
ABC 20CM 39-41 Early kings chronicle 
Translation
 CM 7 Tummal chronicle 
Translation
 CM 48 Uruk chronicle concerning the kings of Ur 
Translation
 CM 8 Assyrian Eponym List (second millennium) 
Translation
ABC 23CM 50 Market prices chronicle 
Translation
ABC 21CM 10 Synchronistic history 
Translation
ABC 22CM 45 Chronicle P 
Translation
 CM 11 Enlil-nirari chronicle 
Translation
 CM 12 Arik-den-ili chronicle 
Translation
 CM 46 Walker chronicle 
Translation
 CM 13 Tukulti-Ninurta chronicle 
Translation
 CM 14 Aššur-reša-iši chronicle 
Translation
 CM 15 Tiglath-pileser I  chronicle 
Translation
ABC 24CM 47 Eclectic chronicle 
Translation
ABC 17CM 51 Religious chronicle 
Translation
 CM 9 Assyrian Eponym List (first millennium) 
Translation
 CM 52 Chronographic document concerning Nabu-šuma-iškun 
Translation
ABC 1CM 16 Period from Nabu-Nasir to Šamaš-šuma-ukin 
Translation
ABC 1BCM 17 Period from Nabu-Nasir to Esarhaddon 
Translation
ABC 14CM 18 Esarhaddon chronicle 
Translation
ABC 15CM 19 Šamaš-šuma-ukin chronicle 
Translation
ABC 16CM 20 Akitu chronicle 
Translation
ABC 2CM 21 Early Years of Nabopolassar chronicle 
Translation
ABC 3CM 22 Fall of Nineveh chronicle 
Translation
ABC 4CM 23 Late years of Nabopolassar chronicle 
Translation
ABC 5CM 24 Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar chronicle 
Translation
ABC 6CM 25 Third year of Neriglissar chronicle 
Translation
ABC 7CM 26 Nabonidus chronicleScholarly edition
Translation
 CM 53 Chronographic document concerning Nabonidus 
Translation
   Cyrus Cylinder
Scholarly edition
Translation
ABC 9CM 28 Artaxerxes III chronicle 
Translation
ABC 8CM 29BCHP 1Alexander chronicle
Scholarly edition
Translation
  BCHP 2Alexander and Arabia chronicle
Scholarly edition
 
ABC 10CM 30BCHP 3Diadochi chronicle
Scholarly edition
Translation
 CM 31BCHP 4Alexander and Artaxerxes Fragment
Scholarly edition
Translation
ABC 11CM 32BCHP 5Antiochus I and Sin temple chronicle
Scholarly edition
 
  BCHP 6Ruin of Esagila chronicle
Scholarly edition
 
ABC 13ACM 36BCHP 7Antiochus, Bactria, and India chronicle
Scholarly edition
 
  BCHP 8Juniper garden chronicle
Scholarly edition
 
ABC 12CM 33BCHP 9End of Seleucus I chronicle
Scholarly edition
 
ABC 13CM 34BCHP 10Seleucid Accessions chronicle
Scholarly edition
 
  BCHP 11Invasion of Ptolemy III chronicle
Scholarly edition
 
ABC 13BCM 35BCHP 12Seleucus III chronicle
Scholarly edition
 
  BCHP 13Politai chronicle
Scholarly edition
 
  BCHP 14Greek Community chronicle
Scholarly edition
 
  BCHP 15Gold theft chronicle
Scholarly edition
 
  BCHP 16Document on land and tithes
Scholarly edition
 
 CM 37BCHP 17Judicial chronicle
Scholarly edition
 
  BCHP 18A/BChronogr. doc. conc. Bagayasha B/AScholarly edition 
  BCHP 18CChronogr. doc. conc. Bagayasha CScholarly edition 
  BCHP 19Chronicle concerning an Arsacid king
Scholarly edition
 
  BCHP 20Euphrates chronicle
Scholarly edition
 
   

Additional documents

  
 CM 42 Kings of the Sealand 
Translation
 CM 43 Samsuiluna fragment 
Translation
 CM 44 Another Samsuiluna fragment 
Translation
 CM 27 Fragment of a Neo-Babylonian chronicle 
Translation
   Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar  
Translation
   Dynastic Prophecy 
Translation
   Antiochus Cylinder
Scholarly edition
 
 CM 4 Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period
Scholarly edition
Translation
   Uruk King List
Scholarly edition
Translation
   

Astronomical diaries

  
   Diary concerning Artaxerxes II Mnemon
Scholarly edition
 
   Diary conc. Gaugamela
Scholarly edition
Translation
   Diary conc. the second year of Philip Arridaeus
Scholarly edition
 
   Diary conc. the 7th year of Alexander IV
Scholarly edition
 
   Diary conc. SE 66
Scholarly edition
 
   Diary fragment on Demetrius and Arabia
Scholarly edition
 
   Diary fragment on "messengers of the politai"
Scholarly edition
 
   Arsacid diary fragment on politai
Scholarly edition
 
There are no scholarly editions of the non-BCHP-chronicles on this page, nor will there ever be, because that would be a copyright infringement. For the original (usually Akkadian) text and commentaries, you must therefore consult Grayson's or Glassner's book. The translations offered here are free adaptations from ABC and CM; the spelling of personal names has been harmonized, variants have been ignored, explanatory notes have been added, uncertain readings have not been indicated. In short, these pages are no subsitute for ABC or CM.

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