From Nabû-Nasir to Šamaš-šuma-ukin (ABC 1)
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Translation of Column IV
| 1 The third year [of Esarhaddon] (678/677): [...]-ahhe-šullim, the governor of Nippur, and |
| 2 Šamaš-ibni, the Dakkurean, were transported to Assyria and executed in Assyria. |
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| 3 The fourth year (677/676): Sidon was captured and sacked. |
| 4 In that same year: the major-domo conscripted troops in Akkad. |
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| 5 The fifth year (676/675): On the second day of the month Tašrîtu the army of Assyria |
| 6 captured Baza[5]. In the month Tašrîtu the head of [Abdi-Milkutti] the king of Sidon |
| 7 was cut off and conveyed to Assyria. In the month Addaru the head of [Sanduarri] the king |
| 8 of Kundu and Sissu was cut off and conveyed to Assyria. |
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| 9 The sixth year (675/674): The king of Elam entered Sippar and a massacre took place. Šamaš |
| 10 did not come out of Ebabbar. The Assyrian marched to Milidu. On the seventh day of the month Ulûlu |
| 11 Humban-haltaš, king of Elam, without becoming ill, died in his palace. |
| 12 For five years, Humban-haltaš ruled Elam. |
| 13 Urtak, his brother, ascended the throne in Elam. |
| 14 In an unknown month Šuma-iddina, the governor of Nippur, |
| 15 and Kudurru, the Dakurrean, were transported to Assyria. |
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| 16 The seventh year (674/673): On the fifth day of the month Addaru the army of Assyria was defeated in Egypt. |
| 17 In the month Addaru, Ištar of Akkad and the gods of Akkad |
| 18 left Elam and entered Akkad on the tenth day of the month Addaru. |
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| 19 The eighth year of Esarhaddon (673/672): On the TEXT BROKEN[1] day of the month Tebêtu |
| 20 Šubria was captured and sacked. |
| 21 In the month Kislîmu its booty entered Uruk. |
| 22 On the fifth day of the month Addaru the king's wife died. |
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| 23 The tenth year (671/670): In the month Nisannu the army of Assyria marched to Egypt TEXT BROKEN [1] |
| 24 On the third, sixteenth and eighteenth days of the month Du'uzu |
| 25 -three times- there was a massacre in Egypt. It was sacked and its gods were abducted. |
| 26 On the twenty-second day Memphis, the royal city, was captured and |
| 27 abandoned by its king [Taharqo]. The king's son and brother were taken prisoner. |
| 28 The city was sacked, its inhabitants plundered, and its booty carried off. |
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| 29 The eleventh year (670/669): In Assyria the king put his numerous officers to the sword. |
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| 30 The twelfth year (669/668): The king of Assyria marched to Egypt but |
| 31 became ill on the way and went to his destiny on the tenth day of the month Arahsamna. |
| 32 For twelve years Esarhaddon ruled Assyria. |
| 33 Šamaš-šuma-ukin and Aššurbanipal, his two sons, ascended the throne in Babylon and Assyria respectively. |
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| 34 The accession year of Šamaš-šuma-ukin (668/667): In the month Ajaru |
| 35 Bêl and the gods of Akkad went out[36] from Aššur |
| 36 and on the fourteenth/twenty-fourth of the month Ajaru they entered Babylon. |
| 37 In that same year Kirbitu was taken and its king captured. |
| 38 On the twentieth day of the month Tebêtu, Bêl-etir, judge of Babylon, was taken prisoner and executed. |
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| 39 The first edition, written according to the pattern tablet, checked and collated.[2] |
| 40 Tablet of Ana-Bêl-eriš, son of Liblutu, |
| 41 descendant of Ur-Nanna. Written by Ea-nadin, son of |
| 42 Ana-Bêl-eriš, descendant of Ur-Nanna. Babylon, |
| 43 the N+6th [day of the month ...], the twenty-second year of Darius, king of Babylon and all lands. |
Note 1:
This means that the scribe had no access to a correct copy.
Babylonian Chronicles
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