Synchronistic chronicle (ABC 21)
Synchronistic Chronicle (British Museum)
Translation of Column 3
| A1 At the time of Adad-nirari, king of Assyria,[1] |
| A2 Šamaš-muddamiq, king of Karduniaš, |
| A3 drew up a battle array at the foot of Mount Yalman and |
| A4 Adad-nirari, king of Assyria, brought about the defeat[A5] of Šamaš-muddamiq, |
| A5 king of Karduniaš, and |
| A6 conquered him. |
| A7 His chariots, and teams of horses, he took away from him. |
| A8 Šamaš-muddamiq, king of Karduniaš, passed away. |
| A9 Nabû-šuma-iškun,[2] son of [Šamaš-muddamiq, ascended his father's throne?]. |
| A10 Adad-nirari, king of Assyria, fought[A11] with Nabû-šuma-iškun |
| A11 king of Karduniaš, and defeated him. |
| A12 [...]banbala, Huda[...] |
| A13 [...] numerous cities |
| A14 [...] he conquered. Their vast booty |
| A15 he took to Assyria. |
| A16 [...] his land, he enclosed him. |
| A17 [...] he received from him. They gave their daughters to one another in marriage. |
| A18 Together they made an entente cordiale. |
| A19 The peoples of Assyria and Akkad were joined together. |
| A21 They established a boundary to Til-ša-Abtani and Til-ša-Zabdani |
| A20 from Til-Bit-Bari, which is upstream on the Zab. |
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| A22 In the time of Šalmaneser, king of Assyria, |
| A23 Nabû-apla-iddina was the king of Karduniaš.[3] |
| A24 An entente cordially |
| A25 together they made. At the time of Šalmaneser, king of Assyria, |
| A26 Nabû-apla-iddina, king of Karduniaš, passed away. |
| A27 Marduk-zakir-šumi ascended his father's throne. |
| A28 Marduk-bêl-usate, his brother, rebelled against him. |
| A29 He seized Daban. Akkad |
| A30 they equally divided. Šalmaneser, king of Assyria, |
| A31 went[A32] to the aid of Marduk-zakir-šumi, |
| A32 king of Karduniaš. |
| A33 Marduk-bêl-usate, the usurper, |
| A34 Šalmaneser defeated him and the rebellious troops who were with him.[4] |
| A35 [...] Cuthah, Babylon |
| A36 [...] |
| Lacuna |
| C1'-2' Together they made an entente cordiale. |
| C3' The people of Assyria and Akkad were joined together. |
| C4' [...] |
| C5' They fixed a boundary line by mutual consent. |
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| C6' Šamši-Adad, king of Assyria, and Marduk-balassu-iqbi, king of Karduniaš,[5] |
| C7' [...] Šamši-Adad, king of Assyria, |
| C8' brought about the defeat of Marduk-balassu-iqbi. |
| C9' He filled the plain with the corpses of his warriors. |
| Lacuna |
Babylonian Chronicles
Translation of Column 4
| A1 Šamši-Adad enclosed him and captured that city. Baba-aha-iddina |
| A2 he took together with his property and the treasure of his palace to Assyria. |
| A3 Der, Lahiru, Gananati, |
| A4 Dur-Papsukkal, Bit-Riduti, Me-Turan, |
| A5 and numerous [other] cities of Karduniaš |
| A6 he captured, together with their districts, their gods, and booty. |
| A7 Anu the Great, Humhumya, Šarrat-Deri, Bêlet-Akkadi, |
| A8 Šimalaya, Palil, Annunitu and Mar-Biti |
| A9 of Maliku he carried off. To Cuthah, Babylon, |
| A10 and Borsippa he went up and made pure sacrifices. |
| A11 He went down to Chaldea and the tribute of the kings |
| A12 he received of Chaldea. His officers |
| A13 received the tax of Karduniaš [...] |
| A14 he made. They fixed the boundary-line. |
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| A15 Adad-Nirari, king of Assyria,[6] and [...], king of Karduniaš, |
| A16 bowed down [...] |
| A17 in [...] |
| A18 [...] his craftsmen the gods. |
| A19 He brought back the abducted people and |
| A20 granted them an income, privileges, and barley rations. |
| A21 The peoples of Assyria and Karduniaš were joined together. |
| A22 They fixed the boundary-line by mutual consent. |
| A23 Let a later prince, who in Akkad |
| A24 wishes to achieve fame, write[A25] about the prowess of his victories. |
| A25 Let him turn to this very stela |
| A26 continually and look at it that it may not be forgotten. |
| A27 Let the [...] vizier heed all that is graved thereon! |
| A28 May the praises of Assyria be lauded forever! |
| A29 May the crime of Sumer and Akkad |
| A30 be bruited about in every quarter! |
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| A31 Palace of Aššurbanipal, king of the universe, king of Assyria.[7] |
Note 1:
Adad-nirari II of Assyria ruled from 911 to 891; the reign of his opponent,
Šamaš-muddamiq of Babylonia,
can not be dated.
Note 2:
A mistake. Šamaš-muddamiq was succeeded by Nabû-šuma-ukin.
Note 3:
Šalmaneser III ruled from 858 to 824; Nabû-apla-iddina can not
be dated accurately.
Note 4:
The inverted word order is typical for the Astronomical
Diaries on which the Chronicles are based.
Note 5:
Šamši-Adad V succeeded Šalmaneser as king of Assyria in 823 and ruled
until 811. Marduq-balassu-iqbi died in 813 and was succeeded by Baba-aha-iddina,
whose first regnal year was 812.
Note 6:
Adad-nirari III was king of Assyria from 810 to 783. He succeeded Šamši-Adad
V.
Note 7:
Aššurbanipal was king of Assyria from 668 to 631 (or 627). The tablets
were found in his library.
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Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles