Mesopotamian chronicles

• 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 Seleucid and Parthian period; several of them have not been published before.

1. A.K. Grayson, Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles (1975 =ABC);
2. I. Finkel & R.J. van der Spek, Babylonian Chronicles of the Hellenistic Period (= BCHP);
3. Jean-Jacques Glassner, Chroniques Mésopotamiennes (1993) (translated as Mesopotamian Chronicles, 2004) ( = CM);
4. C. B.F. Walker, "Babylonian Chronicle 25: A Chronicle of the Kassite and Isin Dynasties", in G. van Driel e.a. (eds.): Zikir Šumim: Assyriological Studies Presented to F.R. Kraus on the Occasion of His Seventieth Birthday (1982).

Below, you will find an overview of chronicles, more or less in their chronological order. For those who are unfamiliar with the subject but are interested, the "reader's editions" ought to be accessible. These are simplified translations. After reading a bit about the conventions of publication, the "scholarly editions" ought to be accessible too.
 

Sumerian

Assyrian

Babylonian or mixed

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This edition of the Babylonian Chronicles of the Hellenistic Period has been facilitated by a grant of a sabbatical year to Bert van der Spek funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).

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We want to express our gratitude to the trustees of the British Museum who allow us to publish these chronicles and to put photographs on line. Most pictures are made by Bert van der Spek. The museum is not responsible for the quality of the photographs.