Uruk King List
Synchronistic King List
A Fragment of a Synchronistic King List
A Fragment of a Synchronistic King List
Ptolemaic Canon
Several king lists (including Babylonian King List A) record that Ashurbanipal, Aššur-etel-ilāni, Sîn-šumu-līšir, and Sîn-šarra-iškun were kings of Assyria and/or Babylonia. For the convenience of the user of this volume, it has been thought useful to present translations of the relevant passages here. In this section, the entries immediately preceding and following those of the kings whose inscriptions are also edited in this volume are given when they are preserved.
1. Babylonian King List A
(CT 36 pls. 24–25; Grayson, RLA 6/1–2 [1980] pp. 90–96 §3.3)
| iv 20) | [N] (years) | Esarha(ddon) |
| iv 21) | [N] (years) | Šamaš-šuma-(ukīn) |
| iv 22) | [N] (years) | Kandal(ānu) |
| iv 23) | [N] (years) | Sîn-šumu-līšir |
| | Lacuna | |
2. Uruk King List King List
(van Dijk, UVB 18 pl. 28; Grayson, RLA 6/1–2 [1980] pp. 97–98 §3.5)
| Lacuna | | |
| Obv. 1') | 21 year(s) | [...] |
| Obv. 2') | | at the same time [(...)] |
| Obv. 3') | 21 year(s) | K[anda]lān(u) |
| Obv. 4') | 1 year | Sîn-šumu-līšir |
| Obv. 5') | | and Sîn-šarra-iškun |
| Obv. 6') | 21 year(s) | Nabopolassar |
3. Synchronistic King List
(Weidner, AfO 3 [1926] pp. 70–71; Grayson, RLA 6/1–2 [1980] pp. 116–121 §3.12)
| iv 12) | Esarhaddon, son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria | and Babylon |
| iv 13) | Nabû-zēru-līšer (and) | Ištar-šumu-ēreš (were) his scholars |
| (ruling) | | |
| iv 14) | Ashurbanipal ditto | Šamaš-šuma-ukīn ditto |
| iv 15) | Ashurbanipal ditto | Kandalānu ditto |
| iv 16) | Ištar-šumu-ēreš (was) his scholar | |
| (ruling) | | | |
| iv 17) | Eighty-two kings of Assyria from Erišu(m) (I), son of Ilu-šumma | |
| iv 18) | to Ashurbanipal, son of Esarhaddon. | |
| iv 19) | Ninety-eight kings of Akkad | |
| iv 20) | from Sumu-la-el to Kandalānu. | |
| iv 21) | ... of Nabû-tuklassu. | |
4. A Fragment of a Synchronistic King List
(Schroeder, KAV no. 9; Grayson, RLA 6/1–2 [1980] pp. 121–122 §3.13)
| iv 5') | [...] | Esar[haddon] |
| iv 6') | [...] | Ashur[banipal] |
| | Lacuna | |
5. A Fragment of a Synchronistic King List
(Schroeder, KAV no. 182; Grayson, RLA 6/1–2 [1980] pp. 124–125 §3.17)
| iv 4') | [Esarhaddon], king of Assyria and Babylon | Nabû-zēru-līšer |
| iv 5') | [...] Ashurbanipal | Ištar-šumu-ēreš |
| iv 6') | [...] ditto | ditto |
| iv 7') | [...] Aššur-etel-ilāni | |
| (ruling) | | |
| iv 8') | [...] collated. | |
| iv 9') | [...] the god Nabû, his helper, | |
| iv 10') | [...] Baltil (Aššur) | |
| iv 11') | [...] | |
| | Lacuna | |
5. Ptolemaic Canon
(Wachsmuth, Alten Geschichte p. 305; Grayson, RLA 6/1–2 [1980] p. 101 §3.8)
| Ἀσαραδίνου | ιγ | Asaradinos (Esarhaddon) | 13 (years) |
| Σαοσδουχίνου | κ | Saosdoukhinos (Šamaš-šuma-ukīn) | 20 (years) |
| Κινηλαδάνου | κβ | Kineladanos (Kandalānu) | 22 (years) |
| Ναβοπολασσρου | κα | Nabopolassaros (Nabopolassar) | 21 (years) |
Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers, 'King Lists', RINAP 5: The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal, Aššur-etel-ilāni, and Sîn-šarra-iškun, The RINAP/RINAP 5 Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2022 [http://oracc.org/rinap/rinap5/rinap51introduction/datingandchronology/kinglists/]