An overall view is given here of those texts which can be associated definitely with a particular king.
Shalmaneser III (858-824 B.C.) |
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No. 17 Urarášu (Ararat) campaign |
Šamši-Adad V (823-811 B.C.) |
No. 41 Letter from the god Aššur concerning the king's campaign against Babylonia, and in particular the capture of Der. |
Sargon II (721-705 B.C.) |
No. 4 Prayer for the king's health and the land's prosperity, appended to a Nanaya hymn. |
No. 18 Military account in epic style |
Sennacherib (704-681 B.C.) |
No. 33 Inquiry into the reason for his father's death on the battlefield |
Esarhaddon (680-669 B.C.) |
No. 10 Praise of the city of Assur |
Assurbanipal (669-627 B.C.) |
No. 1 Aššur hymn |
No. 2 Marduk hymn |
No. 3 Hymn to Ištars of Nineveh and Arbela |
No. 5 Nanaya hymn |
No. 6 Hymn to Tašmetu and Nabû |
No. 8 Praise of the city of Arbela |
No. 12 Righteous sufferer's prayer to Nabû (arguably Assurbanipal) |
No. 13 Dialogue between Assurbanipal and Nabû |
No. 19 Assurbanipal addresses Ištar |
No. 20 Wars in Elam |
No. 21 Wars in Elam |
No. 25 Literary letter praising the king |
No. 26 " |
No. 27 " |
No. 28 " |
No. 31 Defeat of Teumman |
No. 32 Underworld vision (if Kummâ is Assurbanipal) |
No. 44 Letter from the god Aššur |
No. 45 " |
No. 46 " |
Alasdair Livingstone
Alasdair Livingstone, 'The Kings', Court Poetry and Literary Miscellanea, SAA 3. Original publication: Helsinki, Helsinki University Press, 1989; online contents: SAAo/SAA03 Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2025 [http://oracc.org/saao/saa03/SourcesandAttribution/TheKings/]