Description
Book SynopsisThis invaluable collection of Mesopotamian texts of the type labeled “chronicles” is divided into two sections: studies and texts. Each study elucidates essential chronicle historical and source material. Each text is presented with transliteration, translation, and commentary. Indexes, line drawings, and plates complete this volume. The book has long been considered a model of its type, and Eisenbrauns is happy to make it available again.
Table of ContentsIntroduction
The Babylonian Chronicle Series
Neo-Babylonian Chronicle Series
Late Babylonian Chronicle Series
Other Chronicles of Category A
Esarhaddon Chronicle
Shamash-shuma-ukin Chronicle
Akitu Chronicle
Religious Chronicle
Chronicles and King Lists
Dynastic Chronicle
Two Chronicles Concerning Early Times
Weidner Chronicle
Chronicle of Early Kings
Biased History
Synchronistic History
Chronicle P
Two Eclectic Chronicles
Chronicle of Market Prices
An Eclectic Chronicle
Chronicle Fragments
Assyrian Chronicle Fragments
Babylonian Chronicle Fragments
Texts Of the above Chronicles
Appendix A: An Analysis of the Literary Patterns in Chronographic Texts
Appendix B: Personal Names with Historical Notes
Appendix C: Names of People and Places
Appendix D: Bibliography of Chronographic and Related Sources
Appendix E: Note to the Transliterations
Indexes
Plates
