Babylonian Chronicles (ABC): a Standard history source. Covers 2334 BC – 1008 BC, with 43 events in chronological order. Text license and provenance included.
| Type | Standard history |
|---|---|
| Viewpoint | Insider account |
| Years covered | 2334 BC – 1008 BC |
| Events | 43 events, 19 placed on the map |
| Author | L. W. King (1907 편) |
| Original title | Chronicles concerning early Babylonian kings |
Regions: West Asia 38
| Year | Place | Event | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2334 BC – 2279 BC | Kasalla | Sargon marched on Kazallu and reduced it to a heap of ruins, leaving not even a place for a bird to perch Tradition | 연대기 I(No.26472) Obv. 9–10 (p.5) |
| 2334 BC – 2279 BC | Kasalla | When Kashtubila of Kazallu rebelled against Sargon, Sargon marched on Kazallu, inflicted a great defeat and crushed them (the Assyrian version of the same event as Chronicle I) Tradition | 전조집 K.2130 §IX 31–32 (p.33) |
| 2334 BC – 2279 BC | Subartu | Sargon subdued the land of Subartu by his might, quelled the revolt, defeated the enemy and brought its wealth to Akkad | 연대기 I(No.26472) Obv. 14–17 (pp.7) |
| 2334 BC – 2279 BC | Babylon | Sargon dug up soil from the trench of Babylon and made Akkad's boundaries as wide as Babylon's; for this crime Marduk grew angry, and the people starved and rose against him on every side Fiction | 연대기 I(No.26472) Obv. 18–23 (pp.8–9) |
| 2334 BC – 2279 BC | Elam | Sargon marched on the land of Elam, conquered the Elamites, afflicted them greatly and cut off their food supply (a record from the omen literature, absent from Chronicle I) | 전조집 K.2130 §I 1–3 (p.26) |
| 2334 BC – 2279 BC | The legendary Sargon boasts of having besieged the Sealand three times (legend, not historical record) Fiction | 부록 I 사르곤 전설 l.18 (p.88–90) | |
| 2334 BC – 2279 BC | The legendary Sargon [went up] to the great Dur-ilu (lacuna) Fiction | 부록 I 사르곤 전설 l.20 (p.90) | |
| 2324 BC | Sargon of Akkad rose by Ishtar's favor and had no rival; in his eleventh year, having crossed the eastern sea, he took the whole western land and set up his statue in the west Fiction | 연대기 I(No.26472) Obv. 1–6 (pp.3–4) | |
| 2300 BC – 2279 BC | Agade | In Sargon's old age all lands rebelled and besieged him in Akkad, but Sargon sallied out, won the battle and struck down the enemy's great host Tradition | 연대기 I(No.26472) Obv. 11–13 (p.6) |
| 2254 BC – 2218 BC | Sargon's son Naram-Sin [marched] on the city of Apishal, dug a tunnel and captured Apishal's king Rish-Adad and its governor (with restored lacunae) Tradition | 연대기 I(No.26472) Rev. 1–3 (p.9–10) | |
| 2254 BC – 2218 BC | Naram-Sin marched on Magan and [captured] Mannu-dannu, king of Magan (gaps around the king's name restored) Tradition | 연대기 I(No.26472) Rev. 4 (p.10) | |
| 2094 BC – 2047 BC | Eridu | Dungi, son of Ur-Engur, took great care of the city of Eridu on the seashore | 연대기 I(No.26472) Rev. 5 (p.11) |
| 2094 BC – 2047 BC | Babylon | Dungi sought evil and plundered the wealth of Esagila and Babylon, drawing Marduk's wrath and coming to a wretched end (part of the sentence lost) Fiction | 연대기 I(No.26472) Rev. 5–7 (p.11) |
| 1894 BC – 1881 BC | Ilushuma, king of Assyria, [set out] against Su'abu: a catch-line anticipating the first line of the next tablet Tradition | 연대기 I(No.26472) Rev. 14 (p.14) | |
| 1868 BC – 1861 BC | King Urra-imitti seated his gardener Enlil-bani on the throne and crowned him; the king died in his palace and Enlil-bani, never rising, was confirmed as king Tradition | 연대기 I(No.26472) Rev. 8–13 (pp.12–13) = 연대기 II Obv. 1–7 (pp.15–16) | |
| 1792 BC – 1750 BC | Ur | Hammurabi, king of Babylon, mustered his troops and marched against Rim-Sin, king of Ur, took the cities of Ur and Larsa and carried their wealth to Babylon | 연대기 II Obv. 8–11 (p.17) |
| 1792 BC – 1750 BC | Larsa | The cities of Ur and Larsa fell into Hammurabi's hands (same sentence as above, Larsa entry) | 연대기 II Obv. 10 (p.17) |
| 1790 BC | Babylon | Hammurabi's 3rd year-name: he made the throne of the high temple of Nanna in Babylon | 부록 II 날짜표(80,037) Hammurabi 3 (p.98) |
| 1789 BC | Malgium | Hammurabi's 4th year-name: he built the wall of Malgium | 부록 II 날짜표(80,037) Hammurabi 4 (p.98) |
| 1784 BC | Hammurabi's 9th year-name: he dug the canal "Hammurabi is abundance" | 부록 II 날짜표(80,037) Hammurabi 9 (p.99) | |
| 1783 BC | Malgium | Hammurabi's 10th year-name: he led away the inhabitants and livestock of Malgium | 부록 II 날짜표(80,037) Hammurabi 10 (p.99) |
| 1782 BC | Hammurabi's 11th year-name: he captured the cities of Rabiqum and Shalibi | 부록 II 날짜표(80,037) Hammurabi 11 (p.99) | |
| 1780 BC | Hammurabi's 13th year-name: the king entered Umliash and great abundance was achieved | 부록 II 날짜표(80,037) Hammurabi 13 (p.100) | |
| 1768 BC | Sippar | Hammurabi's 25th year-name: he built the wall of Sippar | 부록 II 날짜표(80,037) Hammurabi 25 (p.101) |
| 1750 BC | Sippar | Hammurabi's 43rd year-name: the dust of Sippar and Ulshamash (verb lost) | 부록 II 날짜표(80,037) Hammurabi 43 (p.102) |
| 1749 BC – 1712 BC | Hammurabi's son Samsu-iluna, king of Babylon, [marched] against Rim-Sin and captured him; King reads that Rim-Sin was seized alive or burned in his palace (much damaged) | 연대기 II Obv. 13–17 (pp.17–18) | |
| 1749 BC – 1712 BC | Samsu-iluna marched against Iluma-ilu and besieged him, then marched again and Iluma-ilu attacked out of the city (badly damaged, so the victor is unclear) Tradition | 연대기 II Obv. 18–Rev. 6 (pp.19–20) | |
| 1748 BC | Akkad | Samsu-iluna's 2nd year-name: the independence of Sumer and Akkad was achieved | 부록 II 날짜표(80,037) Samsu-iluna 2 (p.103) |
| 1742 BC | Samsu-iluna's 8th year-name: the king entered Umliash and mountain and river gave abundance | 부록 II 날짜표(80,037) Samsu-iluna 8 (p.104) | |
| 1741 BC | Samsu-iluna's 9th year-name: the Kassite army (verb lost); King thinks the wall rebuilding of year 11 was due to Kassite destruction (p. 105 note) | 부록 II 날짜표(80,037) Samsu-iluna 9 (p.104) | |
| 1739 BC | Ur | Samsu-iluna's 11th year-name: he built the walls of Ur and Uruk (Ur entry) | 부록 II 날짜표(80,037) Samsu-iluna 11 (p.105) |
| 1739 BC | Uruk | Samsu-iluna's 11th year-name: he built the walls of Ur and Uruk (Uruk entry) | 부록 II 날짜표(80,037) Samsu-iluna 11 (p.105) |
| 1711 BC – 1684 BC | Samsu-iluna's son Abi-eshuh dammed the Tigris to catch Iluma-ilu but failed to capture him Tradition | 연대기 II Rev. 7–9 (p.21) | |
| 1652 BC | Ammi-ditana's 32nd year-name: the wall of Ishkun-Marduk (verb unclear) | 부록 II 날짜표(80,037) Ammi-ditana 32 (p.106) | |
| 1649 BC | Ammi-ditana's 35th year-name: he built the city of Dur-Ammi-ditana | 부록 II 날짜표(80,037) Ammi-ditana 35 (p.106) | |
| 1625 BC – 1595 BC | Akkad | In the time of Samsu-ditana, the men of Hatti [marched] against the land of Akkad (a catch-line with one surviving line; the outcome is omitted) Tradition | 연대기 II Rev. 10 (p.22) |
| 1500 BC – 1400 BC | Agum, son of Bitiliashu, raised troops and marched on the Sealand, conquered the city of Dur-Ea and razed the temple of Ea to the ground | 연대기 II Rev. 14–17 (p.24) | |
| 1470 BC – 1450 BC | Elam | Ea-gamil, king of the Sealand, [set out] against Elam | 연대기 II Rev. 11 (p.22) |
| 1470 BC – 1450 BC | The Kassite Ulam-Buriash (brother of Bitiliashu) raised troops, conquered the Sealand and exercised rule over that land | 연대기 II Rev. 12–13 (p.23) | |
| 1082 BC – 1069 BC | Marduk-shapik-zeri-mati, king of Babylon, made peace and friendship with Ashur-bel-kala, king of Assyria (the king's name follows King's footnote, p. 58 n. 3) | 신바빌로니아 연대기 No.27859 Obv. 5–6 (p.58) | |
| 1068 BC – 1056 BC | Sippar | At that time the king went from Assyria to Sippar; then follows the story of the Aramean usurper Adad-apla-iddina, son of Itti-Marduk-balatu (sentence continuation lost) | 신바빌로니아 연대기 No.27859 Obv. 7–8 (p.59) |
| 1068 BC – 1047 BC | The Sutians invaded and carried off the plunder of Sumer and [Akkad] to their own land | 신바빌로니아 연대기 No.27859 Obv. 10–11 (p.59) | |
| 1025 BC – 1008 BC | Shimmash-shihu, son of Erba-Sin, made a throne of "Lord of All" in the temple Ekurigigal | 신바빌로니아 연대기 No.27859 Obv. 12–13 (p.61) |