Iraq
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The Epic of Atraḥasis
The Epic of Atraḥasis is the fullest Mesopotamian account of the Great Flood, with Atraḥasis in the role of Noah. It was written in the seventeenth century BCEThe text is known from several versions: two were written by Assyrian scribes…The Sumerian King List
Sumerian King List: list of rulers of ancient Sumer, used as a framework for the study of Mesopotamian chronology.Sixteen copies (indicated as A, B, C... P) of this text are known, all of them written in Sumerian, although some of…Synchronic King List
Synchronic King List: chronographic document from ancient Mesopotamia. It mentions contemporary kings of Assyria and Babylonia.The original cuneiform tablet, from Aššur, had four columns and is comparatively well preserved. It mentioned (presumed) synchronisms between monarchs from the Assyrian king Erišu…Tyre's Tribute to Šalmaneser III
Tyre (Phoenician רצ, ṣūr, "rock"; Greek Τύρος; Latin Tyrus): port in Phoenicia and one of the main cities in the eastern Mediterranean. Tyre's tribute on the…The Nimrud Slab
Nimrud Slab or Kalah Orthostat (797 BCE): inscription by Assyrian king Adad-Nirari III, in which he describes his successes in the west. …Esarhaddon's Prism B
Tyre (Phoenician רצ, ṣūr, "rock"; Greek Τύρος; Latin Tyrus): port in Phoenicia and one of the main cities in the eastern Mediterranean. Esarhaddon In the first quarter…Verse Account of Nabonidus
Nabonidus on a relief from Harran The question what Nabonidus was doing in Tayma will probably remain unsolved for ever. From…The Assyrian King List
Assyrian King List: list of rulers of ancient Assyria, used as a framework for the study of Mesopotamian chronology.Incomplete lists of Assyrian kings have been discovered in each of Assyria's three capitals: Aššur, Dur-Šarukkin, and Nineveh. There are also two…A Contemporary Account of the Battle of Gaugamela
Astronomical Diary mentioning the Battle of Gaugamela On 1 October 331, the Macedonian king Alexander the Great defeated a large Persian…A Contemporary Account of the Death of Alexander
On the last day of the month Aiiâru in the fourteenth year of his reign, Alexander died in Babylon. The only contemporary source describing the event is the Astronomical Diary, a day-by-day account of celestial phenomena, written by the officials…
ABC 4: The Late Nabopolassar Chronicle |
ABC 5: Chronicle Concerning the Early Years of Nebuchadnezzar II ("Jerusalem Chronicle") |