Iraq
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Charax
Alexandria in Susiana or Charax: city at the head of the Persian Gulf. modern Khayaber. Charax Alexandria in Susiana was founded in…
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Cherub on a Neo-Assyrian seal |
CM 11 (Chronicle of Enlil-nirari)
The Chronicle of Enlil-nirari is the obverse of a tablet from Aššur that contained an Assyrian chronicle; the Chronicle of Tiglath-pileser I may have been part of the same tablet. It describes the relations between Assyria and Babylonia during the…CM 12 (Chronicle of Arik-den-ili)
The Chronicle of Arik-denili is a fragment of an Assyrian chronicle; the tablet was found in Aššur. It describes the wars of king Arik-den-ili (r.1308-1296) against an enemy that cannot be identified.For a very brief introduction to the literary genre…CM 13 (Chronicle of Tukulti-Ninurta I)
The Chronicle of Tukulti-Ninurta I is a very small fragment of an Assyrian chronicle; the tablet was found in Aššur. It describes the war between the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta I (r.1234-1197) and the Babylonian ruler Kaštiliašu IV (r.1233-1225), which culminated…CM 14 (Aššur-reša-iši Chronicle)
The Chronicle of Aššur-reš-iši is a fragment of an Assyrian chronicle; the tablet was found in Aššur. It describes the war of king Aššur-reš-iši (r.1133-1115) against the Babylonian king Ninurta-nadin-šumi (r.1132-1126).For a very brief introduction to the literary genre of…CM 15 (Tiglath-pileser I Chronicle)
The Chronicle of Tiglath-Pileser I is a tablet from Aššur that contained an Assyrian chronicle; the Chronicle of Enlil-nirari may have been part of the same tablet. It describes the unfriendly relations between Assyria, the Aramaeans, and Babylonia during the…CM 27 (Fragment from a Neo-Babylonian chronicle)
The following text is a very small fragment of one of the Mesopotamian chronicles written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. Only some beginnings of lines of one column on the obverse of the tablet are legible. For a very…CM 4 (Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period)
The Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (also known as "King List 6") is an important historiographical document from ancient Babylonia.The Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period (also known as "King List 6") is an important historiographical document…CM 41 (Fragmentary Chronicle on Ancient Kings)
CM 41 (Chroniques Mésopotamiennes 41): fragmentary text that appears to belong to the Chronicle of Early Kings (ABC 20).The Chronicle of Early Kings (ABC 20) is a historiographical text from ancient Babylonia. Although it purports to offer information about the…CM 42 (Fragmentary Chronicle on the Kings of the Sealand)
Chroniques Mésopotamiennes 42 (CM 42) is a fragment of a larger Mesopotamian chronicle on the Kings of the Sealand.The following text is a very small fragment of a Mesopotamian chronicle, written in Babylonian. The tablet deals with the history of…