The Dynastic Chronicle, although called a chronicle, is in fact a very long king list. Written on six columns, it starts with the antediluvian rulers and continues until at least the eighth century. The beginning is very fragmentary, but the second half is comprehensible. It has come down to us in three fragments (called A, B, and C) which do not join, but appear to belong to one, large tablet.^note[The match is discussed at some length by Grayson.] Restoration of the missing parts is facilitated by the existence of parallel texts (e.g., the Sumerian King List) and several repetitive formulas.

For a very brief introduction to the literary genre of chronicles, go here. The translation on this webpage was adapted from A.K. Grayson, Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles (1975). Additions have been published by I. Finkel in the Journal of Cuneiform Studies 32 (1980), 65-80. More information can be found in Jean-Jacques Glassner, Mesopotamian Chronicles (Atlanta, 2004).