ABC 1b (From Nabû-Nasir to Esarhaddon)
The Chronicle on the Reigns from Nabû-Nasir to Šamaš-šuma-ukin (ABC 1) is one of the historiographical texts from ancient Assyria and Babylonia. It deals with the resistance of an increasingly stronger Babylon, supported by Elam, against Assyria, beginning with the reign of the Babylonian king Nabû-Nasir (r.747-734) and culminating in the accessions of Aššurbanipal in Assyria and Šamaš-šuma-ukin in Babylonia in 668.
As it happens, there is a variant, which is sometimes referred to as Chronique Mésopotamienne 17 or as tablet B of ABC 1. This chronicle only describes the period from Nabû-Nasir to Šamaš-šuma-ukin. This text is almost identical to the main text, but contains some variants.
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) and Jean-Jacques Glassner, Mesopotamian Chronicles (Atlanta, 2004).
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[iv.1'] The third year [of Esarhaddon]:note [...]-ahhe-šullim, the governor of Nippur, and |
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[iv.2'] Šamaš-ibni, the Dakkurean, were transported to Assyria and |
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[iv.3'] executed in Assyria.
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[iv.4'] The fourth year:note Sidon was captured and sacked. |
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[iv.5'] In that same year: the major-domo conscripted troops in Akkad.
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[iv.6'] The fifth year:note On the second day of the month Tašrîtu the army of Assyria captured Baza. [Lacuna] |
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