ABC 22 (Chronicle P)

Chronicle P (ABC 22) is one of the historiographical texts from ancient Babylonia. It deals with several conflicts between Assyria, Babylonia, and Elam in the fourteenth to twelfth century BCE. It may be a Babylonian adaptation of the Assyrian Synchronic Chronicle.

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).

The tablet, BM 92701 (82-7-4, 38), upon which Chronicle P is inscribed is in very poor condition. The fragment is 180 mm wide and 120 mm long and represents only about one third of the original tablet. The fragment comes from the bottom portion of the chronicle.

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[i.11'] the son of a nobody,note they appointed as sovereign over them. Aššur-uballit,

[i.14'] he killed. Aššur-iballit put Kurigalzu, son of Kadašman-harbe, on his father's throne.

[i.13'] 'Šuzigaš, the Kassite,

[i.12'] king of Assyria, marched to Karduniaš[13], to avenge Kadašman-harbe, his daughter's son, and

[i.10'] the Kassite people rebelled against him and killed him. Šuzigaš, a Kassite,

[i.9'] settled people on fertile lands to strengthen the guard. Afterwards

[i.8'] He reinforced the fortresses in Mount Šaršar.note He dug wells and

[i.7] 'from the east to west, and annihilated their extensive forces.

[i.6'] 'the daughter of Aššur-uballit,note king of Assyria, ordered[7] the overthrow of the Suteans

[i.5']  

'Kadašman-harbe, son of Karaindaš, son of Muballitat-serua,

[i.4'] ... he rebuilt and restored it.

[i.3'] 'king of Assyria between them made a treaty and together they fixed the boundary.

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[i.2'] [lacuna]

... king of Karduniaš and ...