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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[ii.3'] upon them ... and a shout/complaint ...note |
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[ii.4'] The enemy seized him. Together ... to the sword |
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[ii.5'] he put all of them, and he did not leave a soul. Those who were fallen, |
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[ii.6'] they put in distress. They colored the midst of the rolling sea with their blood. |
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[ii.7'] They sent out their troops, fought zealously, and achieved victory. |
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[ii.8'] They subdued the enemy troops. He gathered the possessions of the vast enemy and |
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[ii.9'] made piles of them. Again the warriors said: |
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[ii.10'] "We did not know, Kurigalzu, that you had conquered all peoples. |
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[ii.11'] We had no rival among people. Now you [have overcome us??] |
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[ii.12'] We have set out, sought the place where you are and brought gifts. |
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[ii.13'] We have helped you conquer ..." Again he ... |
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[ii.14'] ... them and ... |
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