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The Sumerian King List

Sumerian King List: list of rulers of ancient Sumer, used as a framework for the study of Mesopotamian chronology.Sixteen copies (indicated as A, B, C... P) of this text are known, all of them written in Sumerian, although some of…

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Synchronic King List

Synchronic King List: chronographic document from ancient Mesopotamia. It mentions contemporary kings of Assyria and Babylonia.The original cuneiform tablet, from Aššur, had four columns and is comparatively well preserved. It mentioned (presumed) synchronisms between monarchs from the Assyrian king Erišu…

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The Assyrian King List

Assyrian King List: list of rulers of ancient Assyria, used as a framework for the study of Mesopotamian chronology.Incomplete lists of Assyrian kings have been discovered in each of Assyria's three capitals: Aššur, Dur-Šarukkin, and Nineveh. There are also two…

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