Tablet

There are 240 items in Tablet:

CM 11 (Chronicle of Enlil-nirari)

The Chronicle of Enlil-nirari is the obverse of a tablet from Aššur that contained an Assyrian chronicle; the Chronicle of Tiglath-pileser I  may have been part of the same tablet. It describes the relations between Assyria and Babylonia during the…

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CM 12 (Chronicle of Arik-den-ili)

The Chronicle of Arik-denili is a fragment of an Assyrian chronicle; the tablet was found in Aššur. It describes the wars of king Arik-den-ili (r.1308-1296) against an enemy that cannot be identified.For a very brief introduction to the literary genre…

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CM 13 (Chronicle of Tukulti-Ninurta I)

The Chronicle of Tukulti-Ninurta I is a very small fragment of an Assyrian chronicle; the tablet was found in Aššur. It describes the war between the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta I (r.1234-1197) and the Babylonian ruler Kaštiliašu IV (r.1233-1225), which culminated…

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CM 14 (Aššur-reša-iši Chronicle)

The Chronicle of Aššur-reš-iši is a fragment of an Assyrian chronicle; the tablet was found in Aššur. It describes the war of king Aššur-reš-iši (r.1133-1115) against the Babylonian king Ninurta-nadin-šumi (r.1132-1126).For a very brief introduction to the literary genre of…

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CM 15 (Tiglath-pileser I Chronicle)

The Chronicle of Tiglath-Pileser I is a tablet from Aššur that contained an Assyrian chronicle; the Chronicle of Enlil-nirari may have been part of the same tablet. It describes the unfriendly relations between Assyria, the Aramaeans, and Babylonia during the…

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CM 43 (A fragment of Samsuiluna)

Chroniques Mésopotamiennes 43 (CM 43) is a fragment of a larger chronicle dealing with Babylonian king Samsuiluna (r.1750-1712), the successor of Hammurabi.The following text is a very small fragment of a Babylonian chronicle that was found in the library of…

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CM 44 (A fragment of Samsuiluna)

Chroniques Mésopotamiennes 44 (CM 44) is a fragment of a larger Mesopotamian chronicle dealing with Babylonian king Samsuiluna (r.1750-1712), the successor of Hammurabi.The following text is a very small fragment of a Mesopotamian chronicle that was found in the library…

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