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SEAL no. 34840 · BM 35382 (Sp II.964) · Chronicless · Babylon (mod. Kasr, Amran Ibn Ali, Sahn, Ishin Aswad, Merkes)

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i 1 [šanat(mu) 1(?).kám mnabû(dpa)-naʾid(i) šarru(lugal) . . .]

i 2 [. . .]-šú iš-ši šarru(lugal) (erasure)

i 3 [. . .] ma-ti-šú-nu ana bābili(eki) ú-bil-lu

i 4 [. . .]-ti

i 5 [. . .] x is-ḫu-ḫu-ma ul iš-ši

i 6 [. . . t]i(?) kimat(im.ri.a)-su-nu ma-la bašû(gál-ú)

i 7 [. . .] šarru(lugal) ummān(érin)-šú id-ke-ma ana ḫu-me-e

i 8 [. . .]-kit

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i 9 [šanat(mu) 2(?).kám . . .] ina ṭebēti(itiab) ina kurḫa-ma-a-tú kūṣu(šed7)

i 10 [. . .]

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i 11 [šanat(mu) 3(?).kám . . . a]bu(it]ine) ana kuram-ma-na-nu šá-di-i

i 12 [il-lik-ma . . .] x ⌈giš⌉ṣip-pa-a-tú inbu(gurun) ma-la ba-šu-ú

i 13 [. . .] ina lìb-bi-ši-na ana qí-rib bābili(eki)

i 14 [ú(?)-bil(?) (. . .) šarru(lugal) imr]uṣ(gi]g)-ma ibluṭ(tin-uṭ) ina kissilîmi(itigan) šarru(lugal) ummān(érin)-šú

i 15 [id-ke-ma . . .] x-tì u ana nabû(dag)-tat(!)-tan-uṣur(ùri)

i 16 [. . .] x-mu šá amurri(kurmar.tu) a-na

i 17 [. . . ina muḫḫi(ugu) uruú ]-du-um-mu it-ta-du-ú

i 18 [. . .] x-ma ummānū(érinmeš) ma-du-tu

i 19 [. . . a]bul(k]á.gal) urušin-ṭi-ni

i 20 [. . .] x idūk(gaz)-šú

i 21 [. . .] x-qu

i 22 [. . . umm]ānū(ér]inmeš)

(Lacuna)

ii 0 [šanat(mu) 6.kám . . . miš-tu-me-gu ummān(érin)-šú]

ii 1 [id]-ke-e-ma ana muḫḫi(ugu) mku-raš šar(lugal) an-šá-an ana ka-š[á-di i]l-lik-ma [. . .]

ii 2 miš-tu-me-gu ummān(érin)-šú ibbalkit(bala)-šu-ma ina qātē(šuii) ṣa-bít a-na mku-raš id-d[in]

ii 3 mku-raš a-na kura-gam-ta-nu āl(uru) šarrūtu(lugal-ú-tu) <il-lik-ma> kaspu(kù.babbar) ḫurāṣu(kù.gi) būšu(níg.šu) makkūru(níg.ga) [. . .]

ii 4 šá kura-gam-ta-nu iš-lul-ú-ma a-na kuran-šá-an il-qí būšu(níg.šu) makkūru(níg.ga) šá ummānī(érinme[š]) [. . .]

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ii 5 šanat(mu) 7.kám šarru(lugal) ina urute-ma-a mār(dumu)-šarri(lugal) rabûtu(galmeš)-šú ummānū(érinmeš)-šú ina akkadî(kururiki) [šarru(lugal) ana nisanni(itibár)]

ii 6 a-na bābili(eki) úl illiku(gin-ku) nabû(dag) ana bābili(ká.dingir.raki) úl illiku(gin-ku) bēl(den) úl ūṣâ-a) isi[nnu(ez[en) a-ki-tú ba-ṭil]

ii 7 nīqū(sískur) ina é-sag-gíl u é-zi-da ilāni(dingirmeš) ša bābili(tin.tirki) u bár-sipaki k[i šal-mu]

ii 8 nadnū(sum-nu) šešgallu(šeš.gal) is-ruq-ma bītu(é) ip-qid

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ii 9 šanat(mu) 8.kám

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ii 10 šanat(mu) 9.kám mnabû(dpa)-naʾid(i) šarru(lugal) <ina> urute-ma-a mār(dumu)-šarri(lugal) rabûti(galmeš) u ummāni(érin-ni) ina akkadî(kururiki) šarru(lugal) ana nisanni(itibár) ana bābili(tin.tirki)

ii 11 úl illiku(gin-ku) nabû(dag) ana bābili(ká.dingir.raki) úl illiku(gin-ku) bēl(den) úl ūṣâ(è-a) i-sin-nu a-ki-tú ba-ṭil

ii 12 nīqū(sískurmeš) ina é-sag-gíl u é-zi-da ilāni(dingirmeš) ša <bābili(tin.tirki)> u bar-sipki ki šal-mu nadnā(sum-na)

ii 13 nisannu(itibár) ūm(u4) 5.kám ummi(ama) šarri(lugal) ina dūr(bàd)-ka-ra-šú šá aḫ(gú) puratti(ídburanun) e-la-nu sip-parki

ii 14 im-tu-ut mār(dumu)-šarri(lugal) u ummānū(érinmeš)-šú 3 u4-mu šu-du-ru bikītu(ér) šaknat(gar-at) ina simāni(itisig4) ina akkadî(kururiki)

ii 15 bi-ki-tú ina muḫḫi(ugu) ummi(ama) šarri(lugal) šaknat(gar-at) ina nisanni(itibár) mku-raš šàr kurpar-su ummān(érin)-šú id-ke-e-ma

ii 16 šap-la-an uruar-ba-ʾ-il ídidiqlat(idigna) i-bir-ma ina ayyāri(itigu4) ana kurlu-⌈ú-[du ill]ik(gi]n) 

ii 17 šarrru(lugal)-šú idūk(gaz) bu-šá-a-šú il-qí šu-lit šá ram-ni-šú ina libbi(šà! text: LU) ú-še-li [(x)]

ii 18 arki(egir) šu-lit-su ù <bīt(é)> šar-ri ina libbi(šà) ibašši(gál-ši)

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ii 19 šanat(mu) 10.kám šarru(lugal) ina urute-ma mār(dumu)-šarri(lugal) rabûti(galmeš) u ummānī(érin-ni)-šú ina akkadî(kururiki) šarru(lugal) ana [nisanni(itibár) ana bābili(tin.tirki) úl illiku(gin-ku)]

ii 20 nabû(dag) ana bābili(eki) úl illiku(gin-ku) bēl(den) úl ūṣâ(è-a) isinnu(ezen) a-ki-tú ba-ṭil nīqū(sískur) ina é-[sag-gíl u é-zi-da]

ii 21 ilāni(dingirmeš) ša bābili(tin.tirki) u bar-sipki ki šal-m[u n]adnā(s]um-na) ina simāni(itisig4) ūm(u4) 21.ká[m. . .]

ii 22 šá kure-lam-mi-ia ina akkadî(kururiki) [. . .] šakin(gar) māti(kur) ina uruk(unugk[i])      [. . .]

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ii 23 šanat(mu) 11.kám šarru(lugal) ina urute-ma-a mār(dumu)-šarri(lugal) rabûti(galmeš) u ummān(érin)-šú ina akka[(kurur[iki) šarru(lugal) ana nisanni(itibár) ana bābili(tin.tirki) úl illiku(gin-ku)]

ii 24 [nabû(dag) ana] bābili(eki) úl illiku(gin-ku) bēl(den) úl ūṣâ(è-a) isinnu(ezen) a-ki-tú ba-ṭil nī[(sí[skur) ina é-sag-gíl u é-zi-da]

ii 25 [ilāni(dingirmeš) ša bāb]ili(tin].tirki) u bar-sip⌉[ki ki šal-mu] nadnā(sum-na) [. . .]

(Lacuna)

iii 1' [. . .] idūk(gaz) idi[qlat(ídidi[gna) . . .]

iii 2' [. . .] addaru([iti]še) ištar(dinanna) uruk(unugki) [. . .]

iii 3' [. . . ummān]ū(érin]meš) šá kurpa[r-su . . .]

iii 4' [. . . ummān]ū(érin]meš) ni [. . .]

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iii 5' [šanat(mu) 17(?).kám ina nisanni(itibár)] nabû([d]ag) ultu(ta) bar-sipki ana aṣê(è-e) [bēl(den) illiku(gin-ku) bēl(den) ūṣâ(è-a)]

iii 6' [ina] ṭebēti([iti]ab) šarru(lugal) ana é-tùr-kalam-ma īrub(ku4) ina bīt(é) [. . .]

iii 7' [. . .]-ut-tì maqqītu(bala-tu4) karānu(geštin) iqqi(bala-) tum x x x [. . .]

iii 8' [. . . ]l(de]n) ūṣâ(è-a) isinnu(ezen) a-ki-tú ki šal-mu īpušū(dù-šú) ina iti[. . .]

iii 9' [u il]ānu([dingir]meš) šá marad-daki dza-ba4-ba4 u ilānu(dingirmeš) šá kiški dnin-líl [u ilānu(dingirmeš)]

iii 10' [šá] ḫur-sag-kalam-ma ana bābili(tin.tirki) īrubūni(ku4meš-ni) adi(en) qīt(til) ulūli(itikin) ilānu(dingirmeš) šá akkadî(kururiki) [. . .]

iii 11' šá elān(ugu) karkara(im) u šaplān(ki.ta) karkara(im) ana bābili(eki) īrubūni(ku4meš-ni) ilānu(dingirmeš) šá bar-sipki kūtû(gú.du8.a[ki])

iii 12' u sip-parki úl īrubūni(ku4meš-ni) ina tašrīti(itidu6) mku-raš ṣal-tu4 ina upê(úḫki) ina muḫḫi(ugu) [aḫ(gú)]

iii 13' ídì-diq-lat ana libbi(šà) ummānī(érin-ni) akkadî(kururiki) ki īpušu(dù) nišū(unmeš) akkadî(kururiki) {ki īpušu(dù-šú) nišū(unmeš) akkadî(kururiki)}

iii 14' ibbalkitū(bala.ki) ḫubta(sar) iḫbut(sar) nišī(unmeš) idūk(gaz) ūm(u4) 14 sippar(zimbirki) ba-la ṣal-tu4 ṣa-bit

iii 15' mnabû(dag)-naʾid(i) iḫliq(záḫ) ūm(u4) 16 m⌈ug⌉-ba-ru pīḫat(nam) kurgu-ti-um u ummānū(érinmeš) mku-raš ba-la ṣal-tu4

iii 16' ana bābili(eki) īrub(ku4) arki(egir) mnabû(dag)-naʾid(i) ki iḫḫisa(lá-sa) ina bābili(eki) ṣa-bit adi(en) qīt(til) arḫi(iti) kuštuk-šume

iii 17' šá kurgu-ti-um bābāti(kámeš) šá é-sag-gíl ilmû(nigin) baṭ-la šá mim-ma ina é-sag-gíl u ekurrāti(é.kurmeš) {diš}

iii 18' ul iš-šá-kin ù si-ma-nu ul innitiq(dib-iq) araḫsamnu(itiapin) ūm(u4) 3.kám mku-raš ana bābili(eki) īrub(ku4)

iii 19' ḫa-ri-né-e ina pāni(igi)-šú umallû(dirimeš) šu-lum ana āli(uru) šá-kin mku-raš šu-lum ana bābili(tin.tirki)

iii 20'  gab-bi-šú iq-bi mgu-ba-ru pīḫat(nam)-šú pīḫatāti(nammeš) ina bābili(eki) ip-te-qid

iii 21' ultu(ta) kissilīmi(itigan) adi(en) addari(itiše) ilānu(dingirmeš) šá akkadî(kururiki) šá mnabû(dag)-naʾid(i) ana bābili(eki) ú-še-ri-du-[ni]

iii 22' a-na ma-ḫa-zi-šú-nu itūrū(gurme) araḫsamnu(itiapin) mūš(gi6) ūm(u4) 11.kám mug-ba-ru mīt(ug7) ina it[i . . .]

iii 23' ⌈aššat(dam)⌉ šarri(lugal) mītat(ug7-at) ultu(ta) 27 šá addari(itiše) adi(en) ūm(u4) 3 šá nisanni(itibar) bi-ki-tu4 ina akkadî(uri[ki]) [šaknat(gar-at)]

iii 24' nišū(unmeš) gab-bi qaqqad(sag.du)-su-nu ipaṭṭarū(du8meš) ūm(u4) 4.kám mkám-bu-zi-ia māru(dumu) šá mk[u-raš

iii 25' a-na é-níg-gidar-kalam-ma-sum-mu ki illiku(gin) ša11(lú)-bīt(é)-ḫaṭṭi(pa) nabû(dag) ḫaṭṭi(níg.pa) m[āti(k[ur) iddinaššu(?) mku-raš(?) . . .]

iii 26' ⌈kiilliku(gin-ku) ina túglu-bu-uš-tu4!(text: BI) elamti(elam.maki) qātī(šuii) nabû(dag) ⌈iṣ⌉-[bat x] x [. . .]

iii 27' [gišaz-m]a-re-e u kušiš-patmeš [ši(í[l)-ma(?) it]ti(k]i) mār(dumu)-šarri(lugal) ana kisalli(kisal) [ūrida(e11-da)(?)]

iii 28' [ultu(ta) lìb-bi(?) . . .] ⌈bīt(é)⌉ nabû(dag) ana é-sag-gíl isḫur(nigin-ur) kurunnu(kaš.tin) ina maḫar(igi) bēl(den) u mār(dumu) [l(de[n) iqqi(?). . .]​​​​​​​

(Lacuna)

iv 1' [. . .] x en

iv 2' [. . .] bābili(eki) (ameš)

iv 3' [. . .]meš iq-ta-tur

iv 4' [. . .] ka gan arḫi(iti) bābu(ká) na-pi-il

iv 5' [. . .] é-an-na šá EZEN×KASki

iv 6' [. . . bīt(é)]-mu-um-mu ūṣâ(è)

iv 7' [. . .] zi

iv 8' [. . .] ina bābili(eki) x ḫi

iv 9' [. . .] bābili(tin.tirki) iṣ-rim-ma

Translation

i 1–8 [The first (?) year, Nabonidus, the king, . . .] carried [. . .]. The king [. . .] of their country [whom] he brought to Babylon. [. . .] they trembled, and he did not carry [. . .] their family, as many as there were [. . .]. The king mustered his army and [marched] on Hume (Cilicia) [. . .].

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i 9–10 [The second (?) year], in the month of Ṭebetu, it was cold at Hamath. [. . .].

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i 11–22 [The third (?) year, in the] month of Abu, [he marched] on the Ammanaanum [and       . . .] the orchards, fruits as many as there were, [. . .] among them, [he brought] into Babylon. [. ?. . The king be]came ill but recovered. In the month of Kissilimu, the king [mustered] his army [. . .] and to Nabû-tattan-uṣur [. . .] of Amurru to [. . .] they set up their quarters [facing E]dom [. . .] and the numerous troops [. . . ga]teway of Shinṭini [. . .] he killed him [. . . the tr]oops   [. . .].

(Lacuna)

ii 0–4 [The sixth year,  . . . Astyages] mustered [his troops] and, with con[quest] in view, [m]arched on King Cyrus of Anshan in order to seize him and [. . .]. The army of Astyages revolted against him, captured him, and deliv[ered] him to Cyrus. Cyrus <marched> on Agamtanu (Ecbatana), the royal residence, and took to Anshan the silver, gold, goods, valuables, [and . . .] that he had taken as plunder (in) Agamtanu. The goods and valuables that the troops [. . .].

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ii 5–8 The seventh year, the king stayed in Tayma. The prince, his officers, and his troops stayed in Akkad. [In the month of Nisannu, the king] did not go to Babylon. Nabu did not go to Babylon. Bel (Marduk) did not go out. The fes[tival of the New Year was not celebrated]. The sacrifices to the gods of Babylon and Borsippa were offered in Esagil and Ezida p[roperly]. The šešgallû-priest (lit., "big brother") made a libation and inspected the temple.

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ii 9 The eighth year.

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ii 10–18 The ninth year, Nabonidus, the king, stayed <in> Tayma. The prince, the officers, and the army were in Akkad. In the month of Nisannu, the king did not go to Babylon. Nabû did not go to Babylon. Bel did not go out. The New Year’s festival was not celebrated. The sacrifices to the gods of Babylon and Borsippa were offered in Esagil and Ezida properly. In the month of Nisannu, the fifth day, the king’s mother died at Dur-karashu on the bank of the Euphrates, upstream from Sippar. The prince and his troops mourned for three days, and there was weeping. In the month of Simanu, a lamentation was set up in Akkad for the king’s mother. In the month of Nisannu, King Cyrus of Persia mustered his army and crossed the Tigris downstream from Arbela and, in the month of Ayyaru, [march]ed on Ly[dia]. He put its king to death, seized its possessions, [and] set up his garrison [there]. Afterwards, he had his garrison and the royal treasury in it.

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ii 19–22 The tenth year, the king stayed in Tayma. The prince, the officers, and his army were in Akkad. In the [month of Nisannu], the king [did not go to Babylon]. Nabû did not go to Babylon. Bel did not go out. The New Year’s festival was not celebrated. The sacrifices to the gods of Babylon and Borsippa were [of]fered in Esagil and Ezida as in norm[al] times. In the month of Simanu, the twenty-first day, [. . .] of Elammiya, in Akkad [. . .], governor (of the Sealand?), in Uruk [. . .].

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ii 23–25 The eleventh year, the king stayed in Tayma. The prince, the officers, and his army were in Akk[ad. In the month of Nisannu, the king did not go to Babylon. Nabû] did not go [to] Babylon. Bel did not go out. The New Year’s festival was not celebrated. The sa[crifices to the gods of Baby]lon and [Borsippa] were offered [in Esagil and Ezida properly].

(Lacuna) 

 

iii 1'–4' [. . .] was killed. The Tig[ris . . . (?). In the month of] Addaru(?), Ishtar of Uruk [. . .] the [troops] of Per[sia . . . , the troop]s [. . .].

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iii 5'–12' [The seventeenth year, in the month of Nisannu], Nabu [went] from Borsippa to the procession of [Bel. Bel went out. In the] month of Ṭebetu, the king entered the Etur-kalama. In the temple (?) [. . .] he offered a wine libation [. . .]. Bel went out. The New Year’s festival was celebrated properly. In the month of [. . . , Lugal-Marada and the god]s of Marad, Zababa and the gods of Kish, Ninlil [and the gods of] Hursag-kalama entered Babylon. Until the end of the month of Ululu, the gods of Akkad [. . .], upstream and downstream from Karkara, entered Babylon. The gods of Borsippa, Cutha, and Sippar did not enter. 

iii 12'–28' In the month of Tashritu, when Cyrus did battle with the army of Akkad at Opis on [the bank of] the Tigris, the people of Akkad retreated. He (Cyrus) plundered and killed the people. The fourteenth, Sippar was taken without a struggle. Nabonidus fled. The sixteenth, Governor Ugbaru of Gutium and the army of Cyrus made their entrance into Babylon without fighting. Later, having returned, Nabonidus was taken in Babylon. Until the end of the month, the shield-(bearers) of Gutium encircled the gates of Esagil, but there was no interruption (of rites) of any kind in Esagil or in any other temple and no (festival) date was missed. In the month of Arahsamnu, the third day, Cyrus entered Babylon. Water-skins(?) were filled up before him. Peace reigned in the city; Cyrus decreed peace for all Babylon. He installed Gubaru as governor of (all) the governors in Babylon. From Kissilimu to Addaru, the gods of Akkad that Nabonidus had sent to Babylon returned to their sanctuaries. In the month of Arahsamnu, the night of the eleventh day, Ugbaru died. In the month of [. . . , the que]en died. From the twenty-seventh day of Addaru to the third day of Nisannu [there was] mourning in Akkad. All the inhabitants bared their heads. The fourth day, as Cambyses, son of C[yrus], went to the E-ningidar-kalamma-summu, the official of the Scepter House of Nabu [gave him] the scepter of the land. When [Cyrus] came, in Elamite attire, he [took] the hands of Nabu [. . . la]nces and quivers he picked [up, and] with the prince [he came down] into the courtyard. He/they went back [from the temple of Nabu] to Esagil. [He/they libated . . .] before Bel and the son of B[el . . .]

(Lacuna)

iv 1'–9' [. . .] Babylon, the waters [. . .] darkened. [. . .] the gate was demolished. [. . .] the Eanna of EZEN×KAS [. . .] he left the [b]īt-mummi. [. . .] in Babylon [. . .] he planned [. . .] Babylon he made an effort.  

Michael P. Streck and Nathan Wasserman, Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL), seal.huji.ac.il. No commercial use is allowed. Published under CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives). Reproduced unmodified. Cite as SEAL no. 34840; view on seal.huji.ac.il.