WALKER'S
CHRONICLE[i]
Excavation #:BM 27796
Source:
Walker, ___
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[Tukulti-ninurta (1),
king of Assyria] seized [Babylon and Sip]par and controlled Karduniash. |
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[Adad-šuma-usur…res]tored.
He (re)built the wall of Nippur. |
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…..he established.
Ellil-kudur-usur, king of Assyria, |
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[…and Adad-šuma-usur
muster]ed [his army] and attacked and defeated him. |
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[…The officers of
Assyria] seized [Ellil-kudu]r-usur their lord and gave (him) to Adad-šuma-usur. |
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[…the peop]le of
Karduniash who had fled to Assyria |
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[…] they gave [to
Adad-šu]ma-usur. Adad-šuma-usur, to conquer the city (Babylon), |
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[marched…] some…
the son of a nobody, whose name is not mentioned. |
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[….Adad-šuma-usu]r
raised a revolt by means of the good news and eternal divine protection
was extended over him and |
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…he became ruler
[of the land] and established himself on his royal throne. |
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….they killed him. |
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…he attacked and
removed the king of Mari in a rebellion. |
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….he controlled
Mari. |
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…fe]ar of Elam fell
on him and |
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[…] on the bank of
the Euphrates he built a city and |
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[…] of Sumer and
Akkad he brought within it, |
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[…] was cut off and
the people became poor in deficiency and famine. |
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[…] they killed him
in a rebellion. |
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[Enlil-nadin-apli,
son of Nebuchad]-nezzar (1) marched to Assur to conquer (it). |
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[Marduk-nadin-ahhe,
brother of N]ebuchadnezzar, and the nobles rebelled against him and |
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[Enlil-nadin-apli]
returned to his land his city. They [kill]ed him with the s[word]. |
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[Enlil-nadin-apli -
Marduk-n]adin-apli [and the nobles re]belled and |
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[…] he returned. |
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[…a]nd he defeated
[him]. |
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[…he at]tacked and
[…] he killed with the sword. |
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[….Tiglath-piles]er,
k[ing of Assyri]a attacked and - |
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[Marduk-šapik-zeri,
son of M]arduk-nadin-ahhe, rebuilt [the wall of Ba]bylon. |
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[…kings of the
lands he defe]ated. During his reign, the people of the land enjoyed
abundance and prosperity. |
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[Adad-apla-iddina,
descendant of Itti-mardu]k-balatu - the Arameans and a usurper king,
rebelled against him and |
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[desecra]ted [all the
sanctuaries of the land]. Agade, Der, Duranki (Nippur), |
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[…Sip]par and Parsa
(Dur-Kurigalzu) they demolished. |
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[The Sutians
attacked] and took home [the booty of S]umer and Akkad. |
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[He repearedly
visi]ted [the shrines of Marduk] and appeased the heart of Bel and the son
of Bel. |
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[….] he fully restored their [cult] |