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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]



[i] Compare to Eclectic Chronicle.

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