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 and his Babylonian colleague Sumulail (the first ruler of the First dynasty of the Sealand) down to the reign of Aššurbanipal and Kandalanu in the mid-seventh century.
In the translation of columns ii-iv, only the central columns belong to the original text; to the left, Assyrian rulers, to the right, kings in Babylonia. The first and fourth columns are added as a chronological tool for modern readers; the spelling has been adapted to make it correspond to the Assyrian King List.
Translation of column i
| Destroyed | Destroyed |
| Adasi, same [i.e., king of Assyria] | ... |
| Belu-bani, same | Iškibal, same [i.e., king of Babylonia] |
| Libaja, same | Šušši, same |
| Šarma-adad, same | Gulkišar, same |
| LIK.KUD-Šamaš, samenote | mGÍS-EN, same |
| Bazaja, same | Pešgaldaramaš, same |
| Lullaja, same | Adarakalamma, same |
| Šu-Ninua, same | Ekurduanna, same |
| Šarma-Adad, same | Melamkurkurra, same |
| same, same | Kaštiliašu, same |
| same, same | Abirattaš, same |
| same, same | Kaštiliašu, same |
| same, same | Urzigurumaš, same |
| same, same | Harba-Šipak, same |
| same, same | Tiptakzi, same |
| Išme-Dagan, same | Burnaburiaš, same |
| Šamši-Adad, same | [...] |
| [Aššur-nirari], same | Kaštiliašu, same |
| [Puzur-Aššur], same | Ulamburiaš, same |
| Enlil-nasir, same | same |
| Nur-ili, same | same |
| [...]an [...] | same |
Translation of column ii
| One line destroyed | One line destroyed | ||
| 1233-1197 | Tukulti-ninurta,same | ... | |
| ... | |||
| 1196-1193 | Aššur-nadin-apli, same | ... | |
| same, same | Kaštiliašu | ||
| 1192-1187 | Aššur-nirari | Adad- | |
| 1186-1182 | Enlil-kudurri-usur | same | |
| 1181-1179 | Ninurta-apil-Ekur | Adad-šum-iddina, same | 1222-1217 |
| same, same | Meli-Šipak, same | 1186-1172 | |
| same, same | Marduk-apla-iddina, same | 1171-1159 | |
| 1178-1133 | Aššur-dan, same | Zababa-šum-iddina, same | 1158 |
| same, same | Enlil-nadin-ahi, same | 1157-1155 | |
| Ninurta-tukulti-Aššur, same | Marduk-šapik-zeri, same | ||
| Mutakkil-Nusku, same | [... his vizier] | ||
| 1132-1115 | Aššur-reš-iši | Ninurta-nadin-šumi, same | 1131-1126 |
| same, same | Nebchadnezzar, same | 1125-1104 | |
| 1114-1076 | Tiglath-pileser, same | Enlil-nadin-apli, same | 1103-1100 |
| same, same | Marduk-nadin-ahhe, same | 1099-1082 | |
| 1075-1074 | Ašarid-apil-Ekur, same | Itti-marduk-balatu, same | |
| [... his vizier] | |||
| 1073-1056 | Aššur-bêl-kala, same | Marduk-ahhe-eriba, same | 1046 |
| same, same | Marduk-zer-xxx | 1045-1034 | |
|
|
same, same |
Nabû-šumu-libur |
1033-1026 |
Translation of column iii
| 1055-1054 | Eriba-Adad, king of Assyria | Simbar-Šipak, same | 1025-1008 |
| 1053-1050 | Šamši-Adad, same | Ea-mukin-zeri, same | 1008 |
| 1049-1031 | Aššurnasirpal, same | Kaššu-nadin-ahhe, same | 1007-1005 |
| 1030-1019 | Šalmaneser, same | Eulmaš-šakin-šumi, same | 1004-988 |
| 1018-1013 | Aššur-nirari same | Ninurta-kudurri-usur, same | 987-985 |
| 1012-972 | Aššur-rabi, same | Širikti-šuqamuna, same | 985 |
| 971-967 | Aššur-reš-iši, same | Mar-biti-apla-usur, same | 984-980 |
| 966-935 | Tiglath-pileser, same | Nabû-mukin-apli, same | 979-943 |
| same, same | Ninurta-kudurri-usur, same | 943 | |
| same, same | Mar-biti-aha-iddina, same | 942-... | |
| [... his vizier] | |||
| 934-912 | Aššur-dan, same | Šamaš-mudammiq, king of Babylon | |
| 911-891 | Adad-nirari, same | same | |
| Qalia, his vizier | |||
| 890-884 | Tukulti-Ninurta, same | Nabû-šuma-ukin | |
| Gabbi-ilani-ereš | his vizier | ||
| 883-859 | Aššurnasirpal, same | Nabû-apla-iddina | |
| Gabbi-ilani-ereš | his vizier | ||
| 858-824 | Šalmaneser, same | Marduk-zakir-šumi | |
| Meluhhaia, his vizier | |||
| Destroyed | Destroyed |
Translation of column iv
| 704-681 | Sennacherib | For two years Sennacherib was king of Akkad; then the inhabitants of Akkad |
| Nabû-apla-iddin, his vizier | revolted and Aššur-nadin-šumi, the father, ceded him the throne. | |
| Sennacherib | Nergal-ušezib, son of Gahul, and Mušezib-Marduk, a native of Bit-Dakkuri, were king of Akkad, | |
| Sennacherib, king of Assyria | and of Babylon. | |
| Belu-pahhir and | Kalbu, his viziers | |
| 680-669 | Esarhaddon, son of Sennacherib, | king of Assyria and of Babylonia |
| Nabû-zer-lešir and | Ištar-šum-ereš, his viziers | |
| 668-631 | Aššurbanipal, same | Šamaš-šum-ukin, same |
| same, same | Kandalanu, same | |
| Ištar-šum-ereš, his vizier | ||
| Eighty-two kings of Assyria from Erišum, son of Ilušuma, to Aššurbanipal, son of Esarhaddon | Ninety-eight kings of Akkad from Sumulael to Kandalanu |