Study on the Synchronistic King List from Ashur

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of Tables

Abbreviations

1 Introduction

 1 King Lists in Mesopotamia

 2 The Synchronistic King List from Ashur

 3 Research Review on the Synchronistic King List

 4 Main Arguments of This Study

2 The Texts of the Synchronistic King List

 1 A.117

 2 KAV 10

 3 KAV 13

 4 KAV 9

 5 KAV 11

 6 KAV 12

 7 A.118

3 The Format of the Synchronistic King List

 1 Comparisons between the Synchronistic King List and the Other King Lists

 2 Comparisons between A.117 and the Other Exemplars of the Synchronistic King List

 3 The Arrangement of the Parallel Pairs of Kings in A.117

4 The Composition of the Synchronistic King List

 1 The Date of the Synchronistic King List

 2 The Beginning Entry of A.117

 3 The Number of Kings Listed in A.117

 4 The Use of “MIN”

 5 The Meanings of “Ummânu”

 6 The Implications of “King of Akkad”

5 The Purpose of the Synchronistic King List

 1 Studies on the Purposes of Some Other King Lists

 2 Previous Propositions on the Purpose of the Synchronistic King List

 3 A Tentative Solution to the Purpose of the Synchronistic King List: the Babylonian Policy of Ashurbanipal

6 Conclusion

Appendix I: A List of Assyrian Kings

Appendix II: A List of Babylonian Kings

Appendix III: The Selected Synchronistic Kings of Assyria and Babylonia in the Lacunae of A.117

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