Uruk King List

Museum number IM 65066 (Iraq Museum), also known as King List 5 [1, p. 97].

The list is a fragment of a tablet, the obverse covers the reigns from Kandalanu to Darius I. The reverse spans from Darius III to Seleucus II, and was therefore inscribed sometime after his reign (226 BC).

Origin: Excavated in winter 1959/60 at Uruk-Warka (W 20030, 10j).

First translated: in 1962 by J. van Dijk [2, p. 53].

Translation

Obverse [3, p. 566]:

[x] years [...] Other name: [...] 21 years: K[anda]lan 1 year: Sin-shum-lishir and Sin-shar-ishkun 21 years: Nabopolassar 43 [ye]ars: Nebuchadnezzar (II) 2 [ye]ars: Amel-Marduk [x] + 2 years, 8 months: Neriglissar [...] 3 months: Labashi-Marduk [x] + 15 years: Nabonidus [9 years: Cy]rus [8 years: Cambys]es [36 years: Dari]us (break)

Chronological Information

KingLength of rule in Uruk
Kandalanu21 Years
Sin-shumu-lisir and Sinsharishkun1 Year
Nabopolassar21 Years
Nebuchadnezzar II43 Years
Amel-Marduk2 Years
Neriglissar3? Years (Damaged) and 8 Months
Labashi-Marduk3 Months
Nabonidus17? Years (Damaged)

References

[1] A. K. Grayson, “Königslisten und Chroniken. B. Akkadisch,” Reallexikon der Assyriologie, vol. 6, pp. 86–135, 1980, [Online]. Available: http://publikationen.badw.de/de/003999918.

[2] J. Van Dijk, “Die Inschriftenfunde,” Vorläufige Berichte über die Ausgrabungen in Uruk-Warka, vol. 18, pp. 39–62, 1962, [Online]. Available: http://digital.library.stonybrook.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/amar/id/78955/rec/1.

[3] J. B. Pritchard, Ancient Near Eastern texts relating to the Old Testament. Edited by James B. Pritchard. Third edition with supplement. Princeton University Press, 1969.