The cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament - The Search For ...

THE LISTS WITH ADDENDA. 197
B. 489
Fragment copied by the author.
Translation.
732. [Nabuhelumr of Sim]i [To Damaskus]
To [the city Sapija]
I 731. [Nergaluballit
Zuchina.
of Achi-]
\
730. [Belludari of Til]i I In the [country]
729. [Napcharilu of Kirru]ri The king the hand \ [of Bel seizes]
728. [Dur-Asur of Tusch[an *). The king the hand of Bel seizes. The
city IM\ri\ . .
727. [Bel-Charran-belusnr of
Goz]an
Salman]assar
726. [Merodachbelusur of Ami]d
725. [Machdt of] Niniveh
724. [Asur-chalC?) . . . of Kak(?)]zi
723. [Salmanassar , king of] ^)
Archonship of
Archonship of
Archonship of
Archonship of
Archonship of
c.
To the country (city?)
on the thr[one placed himself]
I[n the ....
To ... .
To ... .
T[o . . . .
II Rawl. 69. Fragm. No. 5.
Translation.
Samas
great. To the city Kumuchchi .
Sa-Asur-Dubhu, viceroy of Tushan ....
The palaces were ransacked C?)
In the month Tishri, on the 22^^, the gods of Dfir-
Sarruktn
Mutakkil-Asur, viceroy of Gozan, the king . . .
In the month Ijjar, on the 6'^, Dur-Sarrukin . . .
Upachchir- Bel, viceroy of Amid
Belkaispai {?), the Kulummite
a soldier, the murder (fj of the king of Assyria') [carried
out]
In the month Ah, the 12^^, Sanherib [ascended the throne]
Nebo-din-ipus, viceroy of Niniveh,
The town Larakf?), the town Sarabanu ....
the palace of the town Kakffjzi If?) built . . .
great (y
') These have been"suppliecl. with Smith, in accordance with List A
as well as the Eponym list. I cannot discover the source of the eponym
Tizkaru-ikbi assigned by Smith to the year 725. — *) So we should
translate , as I have done in the text , if this and the preceding line
are connected together.
A
But if this is not the case, the words must
be rendered :
man murdered (?) the king of Assyria. Respecting
the ideogram for the Assyrian dS.ku see Syllab. 339 (Assyr.-Babylon.
Keilinsch. p. 37) as well as the Inscr. of Asurnasirabal col. II. 41.