Records of the Reign of Tukulti Ninib I, King of Assyria, About Bc 127 - Edited and Translated From a Memorial Tablet in the British Museum

The text and translation of an Assyrian cuneiform foundation tablet, dating to the thirteenth century BCE, published in 1904.

List of contents

Preface; Part I. Introduction: 1. Materials for the early history of Assyria; 2. The memorial tablets of Adad-Nirari I and Tukulti-Ninib I; 3. The historical value of Tukulti-Ninib's tablet; 4. Description of the tablets; 5. Analysis of the text; 6. Babylonian and Assyrian foundation memorials; 7. Egyptian foundation deposits compared; 8. The foundation sacrifice; 9. Object and origin of foundation deposits; 10. Their manner of burial; 11. The city of Kar-Tukulti-Ninib; 12. Tukulti-Ninib's campaigns; 13. His conquest of Babylon; 14. Early relations of Assyria and Babylon; 15. Smaller inscriptions of Tukulti-Ninib; 16. The seal-inscription of Tukulti-Ninib; 17. The undeciphered portion of the seal-inscription; 18. Suggested interpretations of the characters; 19. Tukulti-Ninib's successors; 20. Problems connected with Tukulti-Ninib's rule in Babylon; Part II. Texts and Translations: 1. The annals of Tukulti-Ninib I; 2. Supplementary texts; Appendix; Cuneiform texts; Index.

Summary

This 1904 work presents a tablet, buried under the wall of a city founded by Tukulti-Ninib I (who reigned in the thirteenth century BCE) to commemorate his military achievements, including the invasion of Babylonia. It gives an introduction on the tablet, the cuneiform text and a parallel translation, along with an appendix of related documents.

Product details

• Assisted by: Leonard William King (Translation), Leonard William King (Editor and translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2017
• EAN: 9781108082419
• ISBN: 978-1-108-08241-9
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Archaeology by period / region