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Babylonian King List B (BKLb, BM 38122) [25] — date of origin uncertain, written in Neo-Babylonian script. Babylonian King List B records the kings of Babylon's first dynasty, and the kings of the First Sealand dynasty, with subscripts recording the number of kings and their summed up reigns in these dynasties.
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The origins of the First Babylonian dynasty are hard to pinpoint because Babylon itself yields few archaeological materials intact due to a high water table.The evidence that survived throughout the years includes written records such as royal and votive inscriptions, literary texts, and lists of year-names.
The era of the early Kassite rulers is characterized by a dearth of surviving historical records. The principal sources of evidence for the existence of these monarchs are the Babylonian King List A, [i 1] which shows just the first six, and the Assyrian Synchronistic King List, [i 2] which gives their names indistinctly, and are compared below, after Brinkman.
The foremost example of a list in regards to the Persian period is the Uruk King List (IM 65066, also known as King List 5), which records rulers of Babylon from Shamash-shum-ukin (r. 668–648 BC) to the Seleucid king Seleucus II Callinicus (r. 246–225 BC).
The Babylonian Chronicles are a loosely-defined series of about 45 tablets recording major events in Babylonian history. [2] They represent one of the first steps in the development of ancient historiography. The Babylonian Chronicles are written in Babylonian cuneiform and date from the reign of Nabonassar until the Parthian Period.
The Dynastic Chronicle, after a Sumerian King List type beginning, involves Babylonian kings from Simbar-Šipak (c. 1021–1004 BC) to Erība-Marduk (c. 769 – 761 BC). The Chronicle of Early Kings , after an early preamble, involves kings of the First Babylonian Empire ending with the First Sealand Dynasty.
Nebuchadnezzar I [b] (/ ˌ n ɛ b j ʊ k ə d ˈ n ɛ z ər / NEB-yuu-kəd-NEZ-ər; Babylonian: md Nabû-kudurrī-úṣur (AN-AG-ŠA-DU-ŠIŠ) [i 2] or md Nábû-ku-dúr-uṣur, [i 3] meaning "Nabû, protect my eldest son" or "Nabû, protect the border"; reigned c. 1121–1100 BC) was the fourth king of the Second Dynasty of Isin and Fourth Dynasty of Babylon.