Contents
Foreword / 7 Preface / 9 Abbreviations / 11
Introduction / 13 Cuneiform writing / 15 Chronology / 17 First Millennium / 18 Late Second Millennium / 18 Late Third Millennium-Early Second Millennium / 18
Overview of the sources / 19 Uruk Period (4000-3000 BC) / 19 Early Dynastic Period (3000-2334 BC) / 19 Akkadian Period (2334-2193 BC) / 19 Gutian Period (2193-2120 BC) / 20 Ur IH (2120-2004 BC) / 20 0Id Assyrian/Old Babylonian (2004-1595 BC) / 20 Middle Assyrian (1595-1000 BC) / 21 Neo-Assyrian (1000-612 BC) / 21 Neo-Babylonian Empire (612-539 BC) / 22 Achaemenid (539-330 BC) / 22 Hellenistic/Seleucid (330-126 BC) / 22 Parthian (126 BC- 224 AD) / 22 The name of Erbil / 24
Historical Analysis / 25 Erbil in the Gutian Period / 26 Erbil in the Ur III Period / 26 Erbil in the early second millennium / 27 Erbil in the Middle Assyrian Period / 28 Erbil in the Neo-Assyrian period / 29 Istar of Arbail / 32 Milkia / 35 Erbil in the Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Periods / 36 Summary: from Erridu-Pizir to Alexander / 38 Iltar of Arbail / 40 Egalankalamma / 41 Milkia / 43 Conclusion / 43
The Sources / 45 Third Millennium Sources / 46 Ebla Texts / 46 Gutian Sources / 47 Erridu-Pisgr / 47 Ur III Sources / 48 Year names / 48 Year name for Shulgi year 45 / 49 Year name for Amar-Sin year 2 / 49 Votive Inscription / 50 Administrative Texts / 50 Texts from Girsu / 50 Texts from Drehem / 50
Early Second Millennium Sources / 52 Middle Assyrian Sources / 55 Historical sources / 56 Votive inscription / 57 Administrative texts / 57
Neo-Assyrian Sources / 67 Historical Texts / 67 Chronicles / 67 King Lists / 67 Assur-dan II (934-912 BC) / 68 Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BC) / 68 Shalmaneser III (858-824 BC) / 69 Samsi-Adad V (823-811 BC) / 69 Sennacherib (704-681 BC) / 71 Esarhaddon (680-669 BC) / 72 Ashurbanipal (668-627 BC) / 74 Epigraphs prepared for reliefs / 81 Grants I edicts / 82 Votive Inscription / 83 Til Barsip Stele / 83 Administrative texts / 84 Oracular Pronouncements and Divination / 105 Oracular Pronouncements / 105 Divination / 109 Hymns and Ritual texts / 109 If tar of Arbail / 115 Royal inscriptions / 115 Treaties / 115 Letter formulae / 116 Personal names / 117
Neo-Babylonian and Achaemenid Sources / 118 Historical texts / 118 Neo-Babylonian Chronicle / 118 Behistun / 119 Administrative texts / 120 Babylonian / 120 Elamite / 120 Aramaic / 121 Astronomical Diary / 122
Bibliography / 123
Maps The location of Erbil / 14 The Ur III empire / 26 The empire of Shamshi-Adad I / 27 The Middle Assyrian empire / 28 The Neo-Assyrian empire / 29 The Neo-Bablylonian empire / 37 The Achaemenid empire / 38 Sennacherib’s underground canal / 70 |