Preface
1. Introduction
1.1. The Subject
1.2. History of Research
1.3. Method
1.4. Selecting the Sources
1.5. Range of Topics
1.6. Intentional History and Typification
1.7. Excursus: “Nebuchadnezzar”, Khosrau and Jerusalem
2. Ibbi-Sîn King of Ur
2.1. General Outlines of Ibbi-Sîn’s Reign
2.2. Ibbi-Sîn’s Family Relations
2.3. Ibbi-Sîn’s Name and Titles
2.4. Ibbi-Sîn’s End
3. The Figure of Išbi-Erra and Isin as Heiress of Ur
4. Destructions of Babylon and Abductions of Marduk
4.1. Divine Primacy of Agency
4.2. The Abductions of Marduk
4.3. Ancient Explanations
5. The Formation of a Tradition
5.1. Isin’s Answer
5.2. Larsa’s Answer
6. The Tradition of the Historical Omens
6.1. The Ibbi-Sîn Omens
6.2. Excursus: The Element “Four” and the “Four Winds of Heaven”
6.3. Excursus: The “Oracle of the Square Temple” at Jerusalem .
7. The Formation of a Rationale: The Esaĝil Chronicle
7.1. Sin and Sanction: Mirror Punishment
7.2. Sin and Sanction: Collective Punishment
7.3. Historical Part
7.4. The Abuse of the Fish Offering of Marduk
8. More Disaster: The Religious Chronicle & The Book of Prodigies
8.1. The Tower of Babel: When Adad smote Etemenanki
8.2. The Tower of Babel: Jewish-Babylonian Traditions
9. Periodicity of Disasters?
10. The Impact of the Compositions on Politics
10.1. Sargon II and Marduk-apla-iddina II: The New Ibbi-Sîn?
10.2. Aššurbanipal and Bēl-ēṭir: The New Utu-ḫeĝal?
10.3. Nebuchadnezzar II and the Fish Offering of Marduk
10.4. The Sins of Nabonidus
10.5. Dareios and the Fall of Babylon
10.6. Xerxes and the Statue of Marduk
11. The Participants
11.1. The Gods
11.2. Kings and Priests
11.3. The People
A. ṣābū kidinni “The Privileged Citizens (of a Babylonian City)”
B. nammaššû “The People (of Babylonia)”
C. ṣalmāt qaqqadi “The Black-Headed (People)”
11.4. The Enemy
A. Elam and Šimaški
B. Gutium and the Ummān-Manda
C. The Subhuman Barbarians from the Eastern Mountains
12. Summary: Explaining Disaster
Edition of the Sources
1. Early and Middle Second Millennium
Source 1: Excerpts from CKU no. 22B & 24: The Wrath of Enlil
Source 2: Excerpt from CKU no. 23: Išbi-Erra’s Brazenness
Source 3: Excerpt from CKU no. 24: Ibbi-Sîn’s Error (ISO 1)
Source 4: Excerpts from the Lament for Sumer and Ur
Source 5: Excerpt from a Lamentation: Ibbi-Sîn died at Anšan
Source 6: Excerpts from the Lament for Uruk
Source 7: Excerpt from the Lament for Ur
Source 8: Excerpts from the Lament for Eridu
Source 9: Excerpts from the Lament for Nippur
Source 10: Inscriptions & Year Names: Šu-ilīšu & the Return of Nanna
Source 11: Omen: The Fall of Akkade
Source 12: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 2)
Source 13: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 3)
Source 14: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 4)
Source 15: Omen of Išbi-Erra of Isin (IEO 1)
Source 16: Omen of Išbi-Erra of Isin (IEO 2)
Source 17: Omen of Ku-Baʾu (KBO 1)
Source 18: Omen of Ku-Baʾu (KBO 2)
Source 19: Omen of Ku-Baʾu (KBO 3)
Source 20: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 5)
Source 21: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 6)
Source 22: Omens of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 7, ISO 8, ISO 9)
Source 23: Omen: The Fall of Akkade . 304
Source 24: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 10)
Source 25: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 11)
Source 26: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 12)
Source 27: Omen of Amar-Sîn of Ur (ASO 1)
Source 28: Omens of Amar-Sîn of Ur (ASO 2, ASO 3, ASO 4)
2. Late Second and First Millennium
Source 29: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 13)
Source 30: Omen of Utu-ḫeĝal
Source 31: Shalmaneser I and the Soil of Arinnu
Source 32: Nebuchadnezzar I and the Wrath of Marduk
Source 33: The Misdeeds of Šutruk-Naḫḫunte I and Kutir-Naḫḫunte II
Source 34: Excerpts from the Marduk Prophecy
Source 35: The Esaĝil Chronicle
Source 36: The Book of Prodigies: Omens of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 14) & Ku-Baʾu (KBO 4)
Source 37: The Religious Chronicle
Source 38: Excerpts from a Political Letter Quoting Omens of Disaster
Source 39: Excerpt from the Poem of Erra
Source 40: Omen of Ku-Baʾu (KBO 5)
Source 41: Omen of Ku-Baʾu (KBO 6)
Source 42: Omen of Ku-Baʾu (KBO 7)
Source 43: Omen of Ku-Baʾu (KBO 8)
Source 44: Chronicle of Early Kings: Sargon of Akkade & the Soil of Babylon
Source 45: Omen of Sargon of Akkade: The Soil of Babylon
Source 46: Sennacherib and the Soil of Babylon
Source 47: Aššurbanipal and the Soil of Elamite Cities
Source 48: Chronicle of Early Kings: The Sins of Šulgi
Source 49: Chronicle from Uruk: The Sins of Šulgi
Source 50: Omen of Amar-Sîn of Ur (ASO 5)
Source 51: Omen of Amar-Sîn of Ur (ASO 6)
Source 52: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 15)
Source 53: Omen dealing with the Element “Four”
Source 54: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 16)
Source 55: Omen: Devastation of Ur and of the Land
Source 56: Omen: Devastation of Ur and of the Land
Source 57: Omen: The Wrath of Marduk
Source 58: Omen: Devastation of Babylonia
Source 59: Omen: Disaster for the King of Babylonia
Source 60: Omen: Disaster for the King of Babylonia
Source 61: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 17)
Source 62: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 18)
Source 63: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 19)
Source 64: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 20)
Source 65: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 21)
Source 66: Omen of Ibbi-Sîn (ISO 22)
Source 67: Omen of [Ibbi-Sîn] (ISO 23)
Source 68: Omen of Išbi-Erra of Isin (IEO 3)
Source 69: Omen of Išbi-Erra of Isin (IEO 4)
Source 70: Letter of Samsu-iluna: The Sins of the Priests of Babylonia
Source 71: Chronicle P: Crimes & Punishment of Tukultī-Ninurta I
Source 72: Chedorlaomer Texts: Crimes & Punishment of Wicked Kings
Source 73: Diary: Xerxes I is killed by his Son
Source 74: Esarhaddon: The Sins of the Babylonians
Source 75: Excerpts from the Babylonian Chronicle
Source 76: Assyrian Prophecy: Marduk’s Mercy
Source 77: Nebuchadnezzar II and the Fishes for Marduk
Glossary
Akkadian
Non-lemmatic
Cardinal Numbers
Complex Cardinal Numbers
Ordinal Numbers
Month Names
Sumerian
Divine Names
Temple Names
Temple Gates
Personal Names.
Geographical and Ethnographical Names
City Gates
Rivers and Canals
List of Figures
Abbreviations
Bibliography
Indices
