Dynastic Chronicle

From the extant pieces, the work apparently begins with a list of nine antediluvian kings from five cities, so much resembling that of the Sumerian King List that Thorkild Jacobsen considered it a variant, and an account of the flood before proceeding on with that of the successive Babylonian dynasties. Due to the poor state of preservation of the center of the text, there are a great many gaps (lacunae, or lacunas), and the narrative resumes with the post-Kassite king Simbar-Šipak ( 1025–1008 BC), the final discernible king being Erība-Marduk ( 769–761 BC) although it certainly would have continued, possibly until Nabû-šuma-iškun ( 761–748 BC), leading William W. Hallo to suggest it to be a composition during Nabû-nāṣir's reign (747–732 BC). The text dwells on the final resting place of the kings, leading some to propose that the legitimacy of rule determined the location of the burial. ==References==