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Page 731 / 1230

~1808 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

Sumerian King List (Weld-Blundell Prism)

The single most influential Mesopotamian king list — the model for every later attempt to chronicle the deep history of the region. It transmits the political theology of divinely granted kingship, an idea that would echo through Babylon, Assyria, and into the Hebrew Bible. The Weld-Blundell prism (WB 444) at the Ashmolean is the most complete surviving copy.

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~1800 BCE·Old BabylonianEditorial

4R 35, 8

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Old Babylonian (ca. 1900-1600 BC)) — 4R 35, 8. This record has no stored scholarly English translation; the existence of published translations has not been checked; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

Sumerian King List (Weld-Blundell Prism)

4R 35, 8

AAICAB 1/1, pl. 058, 1924-0519

AbB 10, 151

AbB 10, 183

AbB 10, 187

AbB 10, 194

AbB 11, 087

AbB 11, 115

AbB 14, 215

AfO 29/30, 024, CBS 04610

AfO 29/30, 024, CBS 04836

AfO 29/30, 024, CBS 04864

AfO 29/30, 024, CBS 04869

AfO 29/30, 025, CBS 06481

AfO 29/30, 025, CBS 06499

AfO 29/30, 026, CBS 07034

AfO 29/30, 027, CBS 07871

AfO 29/30, 027, CBS 07872

AfO 29/30, 027, CBS 07970

AfO 29/30, 028, CBS 10507

AfO 29/30, 028, CBS 10784

AfO 29/30, 030, CBS 14215

AfO 29/30, 033, N 5063

AfO 29/30, 033, UM 29-16-469

AfO 29/30, 033, UM 29-16-656

AfO 29/30, 034, N 5399

AfO 29/30, 034, N 5527

AfO 29/30, 034, N 5746

AfO 29/30, 034, N 5923

AfO 29/30, 035, N 5933

AfO 29/30, 035, N 5958 + N 6078

AfO 29/30, 037, UM 55-21-043

AfO 29/30, 038, UM 55-21-044

AfO 29/30, 038, UM 55-21-054

AfO 29/30, 038, UM 55-21-055

AfO 29/30, 039, UM 55-21-066

AfO 29/30, 041, A 30170

AfO 29/30, 042, A 30182

AJSL 32, p. 271 no. 4

Akkadica 117 015 O.118

Akkadica 117 015 O.119

AlT 023

AlT 244

Animal Tags 004

Animal Tags 012

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Animal Tags 015

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